South African inflation exceeded the 6 percent upper limit of the central bank's target for the first time in 15 months as a weaker rand boosted fuel costs.The inflation rate rose to 6.3 percent in Ju...
By Rene Vollgraaff | Published: 21 August 2013
Rustenburg-Around 2 000 mineworkers converged at an Anglo American Platinum mine in the restive platinum belt on Tuesday over plans by the world's top producer to cut 6 900 jobs amid unrest in the sec...
By AFP | Published: 21 August 2013
Cape Town - The South African National Assembly on Tuesday adopted the labour relations amendment bill, which curtails labour broking but stops short of a ban.It was passed with 248 votes to 81, after...
By Sapa | Published: 20 August 2013
Newly-formed Malawi Airline Limited (MAL) plans to resume direct flights between Harare and Lilongwe.With the flights having been suspended in 2004 by troubled national carrier Air Malawi due to oper...
By Business reporter | Published: 20 August 2013
The Southern African Development Community is finalising the modalities of a long-awaited development fund to accelerate the regional integration agenda.According to a document released ahead of the ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 19 August 2013
Cape Town - Times Media Group is selling I-Net Bridge for R115m to McGregor BFA, which is owned by Naspers, according to a SENS report released on Thursday.I-Net provides a wide range of investment pr...
By Business reporter | Published: 08 August 2013
ZIMBABWE will tomorrow host the inaugural African Business Leadership (ABL) Summit in Harare.The summit, which will bring together international business leaders, scholars, policymakers and industry e...
By Business reporter | Published: 07 August 2013
Pick n Pay hopes to trim jobs across the country as it implements a turnaround strategy, Business Day reported on Wednesday.The retailer is offering voluntary retrenchments to workers in its head offi...
By fin24 | Published: 07 August 2013
Nairobi - Kenya on Monday revoked all mining licences granted in the months before and after March elections and announced that it was hiking royalties paid by companies operating in its nascent minin...
By Business reporter | Published: 06 August 2013
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is mounting an early push to extend a trade pact with sub-Saharan African countries set to expire in 2015 which is seen a cornerstone of US-African economic relatio...
By FT | Published: 06 August 2013
Two brand new aircrafts acquired by Air Botswana in 2009 for close to P280 million have been singled out as unfit for purpose, a parliamentary committee has reported. The committee on statutory bodies...
By Business reporter | Published: 30 July 2013
The internet usage has significantly grown in South Africa this year, already involving 14 million people, a survey said on Wednesday."The number of people with access to the web is higher than though...
By Staff reporter | Published: 25 July 2013
JOHANNESBURG - Bruising wage negotiations between South African
goldminers and workers look to have stalled after unions declared an
official wage dispute, which could bring more trouble for beleagu...
By Sapa | Published: 25 July 2013
The UN Development Programme says Africa should embrace inclusive business, a concept that brings together low-income people in a value chain, as a means of poverty alleviation while also achieving ot...
By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2013
Ethiopian AIRLINES has announced that it is now the strategic partner of Air Malawi after acquiring 49 percent equity in the latter.The remaining 51 percent is held by the Malawian government and Mala...
By Business Reporter | Published: 18 July 2013
Barberton - More than 200 unemployed youth in Mpumalanga have marched to the Fairview mine in Barberton, Mpumalanga, demanding a share of the company's wealth.A Sapa correspondent reported that the gr...
By Sapa | Published: 17 July 2013
Cairo - Tens of thousands of supporters of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood on Friday protested in Cairo in mass rallies called to reject the military's ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi."May God ...
By AFP | Published: 05 July 2013
South Africa Express Airlines, which launched its Harare-Durban route in November last year, yesterday said it would increase its frequency on the route to four flights per week next month owing to ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 04 July 2013
Cairo - Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi vowed he would not quit despite mass protests demanding his resignation and an army ultimatum as fresh deadly violence rocked capital Cairo.In a televised addre...
By AFP | Published: 03 July 2013
Johannesburg - South Africa President Jacob Zuma's approval levels in urban areas have stabilised close to their lowest point since the last general election, a survey revealed on Monday.Zuma's approv...
By Sapa | Published: 01 July 2013
Cairo - At least four people were killed in Egypt and nearly 200 wounded on Sunday in clashes between supporters and opponents of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, security and medical sources said.A...
By Reuters | Published: 30 June 2013
KHARTOUM - Shipments of South Sudanese oil from Sudan have resumed after more than a year, a senior petroleum ministry official said yesterday, but the South expressed concern Khartoum might stop the ...
By AFP | Published: 30 June 2013
LAGOS - As the deadline to register subscriber identity module cards approaches, the National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers of Nigeria appealed for an extension of the programme.The Ni...
By Business reporter | Published: 30 June 2013
AS US President Barack Obama jetted into town on Friday, the diplomatic talk was about how South Africa could use the visit to bolster trade ties.The US was a "major export market for South African pr...
By Tshepo Mashego | Published: 30 June 2013
POINTING to Africa’s crippling lack of electrical power, US President Barack Obama was due to announce on Sunday a $7bn initiative over five years to double access to power in sub-Saharan Africa."We...
By Mark Felsenthal and Jeff Mason | Published: 30 June 2013
David Coltart takes on the Church of England 
South Africa ripe for a coup 
India dumps US Treasury bills 
Zimbabwe's dollar stock exchange surges 45% 
Gold edges up as traders await guidance 
fastjet introduces Bulawayo-Victoria Falls flights 
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