Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan tells Parliament the global economic environment remains weak, with risks relating in particular to the situation in the euro zone. South Africa is living through “dangerous times” and faces...
It is policy conference time for the ANC in June and the performance and role of local government will once again be up for discussion and solutions to its problems proposed. But previous interventions that were supposedly intended to cure local...
A lesson for Africa An international research project has been launched to improve the food supply chain in order to meet the rising global demand for food and protect the environment. The three year programme – Step Change in Agri-Food...
The process of regional integration in the East African community is largely premised on the ease of movement and communication. The ease with which people move from one country to another plays a major role in how integration will occur, if at all...
Eastern Cape Premier Noxolo Kiviet today officially handed over the uMthatha Airport to Defence and Military Veterans Minister Lindiwe Sisulu for development and management by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). According to the...
The upgraded Hyundai HD series introduced to the local market by Hyundai Automotive South Africa this week brings a new dynamism and capability to the light and medium duty trucks. The new HD65 and HD72 are tough, but now even more stylish,...
Today marked the official opening of the Sasol Infrachem Laboratory at the Sasol One Site in Sasolburg, a facility that conducts process analyses for the chemical industry. As part of the R14 billion Sasolburg Expansion Project that started in...
In the 2010 edition of the biennial Logistics Performance Index (LPI), Botswana was ranked 134th out of 155 countries with researchers grouping it among the year’s “10 most significant under-performers”. The index, produced...
The Japanese fishing vessel, the Eihatsu Maru, was successfully pulled off Clifton’s First Beach on Friday, almost a week to the day it ran aground, and was towed to Cape Town Harbour. After two failed attempts, salvagers managed to pull the ship...
