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Solidarity is a South African trade union that negotiates on behalf of its members and attempts to protect workers' rights. They are taking Minister Lindiwe Sisulu to court, amid the hiring of Cuban engineers to assist with our water infrastructure - while local engineers sit unemployed. The head of legal at Solidarity told Alec Hogg that they want answers.

The chairman of Kisby, Mark Barnes, got his first shot of the Pfizer vaccine. He joined the BizNews Power Hour to share his experience. Barnes took to social media about the experience, tweeting "Vaccinated! I got the SMS - get to Hillbrow CHC! System worked. Frontline medical staff wonderful - caring, positive and competent. Yes, SA, we can".

The chairman of Kisby, Mark Barnes, got his first shot of the Pfizer vaccine. He joined the BizNews Power Hour to share his experience. Barnes took to social media about the experience, tweeting "Vaccinated! I got the SMS - get to Hillbrow CHC! System worked. Frontline medical staff wonderful - caring, positive and competent. Yes, SA, we can".

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In this week’s episode of the Currency Focus Andre Cilliers, currency strategist at TreasuryONE, underscores the benefits of offshore diversification - and he says that it's a great time to take advantage of the rand's strength relative to major currencies. In this in-depth conversation with Jackie Cameron, for BizNews, the currency expert shares how data from around the world play into sizing up the value of the rand. He picks up on recent rand volatility, with the South African currency dipping below R14 to the US dollar.

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In this week’s episode of the Currency Focus Andre Cilliers, currency strategist at TreasuryONE, underscores the benefits of offshore diversification - and he says that it's a great time to take advantage of the rand's strength relative to major currencies. In this in-depth conversation with Jackie Cameron, for BizNews, the currency expert shares how data from around the world play into sizing up the value of the rand. He picks up on recent rand volatility, with the South African currency dipping below R14 to the US dollar.

* South Africa is finalising legislative changes that aim at narrowing the earnings gap between company executives and the lowest-paid workers, according to Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel.

* Heineken, the world’s second-largest brewer, is in talks about a takeover of South African wine and spirits maker Distell Group Holdings Ltd.

* Labour union Solidarity has announced it will serve court papers on the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation, Lindiwe Sisulu, over the use of Cuban engineers to help fix the country’s water crisis.

* Namibia has banned all imports of poultry and poultry products from South Africa after further outbreaks of avian influenza were detected in the neighbouring country, the agriculture ministry said on Monday.

* South Africans should expect loadshedding all through winter, says Eskom.

* South Africa is finalising legislative changes that aim at narrowing the earnings gap between company executives and the lowest-paid workers, according to Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel.

* Heineken, the world’s second-largest brewer, is in talks about a takeover of South African wine and spirits maker Distell Group Holdings Ltd.

* Labour union Solidarity has announced it will serve court papers on the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation, Lindiwe Sisulu, over the use of Cuban engineers to help fix the country’s water crisis.

* Namibia has banned all imports of poultry and poultry products from South Africa after further outbreaks of avian influenza were detected in the neighbouring country, the agriculture ministry said on Monday.

* South Africans should expect loadshedding all through winter, says Eskom.

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In this episode of BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host Steven Nathan, Mark Barnes the chairman of Kisby, Solidarity's Anton van der Bijl, Julian Kettle and the BizNews Team.

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In this episode of BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host Steven Nathan, Mark Barnes the chairman of Kisby, Solidarity's Anton van der Bijl, Julian Kettle and the BizNews Team.

Veteran mining expert and fund manager Peter Major joined the BizNews Power Hour, to discuss whether we are indeed in a commodities supercycle. Major reckons that we are indeed, noting "I don't know what else you would call this. When we have prices that have exceeded any kind of price we've seen in a lot of these commodities and we've been up many more years - probably 15 years we've been up out of 21 years - I think we are in a supercycle."