Slower growth predicted for South Africa
The Reserve Bank says South Africa is likely to see slower economic growth for the rest of 2012 but inflation is likely to remain within target.
Jocelyn Newmarch Author
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Amplats fires 12 000 workers ahead of talks
A new round of talks between the platinum industry and unions got off to a rocky start, as Amplats announced it had fired 12 000 striking workers.
Robinson speaks of SA’s good and bad at Mandela lecture
South Africa had to realise its opportunities before its humanity would to fully emerge, Mary Robinson said at the Annual Nelson Mandela lecture.
Coal mooted as a strategic resource
Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba says the government is considering declaring coal a strategic resource.
South African women’s gripes with ‘too many rights’
A report has shown that some of the basic human rights enshrined in the Constitution are still contested in communities across South Africa.
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Who’s watching Wiki?
The picture painted of South African brands and companies by Wikipedia, the free web-based encyclopedia, is not quite as rosy as investor-relations people would like it to be. Wikipedia is now among the web’s top-20 most visited sites, according to web-traffic researcher Alexa, and its articles regularly rank in the first page of Google search results.
