Jonisayi Maromo

Journalist

Transport Sector Retirement Fund says its investments target infrastructure deficit in southern Africa

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The Transport Sector Retirement Fund (TSRF) was the first institutional investor in Heritage Capital, a 100 percent black women-owned and managed private equity ...

July unrest clobbered spaza shops suffocated by Covid-19 downturn

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Trade Intelligence said rental obligations have been, and are still becoming more difficult to meet and traders have also seen their shopper base decline as more ...

SA beer industry already losing sleep over 4th wave alcohol ban

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Basa expressed deep concern that with the fourth wave of Covid-19 infections anticipated in South Africa around the festive season.

Ramaphosa urges BRICS to push for equal access to Covid-19 vaccines

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President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged the BRICS grouping of five major emerging economies to push for the equal access to Covid-19 vaccines as the pandemic continues ...

Cyril Ramaphosa to deliver pre-recorded message at Limpopo investment conference

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President Cyril Ramaphosa was on Wednesday scheduled to deliver a message to the 2021 Limpopo provincial investment conference.

Business Unity SA believes more heads should have rolled in security cluster

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Business Unity South Africa (Busa) has committed to working “positively” with the reconfigured Cabinet announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa when he announced multiple ...

SA lacks ’progressive leadership’ to stop exportation of chrome ore, says NUM

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The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Friday said the continued exportation of South Africa’s raw material, particularly chrome ore, is leading into a crisis ...

Paytronix’s Joy Diphokwana – the woman marshalling ICT behind the Lotto

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“My message to fellow South African women, particularly in the corporate world, would be of perseverance. What may initially seem impossible can be achieved with ...

Force majeure will soon be lifted after crippling cyber attack, Transnet says

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South Africa’s state-owned ports and freight-rail company, Transnet, on Tuesday said it has made ’significant progress’ in restoring its IT systems after disruptions ...

Fake electricians on the prowl, warns Free State labour department

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The warning came after the department opened a criminal case against a person who was in possession of a fraudulent certificate of registration as an electrical ...

Deferment of tax payment welcomed but alcohol sector irked by repeated restrictions

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The three-month deferment of excise tax payment by the alcohol sector in South Africa provides much-needed reprieve for the beleaguered sector, the South African ...

SA-Russia to enhance ties at ITEC summit

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International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor was on Tuesday scheduled to lead the South African delegation and co-chair the ministerial segment ...

NPA warns of consequences for “criminal looting”

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the National Director of Public Prosecutions and the rest of the NPA leadership were monitoring developments relating to the violent unrest and “criminal looting” ...

South Africa beer industry demands answers over extended alcohol ban

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Basa said it would submit an urgent Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) application to the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) to obtain the data ...

Ramaphosa’s restaurants reprieve too little, industry says

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Restaurants Association of South Africa chief executive Wendy Alberts said the relaxed rules were inadequate, and showed that the government did not fully understand ...

South African social entrepreneurs invited to apply for funding

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Barloworld on Tuesday called for applications from South African social entrepreneurs to enrol their start-ups in a flagship incubation programme where they will ...

Ramaphosa engages UN special envoy on financial inclusion for African women

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President Cyril Ramaphosa has held talks with Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, the United Nations Secretary-General’s special advocate for inclusive finance for ...

Bid to revive India-SA economic ties amid the Covid-19 new normal

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South Africa and India have intensified efforts to revive the economic ties as the stringent lockdowns have been considerably eased.

SARS warns about fraudsters promising refunds

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The South African Revenue Service on Monday warned taxpayers to be wary of people posing as tax practitioners

Gauteng gobbles nearly half of South Africa's lockdown relief fund

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Half of the R16. 5bn that SA's UIF disbursed under a temporary relief scheme for those who have lost income has gone to Gauteng province.

Tax Justice SA applauds Ramaphosa’s 'bold boost' for the economy

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Tax Justice South Africa welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa?s announcement of the easing of the current national coronavirus lockdown.

Employers unable to meet full salaries should seek UIF help

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The department of employment and labour urged employers across South Africa who are unable to pay employees? full salaries to approach it for help.

WATCH: Coronavirus ban on mass gatherings hits entertainment industry suppliers

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The prohibition of mass gatherings and public events because of Covid-19 does not only hit famous artists and performers in the pocket but also established events ...

Coronavirus outbreak hurts Zimbabwean tourism - report

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The restriction of movements to and from China in the wake of the outbreak has negatively impacted Zimbabwe?s tourism industry.

Zimbabwe set to import maize from Uganda

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Zimbabwe is set to import maize from Uganda to avert hunger due to drought and economic challenges in what was once southern Africa's breadbasket.