'Social consensus, jobs' to cut inequality

'Social consensus, jobs' to cut inequality

For the country to overcome inequality, South Africans must reach consensus on workers' wages and executive pay and get on with speeding up job creation, Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel said during a Parliamentary debate on income inequality.

Use land to fight hunger, poverty: Zuma

President Jacob Zuma, speaking during the hand-over of tractors and cattle to local community projects in Butterworth in the Eastern Cape, encouraged South Africans to use land more effectively to fight hunger and poverty.

Mandela bridge project under way

Construction of the 140-metre Nelson Mandela Legacy Bridge over the Mbhashe river in the Eastern Cape is progressing well, with the Mvezo and Dondolo villages in particular set to reap major benefits from the R123-million infrastructure project.

Use land productively, beneficiaries told

Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti has urged beneficiaries of land redistribution to use their new assets productively to help them participate in the mainstream of South Africa's economy.

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