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 | The impact of weak economic growth is being increasingly felt as thousands of jobs disappear and employment prospects dissipate. Read more >>
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 | BENGHAZI, LIBYA: Libyan authorities said they intercepted a North Korean-flagged tanker, which had loaded crude from a rebel-held eastern port, as the conflict over the country's key petroleum revenues escalated. Read more >>
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 | Nick Hedley Branded consumer products group AVI grew its earnings 10% in the six months ended December‚ which chief executive Simon Crutchley described as a solid performance in a pretty constrained environment. Read more >>
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 | Amanda Visser and Mark Allix A major class action against bread producers found guilty of price fixing and market allocation by the Competition Commission has calculated that the damage to consumers amounted to a mere R2.1m, while the bread producers were fined almost R300m. Read more >>
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 | Aspen Pharmacare said normalised diluted headline earnings per share (HEPS) increased 23% to R46.74 for the six months to December‚ led by growth in its international business. Read more >>
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 | Linda Ensor Trade union Solidarity decried the draft regulations of the recently amended Employment Equity Act as "not rational and unconstitutional", and vowed to challenge them in court if they were not changed. Read more >>
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 | Nick Hedley Furniture and household goods group Steinhoff International Holdings reported a 39% rise in fully diluted headline earnings per share to 217.9c for its six months to December. Headline earnings were reported up 41% to 243 cents a share Read more >>
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 | South Africa's labour force can expect an improvement in the payment of benefits when the Unemployment Insurance Amendment Bill is signed into law. Read more >>
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 | GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: Large or small, affordable or off-the scale pricey: urban sports utility vehicles abound at the Geneva Motor Show, with luxury manufacturers are moving into this lucrative market. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Facebook is in talks to buy a solar-powered drone startup in what could lead to making wireless Internet available in regions without online access, according to technology news website TechCrunch. Read more >>
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 | TAIPEI, TAIWAN: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co has started producing chips to be used in Apple's next iPhone, reports said on Wednesday, 5 March, as speculation swirls that US firm could be offloading rival Samsung as a supplier. Read more >>
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 | GENEVA , SWITZERLAND: Car manufacturers launched a range of smaller, nimbler cars to tempt cash-strapped consumers in a recovering European market, with compact vehicles taking centre stage at the Geneva Motor Show. Read more >>
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 | PARIS, FRANCE: Out at sea, gentle waves provide power for thousands of homes. In cities, dance-floor moves generate electricity for nightclubs. In the countryside, hikers use leg power to recharge their phones. Read more >>
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 | Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies will hold talks with food processing companies to share views on how the agro-processing sector can be expanded to stimulate job creation. Read more >>
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 | Eskom is in a much better position to manage load shedding than in the last episode in 2008, Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Thursday, 5 March. Read more >>
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 | Energy Minister Ben Martins has held talks with Tan Rongyaoto, vice administrator of China's National Energy Commission, to seek ways for China to participate in South Africa's civil nuclear energy projects. Read more >>
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 | Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe says progress has been made in the last nine months since the signing of the Youth Employment Accord. Read more >>
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 | Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies says a draft of the next iteration of the Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) has been prepared. Read more >>
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 | Government has allocated R2.7bn towards a grant aimed at addressing housing for mineworkers in identified mining towns. Read more >>
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