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FINANCE Minister Pravin Gordhan told representatives of SA's creative industry yesterday not to rely on the government to bail out the struggling sector, saying the state had less money to spend because of the recession.
SA's gold output was 4,8% higher in the third quarter than in the second, but 2,9% down on the previous third quarter's, the Chamber of Mines said yesterday.
THE Reserve Bank kept interest rates steady yesterday as expected with new governor Gill Marcus highlighting the role global events play in SA's tentative economic recovery.
AFTER 31 years of service as SA's polar research vessel, the SA Agulhas is due for retirement by 2012, it was announced in Cape Town yesterday.
FORMER prosecutions chief Vusi Pikoli told the South Gauteng High Court yesterday how former police commissioner Jackie Selebi asked him why the Scorpions were not "dropping" an investigation of former Hyundai boss Billy Rautenbach.
THE Johannesburg Roads Agency yesterday said budget cuts had forced it to scale back some road projects and "reprioritise" others in the country's richest city, which is battling with backlogs on capital projects and maintenance.
A court shocked by the "devious" behaviour of Selly Brink, has sentenced the paralegal assistant to three years in jail for stealing nearly R300 000 from an Atlantis woman's estate over four years.
Nearly two months have passed since three women died while hiking on the Swartberg mountain trail. Now one woman is demanding answers about what happened to her mother on that day.
The national flag and Oude Molen High School's flag hung at half mast at the school today as teachers and pupils tried to come to grips with the deaths of two of the school's matrics who died in a car crash.
A march against crime and gangsterism in Atlantis led by DA leader Helen Zille, doubled as a rally for the party before tomorrow's by-elections in the ward.
Two domestic workers have been stabbed to death at the home where they worked in Pelican Heights, with their attacker stealing only their cellphones.
A shortage of judges at the Cape High Court has led to the postponement of the trial of three men charged with the murder of a Stanford businesswoman.
Rail commuters wanting to travel by train after 3pm over weekends will have to find other transport as Metrorail is doing maintenance work on its fleet in preparation for the World Cup next year.
The Congress of South African Students (Cosas) has vowed to continue disrupting matric exams "until Jesus comes and rescues Lagunya (Finishing School)".
A warning uttered recently by Zwelinzima Vavi, Cosatu general secretary, should ring alarm bells for President Jacob Zuma, even though Vavi, an ideologue par excellence, might have been motivated by more than comradely concern for Zuma and his administration.
THE Reserve Bank's new governor, Gill Marcus, made clear yesterday that she would not cave in to political pressure on interest rates, although she will be more consensual than her predecessor in making decisions.
The Financial Services Board (FSB) is involved in continuing legal battles concerning between R1bn and R2bn in pension fund surpluses which some employers are refusing to apportion in accordance with legal requirements.
MTN South Africa, has advanced strategies to reduce its permanent and temporary workforce as a result of the decline in the economic environment.
Dimension Data reports revenue of $4.0 billion which is up up by just under half a percent in the year ending September 2009.
The SA Weather Service has warned that heavy falls of rain are possible over the southern Free State, Lesotho, the extreme south-eastern part of Northern Cape, the northern interior of Eastern Cape, spreading to the Wild Coast in the evening and over southern KwaZulu-Natal.
The Nigeria Football Federation will open a 'Nigeria Village' in South Africa as soon as the 2010 FIFA World Cup draws are made next month and the country's centre is confirmed.
The Nigeria Football Federation will open a 'Nigeria Village' in South Africa as soon the 2010 FIFA World Cup draws are made next month and the country's centre confirmed.
The South African Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to revert back to holding bi-monthly meetings as of next year.
International Relations and Cooperation Director General Ayanda Ntsaluba has described the incident relating to the off-key rendition of South Africa's National Anthem, during a rugby match in France, as an "unfortunate mistake".
The Reserve Bank's new governor, Gill Marcus, has delivered her first Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decision on the repo rate, putting her unique stamp on the regular briefing.
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