Plettenberg Bay Business News
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Larry King quits after 25 years
Larry King, the CNN personality known for his non-confrontational interviews, colourful suspenders a...
New airport union’s protest stalls
A new trade union faced numerous obstacles as it attempted a protest outside the OR Tambo Internatio...
Power theft costs Eskom, councils R4,4bn
State power utility Eskom and municipalities lose up to R4,4bn a year to electricity theft and illeg...
Eskom’s biggest unions get set for a midwinter strike
Two unions representing the majority of Eskom’s workers issued strike notices yesterday, paving th...
NUM spurns Eskom offer, warns of strike
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said yesterday that its members would go on a strike next we...
Transnet fires suspended Freight Rail CEO Gama
Transnet yesterday announced the immediate dismissal of Siyabonga Gama, the suspended CEO of Transne...
Liquidations show strain on private sector
The pace of company failures surged last month, showing the private sector was still under strain, o...
Vodacom digs in heels on cutting ‘switch’ fees
Listen mobile network operator Vodacom yesterday pleaded with the telecoms regulator to delay the se...
Investors remain on sidelines after G-20 ‘decision’
World bourses firmed slightly after a four-day retreat yesterday, with investors still cautious abou...
PetroSA spends R12.5m on soccer tickets ‘to network’
PetroSA splurged R12.5-million on 1000 World Cup tickets while the Central Energy Fund (CEF) spent R...
Credit figures to reveal consumers’ health
Credit figures and a key manufacturing survey for last month will grab centre stage for domestic mar...
Eskom faces strike if wage deal is not struck tomorrow
While trade unions and Eskom management have moved closer to an agreement, unless a deal is struck t...
‘Employ SA whites rather than foreigners’
White job applicants should be given preference over foreign black candidates, Labour Minister Memba...
Compulsory vehicle insurance proposed
The Department of Transport is considering making car insurance compulsory......
Eskom wage dispute referred to CCMA
The unresolved wage dispute between Eskom and the three unions representing its workers has been ref...
Beware catch-22 of unemployment
Research overseas has found that many unemployed people are better off not applying for work at all ...
Sleep-deprived Apple fans brave rain for iPhone 4
Hundreds of fans flocked to stores in Tokyo to be the first buyers of Apple’s iPhone 4 and some li...
Mantashe stays out of battle over Transnet
African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Gwede Mantashe yesterday refused to be drawn into ...
Jobs are still being lost despite recovery
The formal nonfarm sector shed 79000 jobs in the first quarter of this year, adding to concern about...
Zuma sees World Cup boosting jobs, economic growth
President Jacob Zuma said yesterday he was confident the Fifa World Cup will boost......
New Credit Card Scam
This one is pretty slick since they provide YOU with all the information, except the one piece they ...
Volumes fall as retailers’ hopes for pickup sour
A hefty dose of realism has knocked back hopes for a quick return to growth in SA’s retail economy...
Theft derailed train
Police are probing the theft of railway sleepers, which led to the derailment of a train with 627 pe...
Unions set deadline for Eskom
Unions have given power utility Eskom and the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration...
Telkom’s full-year profit down 92%
Telkom announced today that for the year ended 31 March 2010, it posted a 92% decline in full-year p...
Economy ‘reaping rewards’ of hosting Cup tournament
The hosting of the Soccer World Cup is an economic turning point for SA , Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu s...
Game farms growing as pillar of tourism economy
Game farming and hunting is becoming an increasingly important pillar in the economic development of...
Report shows tourists’ pockets are deepening
South Africa saw a 34% increase in inbound tourism spending during the first quarter of 2010, and an...
Dames lauded as Eskom’s new CEO
Power utility Eskom has appointed Brian Dames as its new CEO, starting from next month......
Department pays R2,7m to root out corruption
The time and resources devoted by government departments to fight corruption have again been demonst...
