Loyiso Sidimba

Multimedia Journalist, Politics

State IT agency offers striking employees R26m ‘sweetener’ to return to work

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Sita now wants to increases its staff’s salaries by 5%, pay each over R8 300 once-off in a last-ditch effort to stop further industrial action.

Ministers forced to be more transparent on government guarantees

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Ramaphosa’s Cabinet instructed to report regularly to the National Assembly on the billions of rand issued in bailouts, indemnities and securities

Government encourages SA businesses to market to Africa’s population

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Deputy trade, industry and economic development minister Fikile Majola this week ...

CIPC takes key functions online, suspends business rescue proceedings

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The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission have taken some of its key services online.

Bank strike: Cosatu, Sasbo to know outcome of Busa court bid on Thursday

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Business Unity SA will know on Thursday whether it has succeeded in stopping Cosatu and Sasbo protest action against job losses.

Gordhan labels Moyane 'a serial lawbreaker' in damning affidavit

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This is according to an explosive affidavit by Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan, which has finally revealed Ramaphosa?s case against Moyane.

MTN and Vodacom in row over multi-million rand Transnet tender

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MTN and Vodacom are entangled in a fresh row over a multi-million rand cell phone and data tender at state-owned Transnet.

Zuma is ‘in awe’ of Mugabe

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Zimbabwean human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa is sceptical that things will be different should President Robert Mugabe be ousted.

Strikes cost SA workers over R11-billion

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It is more than four months before the year ends but South African workers have already lost more than R11 billion in wages due to strikes.

Bonus splurge at SABC

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Christmas came early for some middle managers at the SABC apparently at the behest of operations chief Hlaudi Motsoeneng.

Acsa demands R15m from fuel suppliers

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Acsa has slapped six petrochemical giants with a R15m lawsuit for the embarrassing three-day fuel shortage that threatened to ground airlines operating from OR Tambo ...

Hlaudi’s bold R10bn SABC plan

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Controversial SABC chief operations officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng wants to grow the public broadcaster to a R10 billion organisation.

Mzi Khumalo faces auction of assets

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Reclusive mogul Mzi Khumalo faces yet another attempt to auction his prized local assets.

'Credit bill court challenge looming'

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The new Parliament looks set to face a fresh legal challenge on the National Credit Amendment Bill.

Call to blacklist big construction firms

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Construction firms involved in the collusion scandal have since received R1. 5bn in state contracts and their rivals are irate.

State fills Armscor jobs despite court case

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Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has filled the positions despite a pending Constitutional Court decision.

SABC profit of R22. 3m a massive drop

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The National Treasury expects the troubled SABC to report decreased profit of nearly R22. 3 million in the financial year ending in March.

State’s clean audit goals way off track

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Government is unlikely to meet its target of clean audit opinions in all 278 municipalities and provincial departments.

State may fund broadband roll-out

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The Development Bank of Southern Africa and the Industrial Development Corporation may finance improved access to broadband.

Black liquidators oppose white choice

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An association of black liquidators is demanding answers from the Reserve Bank after it filed a Pietermaritzburg High Court application to set aside the appointment ...

Tug-of-war over tech project

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A subcontractor has described the R365 million Vulindlela project to digitise over half a billion pages of records held by the surveyor-general and Deeds Offices ...

Workers turn backs on unions after Marikana

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Unions are blaming retrenchments for the massive decline in membership, while the Department of Labour says it is workers' dissatisfaction.

Unionists cash in on state entities

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Top union bosses are raking in thousands of rand for sitting on parastatal boards, with some pocketing almost R40 000 a meeting.

Vodacom accused of fraud in R7. 5bn BEE deal

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One of the losing consortiums in Vodacom’s R7. 5bn BEE transaction claims that the cellphone company lied about its decision to award the stake to Thebe Investment ...

Gordhan ‘hires’ lawyer facing probe

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One of the country’s top judges has questioned Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s tacit claim that he approved the appointment of a lawyer facing misconduct charges ...