Business
WC govt welcomes Ramaphosa announcement on Transnet National Ports Authority
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the Transnet National Ports Authority has been established as an independent subsidiary of Transnet.
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National Taxi Alliance still waiting for promised relief funds from govt
It's been more than a year now since the multi-million rand taxi relief fund was announced. But the industry said that not a cent had been paid by government.
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EC municipality used COVID-19 relief funds to buy car, AG tells MPs
Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke painted a bleak picture of the state of the country’s municipal finances, telling Parliament how municipalities had racked up R26 billion in irregular expenditure.
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1,000 KZN small businesses receive R322 million worth of support
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala said the businesses that benefited were selected from over 4,000 applicants following a rigorous vetting process that commenced in September 2019 and ended in March last year.
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Tourism boost for Zimbabwe as Qatar Airways to launch flights to Harare
Having a new airline flying to Harare will be welcomed by Zimbabwe's tourism sector.
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Salim Essa's Hong Kong firms got kickbacks from CNR, CSR, Zondo Inquiry hears
Shadow World Investigations, a London-based forensics firm, said that Gupta lieutenant, Salim Essa, owned Hong Kong companies that received kick backs from China North Rail and China South Rail.
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SA Reward Association seeing change in way execs compensated during pandemic
Yolanda Sedlmaier, a chartered reward specialist at the SA Reward Association, said that this year they were seeing more humanity from executives who were making sacrifices.
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Eskom explains why SA has had no power cuts for the last 8 days
Earlier this month, while the country was gripped by stage 4 power cuts, Eskom warned South Africans to expect the power cuts to continue throughout the rest of the winter, especially during the evening peak periods.
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SOEs told they'd be privatised, so didn't invest in new infrastructure - Gigaba
Former Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba said that Eskom believed that a new competitor would be introduced.
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Dear Bella sanitary pads: A cheaper alternative for women
The brand now has two offices in Bloemfontein and Johannesburg, which currently manufacture the maxi pad range. But founder Matefo Morakeng plans on manufacturing other ranges.
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Cheers to that: This KZN woman has her own wine brand
Sthandiwe Zikode, who is from Paulpietersburg in KwaZulu-Natal, says she launched Queenery Wines in 2020. It sells pinotage, semi-sweet white wine and sweet rosé.
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Business mogul Johann Rupert remembers Jabu Mabuza as 'dear friend & role model'
Many friends and colleagues paid tribute to the former Eskom board chair during a virtual memorial service on Monday morning.
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Discovered bodies brings up Orkney's sitting resentment of illegal miners
Illegal mining in Orkney doesn't stop, even when it becomes more deadly for those who have to do it.
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Jabu Mabuza played pivotal role in SA's business sector - Busa
Jabu Mabuza, who passed away due to COVID-19 related complications last week. was being remembered during a virtual memorial service on Monday morning.
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Volvo, Northvolt team up for electric battery factory
Swedish automaker Volvo and the battery start-up said that, through a joint venture, they will build a gigafactory with a potential capacity of 50 gigawatt-hours (GWh) per year, with production expected to start in 2026.
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McDonald's to create 20,000 jobs in UK and Ireland
McDonald's said in a statement published Sunday that it will open 50 restaurants over the next 12 months as COVID restrictions ease.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: Changed behaviour can alleviate lives & livelihoods trade-offs
The climb in new COVID-19 cases has been extraordinary. It increased more than fifteen-fold from the last low point, writes President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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Save SA Smelters calls on govt to hasten introduction of chrome ore export tax
The group said government's failure to ban or impose a tax on the export of raw chrome ore has already cost the country tens of thousands of jobs in the industry.
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IMF urges top polluters to adopt carbon price floor
The multilateral agency said that carbon pricing was now widely accepted as the most important policy tool to achieve the drastic emissions cuts required to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius by 2050.
