Fedusa has raised its concerns over the collective bargaining process in a meeting with Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe.

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Nearly 2 000 farmers, many from the Western Cape, have applied for exemption from the minimum wage for farm workers.

Cosatu's Zwelinzima Vavi accused everyone from the media, to employers and the opposition of trying to "divide and rule".

The National Union of Mineworkers cannot be blamed for the violence in the mining sector, Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu said.

Violence and murder cannot be used to coerce people to join a union, Mineral Resource Minister Susan Shabangu said.

US stocks fell for a third day, putting indexes on track for their first negative week since mid-April.

The New York legal case over Argentina's debt poses a deep challenge to all future sovereign debt restructurings.

Switzerland and China could sign a landmark free-trade agreement as early as July.

The Prosecutions Authority wants leave to appeal against the sentence handed to former Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown.

Striking workers at a chrome mine owned by German group Lanxess have signed a deal to end a week-long illegal walkout.

Slovenia's parliament has adopted a cap on public spending to try to convince investors that it will be able to avoid needing an international bailout.

US orders for long-lasting manufactured goods rebounded in April, buoyed by more demand for aircraft.

The lack of a binding collective bargaining agreement at Lonmin platinum mine will see turbulence in the industry continue.