Working from home can be just as productive – professor
As South Africans face the reality of a 21-day lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus, working from home has become the “new normal” overnight, and if its properly managed, people can be just as...
View ArticleSaice encourages students to take up free online classes from Khan Academy...
The South African Institute of Civil Engineers (Saice) encourages students to take up free online lessons from nonprofit educational organisation the Khan Academy, in light of many students being...
View ArticleMotshekga says no date set yet for schools reopening
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga on March 26 assured South Africans that pupils would catch up on all lost work once schools reopen. Learners had not been in school since the President declared...
View ArticleUP professor seconded to Presidency to help track and fight Covid-19
A professor from the University of Pretoria (UP), Willem Fourie, has been seconded to the South African Presidency to support the government in its social and economic response to the Covid-19...
View ArticleSA automotive manufacturing long-term planning, growth supported by policy
The National Association of Automotive Component and Allied Manufacturers (NAACAM) has been part of the fabric of the South African automotive manufacturing landscape for over 40 years. In that time...
View ArticleAutomotive industry transformation focused on future of mobility
Automotive industry transformation initiatives, as captured in the Automotive Masterplan 2035, are aimed at radically transforming the industry to meet the future demands of human mobility, in addition...
View ArticleExports can support greater local automotive development
Local economic headwinds may potentially be offset by increasing exports under the African Continental Free Trade Area, says industry body National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South...
View ArticleCompany transforming amid difficulties
JSE-listed sugar producer Tongaat Hulett is striving to reconstruct its business to be innovative, resilient and cost effective.
View ArticleKZN MEC says dept has adopted zero tolerance on price hiking amid lockdown
KwaZulu-Natal economic development, tourism and environmental affairs MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube says her department is in communication with the management of Spar KZN with the view of terminating...
View ArticleSeifsa encourages re-industrialisation, development of artisans
The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) says that while South Africa remains a dual economy with one of the highest levels of inequality in the world, part of...
View ArticleStaying home most effective way to contain Covid-19 – Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday said it was clear that the most effective way for a society to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus is for the population to remain at home and physically...
View ArticleSolidarity Fund sets aside R100m to procure protective equipment for...
The Solidarity Fund announced on March 30 that it would be using a portion of the R500-million raised during its first week of operations to facilitate the emergency procurement of the personal...
View ArticleUNTU calls for PPE for Transnet employees as iron ore line reopens
The United National Transport Union (UNTU) has acknowledged the decision of Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe to reopen the iron ore rail line operated by State-owned Transnet. This...
View ArticleUCT welcomes R5m donation to help with Covid-19 crisis management
University of Cape Town (UCT) chancellor Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe has donated R5-million, on behalf of the Motsepe Foundation, to assist university students and staff with a multifaceted Covid-19...
View ArticleCovid-19 may exacerbate the abuse of power – Corruption Watch
Not-for-profit organisation Corruption Watch on Tuesday released its yearly corruption report with executive director David Lewis saying South Africans should not expect corruption to lessen during...
View ArticleSA adds 16 000 net jobs in fourth quarter of 2019, as part-time work grows
Total employment in South Africa's non-agricultural formal sector grew by 16 000 between September and December 2019, Statistics SA announced on Tuesday in its latest Quarterly Employment Statistics...
View ArticleNxesi urges sector-level applications for National Disaster Covid-19 benefit
Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi announced on March 31 that applications for the National Disaster Covid-19 benefit, which had been put in place to mitigate the effects of lay-offs during...
View ArticleSouth African school group develops, 3D prints face shields to protect...
JSE-listed independent education provider Curro Holdings is assisting several healthcare organisations around the country by offering the services of its three-dimensional printers, as well as its...
View ArticleUJ Makerspace 3D printing face shields for hospital staff
The University of Johannesburg’s (UJ’s) three-dimensional (3D) innovation laboratory Makerspace has been mobilised to help in the fight against the spread of Covid-19 by producing face shields to be...
View ArticlePublic servants wage deal on ice as unions move to declare dispute
An increase in the wages of public servants – originally due to kick in on April 1, in terms of a wage agreement reached in 2018 – is still on ice after Finance Minister Tito Mboweni announced an...
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