RAPULE TABANE | JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - The African National Congress national executive committee (NEC) has asked the party’s president, Jacob Zuma, to rein in Youth League president Julius Malema, believing that...
Johannesburg - While there could be political sensitivities around a change in central bank governorship, there are enough good candidates within the Bank and even if a candidate comes from outside, the committee has shown...
MICHAEL HAMLYN | CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - Aug 29 2008 13:44 The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they'll see this message. Finance Minister Trevor Manuel on Friday made a...
Posted to the web 28 August 2008 Mariam Isa Johannesburg INFLATION is still set to scale new peaks over the next couple of months, but the benign long-term outlook means that further interest rate hikes are unlikely this...
Johannesburg - Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has bemoaned the poor transmission between when interest rates are raised to when consumers actually react. "The response to rate increases is abysmally low," he said. He noted...
IT IS gratifying to learn from Finance Minister Trevor Manuel about something for which taxpayers would not be paying - the Land Bank's losses in this instance - but it is naive to suggest there will be no costs associated...
CAPE TOWN, Aug 25 (IPS) - The launch of a free trade area (FTA) within the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) has brought the region one step closer to a regional customs union by 2010. But the launch of the...
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has taken a swipe at MPs and government officials, accusing them of having lost touch with ordinary citizens, and saying the fact that they had seats in parliament and offices in state was...
AFRICAN National Congress (ANC) deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe has a reputation as a conciliator who skirts controversy and picks his battles carefully. In recent weeks, however, he has faced down strong criticism...
Posted to the web 25 August 2008 Tony Harding Johannesburg IN 2000, the Land Claims Commission projected that all land claims would be settled by 2005. Surely, these claims can be settled in one year, one may ask, based...