J Brooks Spector Mining and migration have gone hand in hand since the Neolithic era, but the special impact of industrial strength mining and...

Michael Bagraim ROELOF Botha, an economic adviser to PricewaterhouseCoopers, says the Congress of South African Trade Unions has had a role in destroying 1-million...

Olebogeng Molatlhwa Johannesburg will soon be struggling to maintain a reliable water supply to its more than 4 million residents. Durban will also face...

By Itumeleng Mahabane WHILE South Africans were fretting about the result of Nigeria’s rebasing, the International Monetary Fund was downgrading our gross domestic product...

By Charles Meth POVERTY statistics are in the news again. Last week, the South African Multidimensional Poverty Index (Sampi), constructed from data in the...

By Stephen Grootes – On Tuesday ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe announced that the party was very likely to create a Ministry of Small...

By Staff Writer UNEMPLOYMENT is now the main driver of poverty in South Africa and the main driver of unemployment is poor-quality education, especially...

By SAPA KwaZulu-Natal agriculture MEC Meshack Radebe says those who receive social welfare grants but vote for opposition political parties are stealing from government,...

Employed South Africans are highly likely to stay in their jobs, while the unemployed will find it increasingly hard to find work, Statistician General...

Wiseman Khuzwayo “When women and men in government disregard the law, their conduct may very well cause much hardship for the vulnerable amongst us.” These...

According  to the  newest government calculations,  Nigeria is now  the biggest economy  in  Africa, surpassing South Africa  and moving to  be number 26th of ...

This was published in Business Report supplement today (for example in Sunday Independent). Pay the workers and stop promising too much, Mr Cutifani. Dick...