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Time to revaluate the power of unions

Across the country tens of thousands of families have been prevented from working over recent weeks.

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Energy minister vague on the ‘state’ of fracking

It emerged during a briefing with Energy Minister Dipuo Peters last week that she had recently raced off to Pennsylvania, the scene of a measure of controversy ... Read Story

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Investment in listed property can help you beat inflation

The property stocks listed on the JSE provide medium- and long-term investors with an interesting array of choices.

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Don’t be lulled by painful truths made palatable
May 16 2013 at 05:47

The language of doctors, priests, financial analysts and hypnotists is meant to give you a “good feeling”, no matter that the message may be stark and scary.

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Inefficiency of labour market puts drag on SA
May 16 2013 at 05:47

Productivity in South Africa, while a complex topic to measure and define, is generally accepted to be in bad shape. Given its rich endowments of resources and labour, South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) and ... Read Story
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280711 Houtkop resident Bongani Madume(28) is amongst the unemployment statistic of over 25% unemployed people in South Africa.photo by Simphiwe Mbokazi 3

Data reveal SA paradox of rising jobs and joblessness
May 16 2013 at 05:47

Recent political news was dominated by the Guptas at Waterkloof and the unemployment numbers. We leave the Guptas to bigger forces and focus on the (un)employment numbers.

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Solidarity doubts Telkom's motives
May 15 2013 at 05:34

Long-suffering investors in Telkom may have been driven to despair if there had not been some glimmer of light at the end of the proverbial tunnel.

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Our habit of carping leaks into WEF report
May 15 2013 at 05:34

Not only was I not invited to THE wedding, but at last week’s World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa I was obliged to wear one of those dirty-brown-orange identity tags, which at status-riddled WEF meetings identifies ... Read Story
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Investors bail out of mines as unions talk trash
May 14 2013 at 05:50

The continuing investor exodus from South African mining stocks shows what the market thinks of Anglo American Platinum’s (Amplats’s) admission of a delicate egg-dance so as not to further offend the government... Read Story
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Biofuel incentive scheme is revitalised
May 14 2013 at 05:50

It is an old concept: using vegetable oil as a fuel source instead of petroleum fuel. Rudolf Diesel first envisioned his engine to run on peanut oil and similarly, Henry Ford expected his “Model T” to run on et... Read Story
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Road tolling will not benefit the poor, economy
May 13 2013 at 05:56

The article, “Road tolling will provide benefits for the economy” (Business Report, May 10), refers. It is funny how you can say this will benefit the economy. Which economy are you talking about.

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Bell’s dream of jobs for all is ludicrous
May 13 2013 at 05:56

Your always readable labour columnist Terry Bell is usually accurate and reliable in his contributions.

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Residential buildings under construction at Tianjin eco-city in China. As the largest Asian economy starts to decelerate, other countries in the region can no longer rely on China for a stimulus, and already their growth has fallen back to where it was for much of the 1990s. The next boost will come from internal reforms, argues the writer. Photo: Bloomberg.

Asia needs reforms
May 12 2013 at 16:12

If China’s growth permanently slows in the coming years Chinese foreign investment and trade is likely to decline somewhat as well.

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