SHAWN HAGEDORN: Boosting growth is no panacea for joblessness

Workable solutions require that we embrace uncertainty while purging outdated or otherwise costly biases

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Unions call for jobs to be saved in Post Office turnaround

Organised labour urges a rethink after creditors approve a plan that includes 6,000 retrenchments

ECONOMIC WEEK AHEAD: Drop in fuel prices expected to rein in November’s inflation rate

Consumer and producer inflation numbers due this week, along with mining and manufacturing output

STUART THEOBALD: Stakes are high for SA at COP28

The country is a big carbon emitter, but will also suffer much from climate change

10 hours ago
New Eskom CEO will ‘hit the ground running’, says electricity minister

Dan Marokane was a senior manager at Eskom in 2010-15 and ‘has great knowledge of the institution’

JACQUI REED: Employers should start to consider how NHI may affect staff contracts

Employers may continue to require contributions to a medical aid to ensure complementary and additional cover is received

10 hours ago
Activist-turned-banker Roger Jardine states his political ambitions

Former FirstRand chair says he will not be forced to side with political parties

MICHAEL AVERY: SA must act on its one chance in 2024

The ANC’s failures and the JSE's struggle for relevance indicate a country heading for the abyss

10 hours ago
Aspen and Biovac to bid for vaccine contracts under new $1bn Africa package

Decision to create an African vaccine-making accelerator is the culmination of an AU campaign to reduce the risk of another jabs shortage

Cabinet approves SA’s new energy plan

IRP 2023 proposes amending the decommissioning schedule for Eskom’s end-of-life power stations

POLITICAL WEEK AHEAD: By-elections due in Gauteng and KZN

Polls will be held in the two provinces this week as parliament begins winding down for the year

JSE slips, with focus on the US Fed meeting this week

The US central bank policymakers are expected to keep interest rates within the 5.25%-5.5% range

4 hours ago
EDITORIAL: Sobering growth numbers raise questions about the outlook

The logistics crisis is taking a huge toll, weighing heavily on SA’s ability to trade and grow

10 hours ago
Italtile forecasts drop in profit amid weak consumer confidence

The industry has suffered since the boom in home improvement during the Covid-19 pandemic

6 hours ago
State’s lack of urgency over water and power irks Astral chair Theuns Eloff

Not enough is being done about SA’s problems ‘despite numerous promises’, says Eloff

Let’s raise our glasses to sobriety

The Sober Curious Movement allows people to question their relationship with alcohol, not necessarily abstain from it

10 hours ago

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