Labour throws weight behind prescribed-assets proposal . Congress of South Africa Trade Unions (Cosatu) general-secretary Bheki Ntshalintshali has come out in support of government's prescribed-assets proposal, arguing that trustees of worker pension funds a...

If Sars fails, our democracy fails – Kieswetter . South African Revenue Service (Sars) Commissioner Edward Kieswetter on Thursday said that if Sars fails our democracy fails.

He was addressing delegates at the eleventh Premier Corporate Governance c...

Eskom’s CEO-shortlist candidates include former executive Maroga . South African power company Eskom Holdings has shortlisted three candidates for chief executive officer to lead the loss-making utility out of its debt crisis, according to three people familiar with t...

‘More inclusive’ Nedlac needed for crafting of growth-igniting compact . Business and government acknowledged on Thursday that the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) needs to be more inclusive and representative if it were to have any chance of crafti...

AMSA to undertake strategic asset review . Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) on Wednesday announced that it would review the operational and financial sustainability of certain of its major operating sites, individual plants and ...

Peugeot launches comeback as the French return to the helm . Peugeot and Citroën are ready for yet another comeback in the South African market, this time under turnaround specialist Xavier Gobille.

Gobille is the former Nissan South Africa and sub-Saharan Af...

Public Works Academy discontinued, Skills Development Programme still a go . The plan to establish the Public Works Academy has been discontinued in light of cost-cutting measures that are being applied within the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) and in the ...

Public, private sectors urged to double yearly investments in renewables . Public and private sector leaders are being urged to double yearly investments in renewable energy to keep the world well below the 2 °C increase in global temperatures, says a new report by the Intern...

New study confirms renewables-based system not only possible but cheapest for South Africa . A new study of South Africa’s electricity system concludes that a fully renewable-energy-based system will be at least 25% more cost competitive by 2050 than the generation scenario currently being con...

SAWEA disappointed at Cabinet’s failure to approve IRP update . Following another delay in the release of the 2019 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) update, the South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA) on Friday reminded key stakeholders of “the role that renewab...