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Economy, Press Review
12. March 2009
Employers still upbeat on hiring, albeit ‘very cautious’
SOUTH African employers in nine of 10 sectors surveyed by an international body said they expected to hire new employees in the second quarter of the year, with only the construction sector...
|+| [more]Press Review, Politics
12. March 2009
Movement Democratic Party to head SA ballot paper
A relatively unknown political party - the Movement Democratic Party - is to head the list of 26 parties that will appear on the ballot paper for the national elections on April 22. The National...
|+| [more]FIFA World Cup 2010, Press Review
11. March 2009
Government confident SA will have enough paramedics for 2010
The government has conceded that advanced paramedics are being poached from SA, but has given the assurance that there will be enough emergency health professionals to cover the influx of tourists...
|+| [more]Press Review, South Africa
11. March 2009
Climate change White Paper to be drafted by 2010
The National Climate Change Conference has laid the foundations for a Policy White Paper on climate change to be drafted by 2010 as part of government's response to the global phenomenon. Speaking...
|+| [more]Press Review, Consular
11. March 2009
New SA passport to be introduced in April
South Africans who apply for a new passport from next month will be introduced to a new document with complex security features. The Department of Home Affairs has, as part of its turnaround...
|+| [more]South Africa, Press Review
06. March 2009
Clint Eastwood film on Mandela now in production
Principal photography commenced on Monday March 2 in South Africa on a Warner Bros. Pictures feature film with four-time Oscar winner Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby, Unforgiven) as director. The...
|+| [more]Press Review, Economy
05. March 2009
Mercedes SA feels the pinch
MERCEDES-Benz SA, the local unit of Germany’s Daimler, said yesterday sour loans in its financial arm had risen last year, and warned it expected this year to pose challenges with a worsening slump...
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