Analysts say the move would provide only temporary relief as the supply deficit is structural and has been years in the making
Analysis shows it is biased against independent candidates, creates disproportionality, and will always favour the largest party
Geordin Hill-Lewis says absorbing the costs of the increases will ‘bankrupt the city in a year or two’
National Union of Mineworkers blames governing party’s poor showing at polls on inept leadership
Implats has acquired another 0.35% of its peer’s shares, worth about R159m as of Thursday morning trade
Higher producer inflation reflects the effects of global supply blockages and elevated oil prices
Smart-transport marketplace platform operates as an Uber for cargo
The Ukrainian president called for tougher sanctions against an ’emboldened’ Russia at a meeting with Australia’s parliament
The Proteas are expected to be fired up and Bangladesh will encounter a cornered, wounded tiger in the two-match Test series
This China-only model has a driving range of 526km
The good news is the economy is creating jobs. There were over a quarter of a million of them during the fourth quarter of 2021, of which more than half were in the formal sector — “quality” jobs to which the labour movement aspires.
The bad news is that the rate of job creation has not picked up nearly fast enough to undo the damage done first by Covid-19 lockdowns and then by riots in July in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. The fourth-quarter increase wasn’t nearly enough to counter a sharp decline in the previous three months. By the end of 2021, the number of people in employment was still almost half a million down on a year before, even though the economy posted growth of almost 5% as it recovered from the worst of the lockdowns…
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