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Over the past few weeks, I have worked with the national treasury to deliver a budget that reinforces South Africa’s fiscal credibility and outlines the measures we will take to improve economic growth and tackle our challenges of poverty, inequality and unemployment
If you hear Koeberg nuclear power station’s sirens going off on 5 March, there is no need to race to the Huguenot tunnel to shelter from the fallout – it is just a test. The station, on the coast north of Cape Town, will test its public warning system as part of its
Trade union Solidarity on Friday said a further 300 jobs are on the line at Telkom as the company continues with a cost-cutting programme that involves reducing the size of the organisation’s employee base. The union said in a statement
Finance minister Pravin Gordhan threatened to resign ahead of his crucial budget address over an alleged clash with South African Revenue Service commissioner Tom Moyane and ultimately a “proxy war” with President Jacob Zuma, reports said on Friday
The crowded South African video-on-demand market is getting even more crowded. A new entrant, InterneTV – the brainchild of broadcasting equipment supply industry veteran John
Naspers has announced it is investing a further US$250m (about R3,9bn) in Indian online travel venture ibibo Group. The investment will be focused on extending ibibo’s leadership position in the Indian hotels category and on additional
Energy regulator Nersa has postponed its announcement on the Eskom tariff hike decision until Tuesday, following finance minister Pravin Gordhan’s swipe at the power utility on Wednesday. Gordhan said at his press briefing ahead of his
Home affairs will not be destroying any uncollected IDs until after the local government elections, minister Malusi Gigaba said on Thursday. This was to ensure that prospective voters could still
MTN’s share price leapt higher in intraday trading on Wednesday after announcing it had made a 50bn naira (US$250m; R3,8bn) payment to Nigerian authorities and withdrawn legal action in the federal high court in Nigeria. MTN’s shares jump to a
For the second year in a row, the national budget has provided few details on a project to connect municipalities to broadband technology. Finance minister Pravin Gordhan delivered the 2016 national budget speech in parliament
