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Higher salary packages in the private sector are putting pressure on state-owned enterprises, says Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba.
The government will give financial support to South African Airways as it expands into Africa, says Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba.
Eskom's funding plan to 2017 has been finalised and the electricity generation group will spend R201.6bn over the period, says Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba.
The global financial crisis and its consequences are a direct result of the greed and waste defining global capitalism, says Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi.
Western companies have announced finds of huge additional quantities of gas off the coast of Mozambique and Tanzania.
New vehicle sales grew in the first quarter of 2012, but at a slower rate than the same period last year, says Naamsa.
The DA has accused President Jacob Zuma of being afraid to make the difficult choices that would benefit many unemployed young people.
The 34.98 carat Beau Sancy diamond, once worn by royal families in France, England, Prussia and the Netherlands, is now owned by an anonymous bidder.
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Beleaguered national carrier South African Airways is looking for additional state aid to buy a new fleet of aircraft, says the public enterprises minister.
The creation of a liquidity pool which banks can tap to meet the global industry's new Basel III regulatory requirements relieves the pressure for a credit rating downgrade.
The volatile rand was marginally firmer after Greek fears were allayed as a result of a pledge made by the ECB to support the country ahead of the new June poll.
The department of water affairs has taken legal action against four mines that continued operating without water-use licences, despite being told to comply.
Italian energy firm ENI has announced a new natural gas discovery of up to 10 trillion cubic feet off the Mozambican coast.
The JSE continued to fall in midday trade as commodity prices dipped, pulling resource shares lower.
South African bonds maintained their weaker bias in midday trade, driven primarily by the rand.
Technology group Gijima is to retrench an undisclosed number of workers to improve efficiency and reduce costs, according to a report.
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South African National Roads Agency Limited CEO Nazir Alli has resigned.
The economy shed 75 000 jobs in the first quarter of the year.
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Spain faces corrosion, not collapse, from the euro crisis.
Should I put my pension money in PUTs?
The volatile rand was slightly firmer in midday trade following news that the European Central Bank will support the troubled Greek nation for the next six months.
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The debt incurred will have to be recovered somehow. 20% 1 votes
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