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Building confidence takes a dive

After reaching its highest level in more than a year of 43 points in 1Q2017, the FNB/BER Building Confidence Index fell sharply to 32 in 2Q2017. All of the sub-subsectors measured registered a drop in confidence, which has only happened in five...

Heroism, hit-and-runs and herb: life as a trolley-puller

By Frances Ringwood “We start work at 4 o’clock in the morning. We have to get up that early because if we’re late, the rubbish trucks will beat us to the bins. Our name for ourselves is the ‘Abagerezi’.  Abagerezi do not have supervisors because...
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CESA condemns Zuma’s cabinet reshuffle

Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) has expressed its dismay with President Jacob Zuma’s recent cabinet reshuffle. The association, which represents over 500 companies which employ over 23000 people across the consulting engineering sector,...