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The private sector is the key to creating more jobs in SA in the new year, Business Unity SA (BUSA) said today in a statement. President Futhi Mtoba pointed out that some 85% of the country’s jobs are in the private sector and that "as such policies sho...
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In terms of new regulations which came into effect on 15 December, the Department of Basic Education has banned school governing bodies at former Model C schools from granting perks and bonuses to principals and teachers. The number of hours for which a t...
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Rajen Chin, head of the eThekwini metro police specialised units, has been temporarily transferred following an agreement between the municipality and the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu). Last week, Samwu metro police officers embarked on a go-slow...
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The SA Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (Sactwu) has joined the fray in condemning the Juju label designer's decision to produce the range in China. Yesterday it was reported that designer Obakeng Ramabodu was in Guangzhou, China, to order the range ...
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The 1,500 copies of Tembisa Hospital’s latest newsletter have been recalled by the CEO because of an article on bullying in the workplace. The quarterly in-house publication, which costs R30,000 to print, carried an academic article by wellness columnis...
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The year 2011 has been called a milestone in which SA’s “brain drain” was firmly in reverse, with trends showing that fewer people were leaving the country, and many expats were returning home after living abroad. An organisation called Homeco...
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The SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) has lashed out at plans to roll out HIV testing in schools next year. It says educators would be overburdened with counselling without proper planning. The Education Department has yet to finalise how many nurs...
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Business Day editorialises that SA is well positioned to take advantage of economic conditions in Africa, which is ripe and ready for growth. But the country must address the two most significant investment disincentives, namely uncertainty around nationa...
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Adcock Ingram management and staff eligible for the executive incentive bonus scheme received no bonus this month as the group failed to meet the internal targets set, the pharmaceutical group’s annual report released on Friday showed. All employees, ex...
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A decline in remittances from Lesotho’s migrant mine workers in SA has hit the kingdom’s rural population, prompting an intervention of at least $10m by the UN to help small farmers. Remittances are a major source of cash for the purchase of agricultu...
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While South Africans across the country are enjoying an unexpected public holiday today, economists have warned it will impact on business and say it will cost the economy billions.
See a short report at Eyewitness News
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Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has said she was satisfied with the improved efficiency in immigration services at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport. About 350 former SA Defence Force members who were trained in immigration wer...
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Experts have warned consumers to save their Christmas bonuses, as 2012 will be another year of economic woes. Job losses and increases in petrol and food prices are expected to hit consumers hard. Economist Azar Jammine says: “With the rising inflation ...
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The eThekwini municipality says it has not felt the effect of a strike by about 2,000 metro police officers, who started their action on Wednesday. Members of the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) want metro police head Eugene Bheki Nzama to be redep...
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The Department of Trade and Industry has disputed a media report that the recently gazetted Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Amendment Bill would for the first time result in companies not earning points by including white women in their BEE s...
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In its annual Cabinet Report Card series, the Mail & Guardian has graded the Minister of Labour, Mildred Oliphant, as worthy of a ‘B’ rating. It credits her for turning around a department that has been plagued by financial mismanagement for years...
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In the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court yesterday, bail for two men accused of defrauding clothing workers’ provident funds of at least R146m was set at R500,000 each. The magistrate said that he had taken the seriousness of the offences allegedly committ...
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Read the submission of Professor Alex van den Heever of Wits University to the Department of Health on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Green Paper published in August 2011. He puts forward serious criticisms and suggests that government needs to consi...
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Several border posts have increased their working hours to accommodate the large number of travellers during the festive season, the Department of Home Affairs said on Thursday.
Read more at Fin24
See also, ‘Call for patience over OR Tambo’s i...
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Limpopo's department of health and social development has given a reassurance that cutbacks on overtime pay will not affect the service of paramedics during the festive period. Paramedics and other staff have had their overtime work stopped because of the...
