No business can survive by selling its products for less than it costs to produce those same products. Hence, Agri SA reckons that the just-announced minimum wages for farmworkers will drive farmers to make tough decisions. As Johannes Möller, president of Agri SA says:
"The 52% increase in the minimum wage for farmworkers, as announced by the Minister Oliphant ... will have drastic implications for this sector and related industries." It's also as well for farmworkers and Cosatu to realise once and for all, that it is government that sets the minimum wage.
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has
vowed to strengthen public order policing, and says public order policing in South Africa needs to reflect the ethos of human rights and dignity. Not before time, but it will be an uphill battle, given the somewhat less than stellar record when it comes to police brutality directed at the public, suspects and protesters... Tatane and Marikana spring to mind.
One cannot help but feel that Eskom knows that they will never get the massive hikes they are demanding, but on the basis of go in high and settle for less, the
Eskom public hearings kicked off in Gauteng. More than one player pointed out what impact such hikes will have on poverty, investment and a range of other issues, if granted.
Perhaps one of the first things Eskom could do is stop placing ads on TV telling us how great they are and how they care about us.
Chris Moerdyk asks whether there is
light at the end of the Telkom tunnel, and points that perhaps... there is... and that is good news for consumers who for decades have been subjected to call and internet costs that are way out of kilter with what is reasonable.
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Test pilots and flight test engineers from Denel Aviation are now taking their skills and experience to clients in countries across Africa. 
The strike by the National Transport Movement (NTM) at South African Airways (SAA) will continue for a 12th day as the union verifies about 260 new membership forms with the assistance of a commissioner from the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA). 
National carrier Kenya Airways is now 36, having launched its first flight in February 1977 following the breakup of the East African Community and disbanding of East African Airways. 
The ramifications of cable theft could have cost those injured in the Pretoria train collision their lives, says Transport Minister Ben Martins. 
Two passenger trains packed with communters and school children collided near outside Pretoria on Thursday (31 January). At least two people died, 19 were in a critical condition and more than 150 people were hospitalised, 
The commuter bus industry says it is facing a funding crisis as government subsidies are not keeping pace with increases in its costs, which these companies are forced to pass on to consumers. 
PARIS, FRANCE: A French appeal court has suspended a restructuring plan involving 8,000 job cuts at Peugeot Citroen after court action brought by the CGT union according to the lawyer acting for the workers Fiodor Rilov. 
The new minimum wage for farm workers is R105 a day, Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant announced on Monday (4 February). 
