Business
Numsa accepts Seifsa's 6% wage hike for workers in metal, engineering sector
Workers downed tools earlier this month demanding an 8% salary hike.
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Ex-Fidentia fraudster J. Arthur Brown on parole after serving 7 years
Fidentia presided over more than R1 billion that went missing from a trust catering for the widows and orphans of mineworkers.
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Seifsa says wage agreement reached with striking Numsa steel sector workers
The strike by workers affiliated to Numsa entered its third week, with the union demanding an 8% salary hike.
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Australia accuses China of undermining world trade
In an unusually blunt statement made public after the meeting, Canberra insisted a slew of sanctions on Australian goods were politically motivated and showed a 'growing gap between China's rhetoric and its actions'.
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SA canegrowers welcome DTI’s R85m relief fund to recover from July unrest
These funds will provide relief to growers whose burnt cane was rejected by mills, costing them over R80 million in lost revenue.
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Bitcoin hits record above $66,000 on Wall Street debut
The virtual unit, created 13 years ago and long regarded as the preserve of internet geeks and hobbyists, has been embraced by many major banks.
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Natural gas prospectors strike it lucky with massive Free State helium find
Renergen is almost ready to start producing both natural gas and helium, placing South Africa on an elite map with helium reserves that could be the richest and cleanest in the world.
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Patel: Safeguards in place to prevent corruption with July riots relief funds
The Trade and Industry Ministry has approved applications of R1.5 billion to date to offer relief to struggling businesses.
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Patel: Govt to disburse R1.5 bn in relief funds following July riots
Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel was giving an update on the disbursement of funds alongside the National Empowerment Funds and the Industrial Development Corporation on Tuesday.
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Power only likely to be restored on Wed evening after JHB south substation blast
Technicians are working to fix the damage to two transformers at the substation caused by Monday night's blast.
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Steel sector strike moves into 3rd week as Numsa members reject 6% wage offer
Metalworkers union Numsa said that no agreement had been reached on a pay increase with employer association, Seifsa.
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Durban north residents concerned as beaches still closed after UPL chemical fire
During the anarchy in July, a UPL warehouse in Cornubia was torched, causing a dangerous spillage that has affected the seawater.
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Tiyani Maluleke's journey to starting Grub Worx in Soweto
Tiyani Maluleke's latest venture, Grub Worx, which is a food truck he built with his own hands, is a further testament to his tenacious spirit.
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Chieta invests R1mil in 40 cooperatives to manufacture beauty products
The investment is part of a partnership between Chieta and soap and beauty product manufacturer, African Alabaster Square, to empower the cooperatives who are from Ulundi in KwaZulu-Natal.
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ECB to carry out 'climate stress tests' on banks next year
ECB stress tests will gauge "how extreme weather events would affect banks" and how their business would be affected by a "sharp" rise in the price of carbon as a result of new environmental rules.
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Toyota to invest $3.4 bn into automotive batteries production in US
The company did not specify further details such as a site and production capacity but said it would establish a new company for the US project.
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AA warns of 'catastrophic' fuel price hikes for November
The warning was based on the data from the recent exchange rate and commodities.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: Social partnerships are integral for employment stimulus
In his weekly newsletter, the president said more than half a million South Africans had already benefitted from the first phase of Presidential Employment Stimulus, with several programmes still under way.
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Energy-stricken SA weighs need to reduce emissions and keep lights on
Like many developing countries, South Africa is struggling to meet growing energy needs yet avoid deepening Earth's carbon crisis, one of the many dilemmas besetting the UN climate talks, which resume in Glasgow on 31 October.
