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Steel industry will be forced to comply - Davies  
2010-09-02 16:04:01
Government is intent on using policy tools to achieve competitive steel pricing to benefit downstream industries. [Full Story...]  0 Comments
Strike cancels out World Cup benefits - SACCI  
2010-09-02 15:58:01
The public service strike is diminishing the gains made by South Africa in hosting a successful World Cup. [Full Story...]  0 Comments


CABINET URGES STRIKE SETTLMENT SOONEST: Cabinet has urged the public service wage negotiators to urgently find an amicable and win-win solution to the nation-wide strike, but added even the latest offer is unaffordable. Read more AFP
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Draft code requires institutions to disclose voting  Comment
In what could be the most significant corporate governance development in over a decade, a draft copy of the institutional shareholder code for responsible investing was released for discussion yesterday. The code, which requires public disclosure of voting records and policies, is set to have a significant impact on the way in which the country's R1.5 trillion investment fund industry is managed.[Full Story...] 0 Comments

 
 Features
SA needs to adapt to keep high standard of accounting  Comment
South Africa has long been reputed to produce some of the world's best auditors. This was given credence when the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Survey for 2009 to 2010 ranks us second out of 133 countries for our auditing and reporting standards. We are in the top 10 for eight other measures of financial market sophistication, and for a country that is only the world's 24th largest economy measured in terms of gross domestic product (GDP), this is good going.[Full Story...] 0 Comments

 
 Business Watch
Local strikes are giving global car makers the jitters  Comment
THE South African economy and motor manufacturing industry workers could pay dearly for the persistent disruption to new vehicle production in the country. The strikes in the new tyre and automotive component manufacturing sectors follow the strike last month by motor manufacturing workers, which resulted in some manufacturers losing export revenue.[Full Story...] 0 Comments

 
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Labour: Solidarity seals 5.5% pay hike  Comment
Trade union Solidarity had accepted a 5.5 percent pay hike offer from the Columbus Stainless Steel plant in Middelburg, it said yesterday. [Full Story...] 0 Comments

 
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Transport: Cost study of rail link project  Comment
The Department of Transport will next month conduct a feasibility study for the high speed rail project which will begin with the Durban to Johannesburg link. [Full Story...] 0 Comments

 
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Mauritius: Infrastructure needs billions  Comment
Mauritius needed to raise about À billion rupees (R51.5bn) over the next 10 years to finance its public infrastructure development, Finance Minister Pravind Jugnauth said yesterday. [Full Story...] 0 Comments

 
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US markets  Comment
Stocks advanced yesterday, extending Wednesday's gain that marked the Standard & Poor's 500 index's biggest rally in almost two months, as initial unemployment claims fell and pending home sales unexpectedly increased.[Full Story...] 0 Comments

 
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Rand rallies on uptick in global risk appetite  Comment
Financial markets largely shrugged off a three-week old public sector wage strike that looked likely to drag on after workers rejected a revised offer from the government.[Full Story...] 0 Comments

 
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