Lydenburg residents acquire much-needed work skills
by ANNA NTABANE LYDENBURG – LOCALS in Lydenburg have been empowered with the confidence to enter the job market or create jobs for others following the completion of portable skil ...
Read More »SA targets SADC to empower its black industrialists
by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – TRADE between South Africa and Tanzania is poised to increase beyond R7 billion (US$453 million) as the former assists its black industrialists ...
Read More »Global issues, local concerns pummel SA economy
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG – ANALYSTS have forecast a further recession of the South African economy because of load shedding, the raging coronavirus (COVID-19) and government ...
Read More »Mixed feelings to SA Budget Speech 2020
from DION HENRICK in Cape Town CAPE TOWN - THE establishment of a state bank, formation of the Sovereign Wealth Fund and the slashing of the state wage bill in South Africa are am ...
Read More »Extra power costs could paralyse SA mining projects
by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG - MORE than 30 percent of South African mining projects will be terminated prematurely because of additional power costs in the absence of suitabl ...
Read More »Corruption mars unfamiliar Portugal exodus to Angola
from PEDRO AGOSTO in Luanda, Angola LUANDA - THE relocation trends between Angola and Portugal is unprecedented and represent a reversal of migration roles between Africa and Euro ...
Read More »Digitalisation brings vast prospects for mining sector
by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – THE current decade is projected to be one of opportunity for the mining industry thanks to digitalisation and the shift towards lower carbon powe ...
Read More »SA economy receives rude introduction to 2020
by TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG – SOUTH Africa has gotten off to a worst possible start to the New Year with load shedding returning to haunt the country. The setback that is an ...
Read More »Load shedding mars SA mining sector prospects
by TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG - THE resumption power cuts, elevated operational costs and an uncertain policy environment as well as the unclear global growth outlook and flat ...
Read More »South Africa-financed bridges commissioned in Zimbabwe
from MARCUS MUSHONGA in Cimanimani, Zimbabwe CHIMANIMANI - SOUTH Africa has spent R59 million to construct bridges in Zimbabwean communities left stranded by the deadly Cyclone Id ...
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