Government has launched the pilot phase of a new business portal, led by the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission.
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National treasury wants to forge ahead with long-stalled plans to sell state assets to shore up the nation’s shaky finances despite opposition from other government departments and labour unions.
Finance minister Tito Mboweni said on Wednesday that government will stop buying cellphones for public representatives and senior managers in the public service.
The rand plummeted and bonds extended declines as investors faced the stark reality of what bailouts for the embattled state power utility will cost South Africa.
An economy stuck in the longest downward cycle since World War 2, chronic electricity shortages and soft business confidence – after 20 months running South Africa, patience is wearing thin with Cyril Ramaphosa.
The PIC has been thrown into further turmoil after firing an assistant portfolio manager who warned that the organisation moved too quickly when investing in a little-known technology company.
Deloitte has become the latest international company dragged into South Africa’s government-linked corruption scandals.
Government has spent months mostly talking about how to save the debt-stricken state power utility Eskom, spur economic growth and get its shaky finances back on track. Financial realities may force an end to the dithering.
The South African Revenue Service has terminated the services of suspended IT chief Mmamathe Makhekhe-Mokhuane with immediate effect.
The South African Revenue Service has placed Mmamathe Makhekhe-Mokhuane, head of digital information services and technology, on precautionary suspension pending the finalisation of a disciplinary process.