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Construction of a R2bn biofuel plant outside Cradock, which will be the first in SA, will start this year, opening the way for the creation of thousands of new direct and indirect jobs in the area, Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti...
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Former deputy minister of economic development Enoch Godongwana told the Canyon Springs Investments insolvency inquiry that he and fraud-accused Richard Kawie had been in the habit of loaning each other money, without drawing up loan agreements. The inqu...
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The Mine Health and Safety Council (MHSC) has singled out the platinum mining sector for increased safety inspections. MHSC acting chairperson David Masiza told a parliamentary committee on Friday that the platinum sector had accounted for about 30% of t...
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Union Solidarity has welcomed a planned investigation into the implementation of so-called ‘section 54 orders’, which allow the Mines Inspectorate to temporarily close down mines following fatalities or safety incidents. However, it has stressed that ...
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Government, the mining industry and organised labour have set up a joint task team to investigate the implementation of so-called Section 54 notices, which allow the Mines Inspectorate of the Department of Mineral Resources to close down a mine following ...
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AngloGold Ashanti announced today that a miner who sustained serious injuries in a fall of ground accident on 13 September last year at its Moab Khotsong mine has died. Rock drill operator Mahlasinyane Leipa had been undergoing intensive medical care sinc...
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Durban’s port operations could be plunged into turmoil if Transnet does not solve the problems of casual workers who claim they have been physically abused and robbed of money by what they say is an illegal union. On Monday, they protested outside...
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There is a critical shortage of maths and science teachers in North West province, the provincial legislature heard on Thursday, with some schools being unable to teach these subjects at all. One school visited by a legislature delegation has been without...
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Progress is being made to resolve a dispute between Cosatu and Sun International over alleged racism at the Sun City resort, the North West government said on Thursday. Both parties made encouraging commitments at a meeting in Mahikeng on Wednesday arran...
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Government and business could be in for a standoff over regulations on executive pay, if local authorities go the United Kingdom’s route on tackling excessive salaries, which the SA ministry of economic development is to study with "great interest". Wit...
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Read a report on the launch yesterday of ‘Corruption Watch’, a Cosatu-initiated organisation which, as an autonomous watchdog, will be independent of government and organised business. It will enable victims of graft and ordinary citizens to make repo...
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At least 1,000 Absa bank employees are uncertain about their jobs after they were told yesterday about restructuring in the company. Computer section employees received letters signed by their line managers informing them about “restructuring processes...
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Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi took on his comrades in the unions during the launch of the Corruption Watch initiative yesterday, saying they were not "paragons of virtue”. Without mentioning names, he slammed those involved in the disappearan...
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In a speech prepared for delivery at the World Economic Forum, President Zuma notes that the state is not the primary job creator in SA. While job-creation has become a central criterion for all the government's economic programmes and projects, its role ...
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More than 900 KwaZulu-Natal teachers earn salaries without setting foot in classrooms. These teachers claim to have been displaced from their work places because of violence and intimidation and some have apparently been displaced for years. All they do i...
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All KwaZulu-Natal teachers whose salaries were docked after the 2010 public sector strike could get their money back as early as next week, a senior official said on Thursday. The Supreme Court of Appeal recently ruled in favour of National Teachers' Unio...
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The impact of a strike by Impala Platinum workers could “easily” extend beyond the two weeks estimated by the company’s managers, the Goldman Sachs Group has said in a report. “When looking at the Lonmin K3 situation (last year), the impact ...
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The Eastern Cape health department has been ordered to stop the appointment of all new doctors and cut its budget by R205m, in a move that may leave as many as 400 junior doctors, who are currently performing community service, in limbo. Junior Doctors' ...
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One of the organisers of a demonstration expected to be held at Rondebosch Common insists the protest action will go ahead despite it being declared illegal by Cape Town City authorities. A group of activists are planning on staging the demonstration this...
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More than 80 employees of the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) hoping to air grievances about their boss, acting CEO Collins Letsoalo, have been fired for participating in an unprotected strike. The workers say they tried on Monday to give Lets...
