OFF-the-shelf empowerment is this season's fashion among big corporations. But the broad-based black economic empowerment (BEE) transaction brewer SAB described yesterday did not excite analysts.
SOUTH African Breweries (SAB) said yesterday its R7,3bn empowerment deal would also benefit its lower-paid white employees, but analysts warned the brewer would not score points for the move.
PETROCHEMICALS company Sasol has signed a deal worth more than £40m with the British telecoms operator BT, giving it a contract to run its network and data security services on an outsourcing basis for five years.
TRAVEL and tourism should be mainstreamed in global economic decision making -- this is what SA and other Group of 20 (G-20) countries are working towards.
ACCOUNTING technicians in the finance sector can look forward to receiving professional recognition for their experience in a new accreditation process provided by the industry's professional body.
TECHNOLOGY supplier Datatec is expanding its footprint in Asia by acquiring a company for 19,8m, paying 40% less now than it was considering two years ago .
PETROLINE, builder of a petroleum pipeline from Mozambique to SA, could contravene its licence conditions if it delays the project, according to the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa).
SENWES MD Johan Dique cited "conservative spending patterns" in the agricultural input market as the grain storage and handling company reported a 14,5% fall in headline earnings to 81,3c for the six months to October.
ISAAC "The Angel" Hlatshwayo has promised South African boxing fans an early Christmas present - to give Slovenian boxer Jan Zaveck a "taste of the canvas" on Friday.
THE efforts of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) to improve on the national team's dismal performance at last year's Beijing Games were well on track, Sascoc president Gideon Sam said after a board meeting yesterday.
MOROKA Swallows have threatened to turn the domestic premiership title race on its head when they host long-time leaders Super Sport United at Dobsonville Stadium tonight.
Closing down Johannesburg's central methodist church without a sustainable alternative for the refugees living there - would not solve the problems of overcrowding at the church and homelessness in the city centre, or reduce immigration into SA.
CONGRESS of the People (COPE ) deputy president Mbhazima Shilowa has denied rumours of a merger with the Democratic Alliance (DA) and other opposition parties.
TRANSPORT Minister Sbu Ndebele yesterday threatened to ground domestic airline SA Airlink after a third accident involving the airline on Monday.
Heartland's Zambian import, Signs & Wonder Chibambo has said that the Akure-based Sunshine Stars are just lucky to have escaped a home defeat.
TRASH talk, jab steps and crossover tricks - the phenomenon that is Streetball - is expected to hit fever pitch when six of the best and one specialist from the United States of America explode at the City Sports Centre today.
The proposed merger of three regional economic blocs is soon expected to face an acid test when member states give views on recently released work plans that seek to guide the process.
ALL but two political parties that took part in last week's presidential election have lost their deposit of N$10 000 after failing to garner enough votes.
THE Sadc facilitation team appointed by South Africa's President Jacob Zuma to assist in negotiations between parties to the Global Political Agreement arrived in Zimbabwe yesterday and met negotiators from the three parties.
Two weeks of negotiations between ZANU PF and the MDC broke off on Monday without evident progress, amid signs of increasing frustration over the lack of success in efforts to resolve outstanding issues in the Global Political Agreement.
ZANU PF's centre of power, the Politburo, has officially endorsed the party's nominated leadership ahead of the start of the ZANU PF congress on Wednesday.
The humanitarian community in Zimbabwe, taking a cautiously optimistic approach, has appealed for US$378 million dollars to buy food and medicines, and bolster health, education, sanitation and access to safe water in 2010 - half the amount requested in 2009.
Poor farmers in the dusty village of Mandamabwe, in Masvingo Province, southeastern Zimbabwe, have resorted to a groundbreaking activity to salvage what they can of their 2010 harvest.
For close to three decades, Jeremiah Mkhonta has earned a living by selling firewood by the roadside. It's not exactly lucrative: the father of 15 often goes for a fortnight without even selling a single four dollar bundle of firewood.
The mention of green jobs salivates the eager tongues of politicians seeking quick answers for dismal economic prospects. Green jobs have become the new panacea for joblessness and a ‘pathway out of poverty’.
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