Futuregrowth key investor in Renewable Energy

Construction of the first solar and wind farm projects by independent power producers will kick off over the next few weeks under the first round of Government’s renewable energy programme.

SA Business schools agree to set higher entrance requirements for MBA

The South African Business School’s Association (SABSA) has put forward a proposal to the Council for Higher Education (CHE) which would see its member schools implementing higher entry requirements for the Masters of Business Administration (MBA).

Africa’s middle-class explosion

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Companies that develop products and services that address institutional and infrastructural deficits can help low-income communities enter the growing global middle class.

South African SME’s confident into 2013

49% of those surveyed said that the SA economy will be conducive for business growth in the next 12 months.

“We can’t force the industry not to use machines”

A new sectoral determination for farm workers, including a new minimum wage, can only be implemented in April next year, labour minister Mildred Oliphant said this afternoon. This, coupled with increased mechanisation on farms is likely to create continued tension between employers and their employees in the coming months.

Don’t kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

More than 10000 job cuts in the mining industry are on the cards in the first quarter of 2013 says Bheki Sibiya, CEO of the Chamber of Mines

The Eskom trade-off

Does Eskom need to have a healthy balance sheet at the expense of industry, business, job creation and economic growth?

Top ANC leaders arrested

In connection with charges of fraud, corruption and money-laundering to the value of R49m.

“Heavy hand” of government may have pushed Eskom CFO

“We have a broad structural problem where government insists on having a heavy hand in the affairs of state owned enterprises”

SABC drama unfolds in parliament

More drama at the public broadcaster