Plettenberg Bay Business News
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Unions face tough battle to sell state wage offer
Behind-the-scenes negotiations yesterday failed to end the public service strike as trade unions con...
Passenger rail lines to be refurbished
The Department of Transport yesterday outlined an ambitious plan to revamp the country’s passenger...
Strike set to drag on as Cosatu digs in its heels
The state’s revised wage offer to public servants hit new obstacles yesterday, with unions at odds...
SAA’s auditors never picked up wasteful spending
South African Airways paid R68-million to auditing firm Ernst & Young over the past four years t...
State strike rumbles on, no talks scheduled
The public service strike enters its third week today with the two sides still poles apart. The str...
Google now offers phone calls from e-mail
Google said yesterday that users of its Gmail will now be able to call telephones directly from thei...
Minister meets labour in bid to calm strike tempers
Public Service and Administration Minister Richard Baloyi held a private meeting with trade union le...
Woolworths profit rises
Retailer Woolworths posted a 25% rise in full-year profit, helped by a recovering demand in Africa's...
Shock US housing figures raise fresh doubts on economic recovery
World stocks fell to one-month lows yesterday and the yen hit a 15- year high as dismal US housing d...
South Africa looks to boost investment from China
South African President Jacob Zuma called on Tuesday for greater investment in his country from Chin...
SABC board is ‘set to suspend’ Mokoetle
The board of the SABC is understood to be on the verge of suspending group CEO Solly Mokoetle and in...
Old Mutual confirms HSBC bid for control of Nedbank
HSBC will buy up to 70 percent of Nedbank , in a potential $6.8 billion deal that would give Europe'...
State threatens to take action against ‘illegal strikers’
The government said yesterday it would take action against workers in essential services who continu...
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe visits Eden district in the Western Cape on anti poverty campaign progress
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe will visit Bitou local (Plettenberg Bay) municipality in the Eden...
State draws line in sand on 7% offer to public servants
Public Service and Administration Minister Richard Baloyi was emphatic yesterday that the government...
Striking health workers block hospital entrances
Striking health workers were blocking the entrances to several hospitals in Gauteng today (August 19...
Business leaders raise voice for press freedom
Business leaders yesterday entered the press freedom debate, unequivocally rejecting the idea of a m...
Expected retail boost could be short-lived
Retail sales data, to be released by Statistics SA on Wednesday, will be the focus this week as fore...
Transnet service spat halts inter-city trains
A dispute between Transnet and the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) has resulted in all Shosholoz...
Massive East Cape education fraud probe
President Jacob Zuma has ordered a massive graft probe into the Eastern Cape Education Department th...
Record new fine looms over Sasol
Sasol said yesterday it would defend itself against new allegations from the Competition Commission ...
Government ups offer to state workers threatening strike
The South African government increased its offer to more than a million state workers in an effort t...
Masekela quits amid new turmoil at SABC
Barbara Masekela, former ambassador to France and a prominent figure in the African National Congres...
Reprieve for Lonmin as state order withdrawn
Lonmin has been given permission to sell base metals from its platinum mines again after the Departm...
Bhisho health officials blasted in Parliament
Eastern Cape health officials, who yesterday failed to report to Parliament to explain the high rate...
Mittal in audacious R9bn deal to clear path to mining future
In an astonishing development, ArcelorMittal SA said yesterday it would buy Imperial Crown Trading 2...
Public service pay talks go on tomorrow after day strike
Further efforts to settle a public service pay dispute will continue tomorrow after 1.3 million gove...
Absa warns of tough year as it rushes results report
Absa yesterday added more gloom to the banking sector when it reported flat earnings for the six mon...
World Bank probe of Eskom’s loan
The Competition Commission raided the offices of South African Airways (SAA) and its sister airline,...
Chips are down for SA potato farmers
For the second time in three years, SA faces a potato shortage. This year, black frost wiped out 350...
