by bizadmin | Aug 13, 2014 | NewsFeed
Online music streaming service Spotify is recruiting a U.S. financial reporting specialist, adding to speculation that the Swedish start-up is preparing for a share listing, which one banker said could value the firm at as much as $ 8 billion. Meeting U.S. Securities...
by bizadmin | Aug 13, 2014 | NewsFeed
Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies is beginning his second term in the portfolio with a renewed vigour to continue the implementation of South Africa’s Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) which has helped stabilise the country’s manufacturing sector in recent...
by bizadmin | Jul 31, 2014 | NewsFeed
Representatives of cooperatives from across South Africa have asked Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini to improve their support services to help co-ops become more productive and create jobs. The request was made on Wednesday when Minister Dlamini met with...
by bizadmin | Jul 31, 2014 | NewsFeed
Telecommunications and Postal Services Minister Siyabonga Cwele has released a gazette requesting information on Small, Micro and Medium Enterprises (SMMEs) for the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector. “This is part of government’s priority to...
by bizadmin | Jul 17, 2014 | NewsFeed
President Jacob Zuma is expected to launch the First Automotive Works (FAW) South Africa assembly plant in the Eastern Cape on Thursday. Industrial Development Zone The R600-million truck assembly plant is based in the Coega Industrial Development Zone at the Nelson...
by bizadmin | Jul 17, 2014 | NewsFeed
One of the most important, oft-ignored, trends in the world economy is the way technology is displacing humanity – capital equipment, both machines and software, is preferred to employing labour. It’s a major reason why high levels of unemployment persist despite...
