Sanral in new push to ‘criminalise’ those not paying e-tolls
South Africa could “become the first country in the world to attempt to criminalise over a million of its own citizens for their conscientious objections”.
View ArticleBusiness confidence tanks in South Africa
Business confidence has fallen dramatically in the third quarter ending in September‚ business advisory firm Grant Thornton said in a statement on Tuesday.
View ArticleSouth Africa has fallen on tough economic times – and it might get worse
South Africa has fallen on hard times‚ and tough times lie ahead‚ finance minister Nhlanhla Nene's medium term budget policy statement shows.
View ArticleVisa regulations eased after tourism takes a knock
The Cabinet has authorised changes to the implementation of the unpopular visa regulations‚ which have hit South Africa’s tourism industry.
View Article#FeesMustFall protests to continue
Wits students decided on Sunday that they will demand that their exams be postponed indefinitely while they continue protesting for free education.
View ArticleThe most prosperous countries in the world
South Africa has risen six places in the 2015 Legatum Prosperity Index.
View ArticleWhy markets should care about South Africa’s water crisis
The water crisis confronting South Africa is the country’s new Eskom‚ according to Nomura global markets research analyst Peter Attard Montalto.
View ArticleDigital migration battle heads to Supreme Court
Free-to-air broadcaster e.tv has been given permission to take its fight against the government’s digital migration policy to the Supreme Court of Appeal.
View ArticleZuma’s R4 billion plane plans must be scrapped: DA
President Jacob Zuma should show leadership‚ and publically insist that government plans to provide him with a new R4 billion VIP jet are scrapped‚ says the Democratic Alliance.
View ArticleZuma jet a ‘strategic asset’ not a toy
The defence force and government’s military acquisition arm‚ Armscor‚ have gone on the defensive around proposed plans for a new multi-billion rand presidential jet.
View ArticleThe rand hits a new a high against the dollar
The rand weakened to a fresh high against the dollar on Tuesday morning as concerns about China’s growth and a further decline in commodity prices dented investor confidence.
View ArticleNew bill threatens US-SA business relations
A South African security bill that will require international firms to give up 51% of their business operations is threat to SA-US relations
View ArticleNumber of black CEOs in SA declining
New research into the makeup of South Africa’s Top 40 companies’ executive teams is showing slow transformation at the highest levels.
View ArticleMotsoeneng court order makes Parliament’s Nkandla reports invalid: DA
Parts of the SCA's rejection of SABC COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s appeal against his suspension will be used to try rescind the reports of Parliament’s ad hoc committee on Nkandla.
View ArticleMotsoeneng suspension ruling heading to Constitutional Court
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) on Friday said it will take the Supreme Court of Appeal’s (SCA) ruling on its COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng to the Constitutional Court.
View ArticleSAA spends R9.4 million on copies of New Age: DA
State-owned airline South African Airways has spent R9.4m on purchasing almost six million copies of the Gupta-owned newspaper the New Age‚ the Democratic Party says.
View ArticleSABC COO rejects media “smear campaign”
Hlaudi Motsoeneng has rejected with the “contempt it deserves” a headline insinuating that he has “no respect towards the country’s courts of law”.
View ArticleE-tolls collapsed a long time ago: Outa
Outa on Monday says that Sunday newspaper reports that the “e-Toll scheme was on the brink of collapse” vindicates its position that the “user-pays scheme was always questionable”.
View ArticleEnergy minister unwilling to face problems in her department
For the first time in the democratic era‚ the office of the auditor-general has complained about a minister unwilling to commit to addressing the root causes of trouble in her department.
View ArticleWatch: Wits students clash in strike over university fees
A student strike over the high cost of tertiary education disrupted access to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and divided attention on social media.
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