Economy
Data show slow growth is hurting job creation
Nomura warns of more job losses in ailing platinum mining sector, suggests that 121,500 jobs are at risk by 2015
Economy
Fed comments could roil domestic markets, warns Gordhan
Clues on Fed’s plans to taper off quantitative easing could upset local markets, says Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan
African News
AU head invokes rule of law to back Mugabe
AU breaks ranks with Sadc’s hardline stance against President Robert Mugabe’s elections push
Healthcare
Aspen aims to buy GlaxoSmithKline’s thrombosis drugs, plant
SA’s biggest generic drug maker says deal to buy GlaxoSmithKline’s thrombosis drugs and manufacturing site could lift turnover by £300m
Economy
NEWS COMMENTARY: The jobs chicken comes home to roost after Marikana
Buried in the latest jobs data are numbers that tell a story about the failure of leadership and its dire consequences, writes Ray Hartley
Health
Alarm raised about lack of AIDS drugs
Extensive drug shortages at clinics and hospitals supplied by the Eastern Cape’s Mthatha depot reported
World
Shareholder anonymity set to continue
G-8 leaders sign up for list of aims firm but pledges do not include the establishment of registers of true owners of companies
EDITORIAL: Electronic snooping: throwing stones in glass houses
All governments do it, the argument goes; they always have and always willColumnists
Julius Malema has no support among the poor and no sense of how to speak for people at the grass-roots, writes Steven Friedman
Malema hype is a symptom of middle-class fear
Columnists
Simon Lincoln Reader: Whoever coined the phrase ‘resources curse’ was probably staring at Nigeria
How Nigeria’s oil discovery became its curse
Economy
Fears for credit-led spending as bad debts escalate
National Credit Regulator quarterly data show bad debts among consumers in South Africa are growing faster than the number of new accounts and of credit-active clients
Media
Huge growth prospects for Business Day TV
Business Day TV offers round-the-clock business news coverage in collaboration with Bloomberg TV, replaces Summit TV on DStv’s channel 412
Politics
Ramphele tells DA ‘to get real’
Dr Mamphela Ramphele says the DA just does not understand that the scars of racism have not entirely healed
Property
Van Niekerk named as new Fountainhead Property Trust CEO
Former SA Corporate Real Estate Fund MD Len van Niekerk says property trust’s focus will be upgrades, extensions and refurbishments of retail assets
Exchange controls send wrong signal to investors
Mark Shuttleworth’s case against the constitutionality of exchange controls is important for all South Africans, writes Leon LouwLand & Agriculture
Bird-flu outbreak spreads to five more Oudtshoorn ostrich farms
Low-pathogenic H7N7 virus is not considered dangerous at this stage, although farms have been quarantined as a precaution
National
Marikana strife ‘sparked surge’ in panga sales, commission hears
Shop owner’s assertion meant to supplement deputy police commissioner’s testimony that people in area continued to be attacked during mine unrest
National
Foreigners urged to become part of their communities in SA
Johannesburg city council committee calls on foreign nationals to become part of South African society and transfer their skills to the unemployed
Europe
Dozens in detention after Turkish police raids on protests
Police raids around Turkey lead to detentions of dozens of people involved in protests against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan
Retail & Consumer
SABMiller to get bite of Kopparberg Brewery apple
World’s second-largest brewer SABMiller, in line with its plan to grow its categories, enters agreement for long-term licensing of Kopparberg cider products
Business
SA takes lion’s share of convention industry
South Africa has 88 international conferences worth R2.6bn lined up until 2017, and is still top destination in Africa and Middle East, National Convention Bureau tells MPs
Business
Academy aims to assist jobless youth
Accredited course teaches students about entrepreneurship, writes Andiswa Maqutu
African Business
Zimbabwe ‘cattle bank’ takes deposits
Zimbabwean cattle owners can now get money for their animals without having to sell them, says TN Bank executive
Cartoons
Motoring
VRROOM WITH A VIEW: Humble station wagon draws attention
Unlike in Europe, there is a dearth of these family-friendly cars on South Africa’s roads, writes Alexander Parker
Gadgets & Gear
Preparing for a mobile workforce beyond ‘bring your own device’
Companies are not only preparing for a mobile workforce, they are ensuring that they get as much mileage out of the mobile as they can, writes Niven Perumal
National
- Government replaces circumcision device
- Davies says lotto tender will be strictly controlled
- Alarm raised about lack of AIDS drugs
- Ramphele tells DA ‘to get real’
- MPs clash over time to finish controversial Legal Practice Bill
World
- Myanmar’s growth challenge
- Raytheon seeks new markets for armaments
- Bus fare rally grows into protest over Brazil’s politicians
- Swiss government faces uphill battle to pass US tax accord bill
- Backing for enforcement of ban on ransom payments
Companies
- COMPANY COMMENT: Regulators hovering around MultiChoice
- Raytheon seeks new markets for armaments
- COMPANY COMMENT: Linking arms is way to do it in tough spot
- Liberty Media joins race against Vodafone for Kabel Deutschland
- Aspen aims to buy Glaxo’s thrombosis drugs, plant
Personal Finance
- Fears for credit-led spending as bad debts escalate
- Credit regulator warns consumers to take better care of their financial health
- The attraction of the alpha fund
- Retirement reforms ‘will take time to conclude’
- A yen for branded clothing and BMWs
Business
Markets
- Gold prices retreat ahead of Fed meeting
- Oil pares gains on profit-taking ahead of Fed policy
- Dollar gains, global shares firm as markets await Fed
- JSE ends firmer, rand hedges lift
- Fed comments could roil domestic markets, warns Gordhan
Economy
- NEWS COMMENTARY: The jobs chicken comes home to roost after Marikana
- Fears for credit-led spending as bad debts escalate
- Appetite for government bonds returns
- Data show slow growth is hurting job creation
- Fed comments could roil domestic markets, warns Gordhan
Life
- Brain race hots up with South Africa in lead
- TECHNO FILE: What’s not online cannot hurt you
- VRROOM WITH A VIEW: Humble station wagon draws attention
- Preparing for a mobile workforce beyond ‘bring your own device’
- TECHNOLOGY: Apple reveals the ‘astonishing’ new-look Mac Pro
Sport
- Boks plan to master breakdowns
- Safa is unlikely to make Gordon Igesund walk
- Safa asks Fifa to investigate graft charges
- Canoe club gives Soweto’s youth a sporting chance
- Blood, sweat and tears vowed as South Korea tackle Iran for Brazil
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