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 | The South African SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has confirmed that it has completed the conceptual designs for the multi-billion-rand expansion of the R72 coastal road between East London and Port Elizabeth. read more>> |
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 | Linda Ensor Transnet is looking for R100bn from the private sector for investment in freight infrastructure over the next seven years‚ Transnet Freight Rail's Chief Executive Siyabonga Gama said at a media function. read more>> |
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 | Manufacturing production unexpectedly rebounded in volume terms in June after two consecutive months of contraction‚ official figures showed on Thursday, 7 August 2014. read more>> |
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 | Linda Ensor Transnet has secured a R6bn funding guarantee from US export credit agency US-Exim for the funding of the diesel locomotives the company is buying from General Electric (GE). read more>> |
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 | CAPE TOWN: Western Cape Premier Helen Zille says the opening of a solar panel manufacturing plant in Cape Town is good for job creation and has the potential to create secondary industries. read more>> |
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 | David Furlonger Strong seasonal buying by car-rental companies helped minimise the drop in new-car sales in July. read more>> |
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 | Wuxi Suntech has established a subsidiary company, Suntech Power South Africa, thereby expanding its footprint in Africa. read more>> |
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 | The Eastern Cape branch of the Exporters Club of South Africa has recognised Ford's Struandale Engine Plant in Port Elizabeth with a merit award for the second year running in the Exporter of the Year competition. read more>> |
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 | General Electric (GE) says it will invest $2bn in facility development‚ skills training and sustainability initiatives across Africa by 2018. read more>> |
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 | NEW YORK, USA: General Motors (GM) has recalled another 300,000 vehicles, most of them to address ignition problems, taking to over 29m the number of GM cars recalled this year. read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Researchers unveiled a powerful new postage-stamp size chip delivering super-computer performance using a process that mimics the human brain. read more>> |
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 | SHANGHAI, CHINA: China stepped up pressure on foreign car manufacturers in the world's biggest car market, pledging to punish German luxury brand Audi and Chrysler of the United States for what it alleged was "monopoly behaviour". read more>> |
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 | NEW YORK, USA: Apple has scheduled a 9 September event to unveil its long-anticipated large-screen iPhone, the online news site Re/code reported. read more>> |
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 | SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: Arch-rivals Samsung and Apple have decided to drop a series of bitter patent disputes pending in multiple courts outside the United States, the South Korean electronics company says. read more>> |
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 | Gauteng Premier David Makhura has appealed to residents of Reiger Park to help transform their townships into economic hubs that create jobs. read more>> |
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 | Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant says South Africa needs to find a solution for the failing labour bargaining structure. read more>> |
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 | Nosihle Shelembe The Executive Mayor of Johannesburg, Parks Tau, says a year-long investigation into corruption and fraud at the City of Johannesburg has resulted in 22 arrests although more may follow. read more>> |
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 | Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe, has released government's framework for implementing the National Development Plan (NDP) over the next five years. read more>> |
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 | Ntsakisi Maswanganyi Government can pump billions of rand into local industries through incentives but these will be ineffective if they happen in an environment of excessive administered costs, strikes and high wage demands, local producers warn. read more>> |
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 | Western Cape Premier Helen Zille says the opening of a solar panel manufacturing plant in Cape Town is good for job creation and has the potential to create a number of secondary industries. read more>> |
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