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This sector in South Africa just lost 250,000 jobs – here’s why it’s a big deal

Increasing job losses and the overall negative impact on the economy of the nationwide lockdown has seen South Africa’s ’s expanded unemployment rate accelerate to 42% for the second quarter of 2020. The latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey Quarter 2: 2020 results show that a shocking 2.2 million jobs were shed in the country during this period. One of the groups hid hardest by the lockdown are domestic workers, with […]

today10 October 2020

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Government’s new plan for South Africa is incoherent: business group

An economic plan presented by the South African government last week was “fragmented and uncoordinated,” suggesting there’s been little discussion on the proposals, the nation’s main business lobby group said. State officials met business and labour-union representatives 13 August to discuss ways to revive an economy set to contract this year by the most in nine decades. Industry delegates offered a 900-slide presentation and labour groups showed “detailed” proposals, with […]

today18 August 2020

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Ramaphosa gets support from smaller parties as they warn against coronavirus shutdown

It seems a national shutdown has formed part of discussions between President Cyril Ramaphosa and smaller opposition parties. Several opposition leaders met with the president at the Union Buildings on Sunday, where they shared their views on the country's battle against the novel coronavirus. The meeting came amid reports that the country's defence force was on standby for a possible lockdown and a potential state of emergency. READ: SANDF placed on […]

today22 March 2020

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This is how we can fix inequality: Thuli Madonsela

Corporate social investment (CSI) has the power to bring about social justice and to end poverty‚ inequality and unemployment. This is according to former public protector Thuli Madonsela‚ who was delivering a keynote address at the eleventh annual Trialogue Business in Society Conference in Johannesburg on Tuesday. “Business is in a position of power and privilege and business has a voice‚ in the same way that when you become an […]

today9 May 2018

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Water saving should be a collective effort: De Lille

Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille says saving water in the province should be a collective effort among residents, business and government. She was addressing the business sector on the water situation in the Western Cape on Tuesday night as dam levels stand at only 20 percent with about ten percent of usable water left. De Lille says they have set aside R22 million to employ more people to repair […]

today10 May 2017

News

All the Minara winners

Six leading South Africans, young and old, received awards for their success stories in commerce, industry and professional sectors from the Minara Chamber of Commerce at the NMJ Hall in Morningside, Durban, on Friday evening. In the presence of Shell South Africa’s chairman Bonang Mohale, KwaZulu-Natal’s MEC for Human Settlements and Public Works, Durban’s deputy mayor Fawzia Peer, American consul-general Frances Chisholm, platinum sponsors and 400 dignitaries and guests looked […]

today25 October 2016

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