By MENZI SOLOMON SHANGE By Guest Contributor – Mar 5, 2017 In 1980 there were 127 000 commercial farmers serving a population of 25 million people. As a result South Africa used to feed nine…
Say bye to the tannie in the kitchen 8th July 2019 by Linda van Tilburg Every time I return from the UK where I currently live, I marvel at the availability of hired help. I…
28 June 2019 – 14:00 Nick Hedley Picture: SOWETAN Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon (WBHO) says skilled staff are emigrating from SA at a faster pace amid an exceptionally tough period for construction companies, which have been…
The Tshwane City Hall received a face lift of R65 million – but didn’t comply with national heritage council requirements. Photo: Tshwane.gov.za The latest annual municipal audit report details some alarming instances of maladministration in…
South Africa’s economy remains stuck in its longest downward cycle since 1945, adding to the risk that it may fall into its second recession in a year. The economy entered the 67th month of a…
June 29, 2019 0 South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan reacts during a media briefing in Sandton near Johannesburg March 14, 2016. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo Ironic that Pravin Gordhan was the man who implemented the…
Reuters | 2 days ago PRETORIA – African countries running up debt they won’t be able to pay back, including to China, should not expect to be bailed out by western-sponsored debt relief, the United States’…
By Ed Herbst – 4 April 2018 “The very day after #BlackMonday, it was reported that three more farmers had been felled, one of whom was black. I wondered what media response would be to…
OCTOBER 25, 2017 PREMIUM FREE TRIAL JOHANNESBURG — Counting the cost of a Zuma presidency, trader Dwaine van Vuuren spells out just how bad a state the South African economy is in right now. After recently having had…
18 OCTOBER 2017 – 05:56 LEON LOUW  Unemployed people queue for UIF payments. Picture: SUNDAY TIMES SA’s unemployment rate is so catastrophic that a state of emergency should be declared. Things are worse than…
