Budget: SA 'stays the course'
Despite a 0.5% drop in projected GDP growth for 2008/09, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has once more unveiled a "sunny" Budget for South Africa, announcing another surplus, lowered taxes and increased spending as the government moves to tackle skills and infrastructure constraints.
Non-compliant listed companies targeted
The South African government is to embark on a drive within the next few weeks to ensure that companies listed on the JSE comply fully with employment equity legislation, with the offenders being taken to the Labour Court.
'Business unusual' for SA: Mbeki
It's business unusual, says President Thabo Mbeki, as the government prepares to ramp up its programmes to improve the lives of South Africans "sooner rather than later" - not by changing its policies, but by implementing them in imaginative, more effective ways.
SA economy 'above average free'
South Africa's economy is 63% free, according to the latest Index of Economic Freedom from the Washington-based Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal. The country was ranked 57th out of 157 countries worldwide and fourth out of 40 in sub-Saharan Africa.
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