The price of all grades of petrol will rise by six cents a litre next week, the energy department said on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will on Wednesday deliver his maiden budget speech on the state of our country’s economy. Although Gordhan is expected to address a number of issues, no real surprises are expected. DispatchOnline’s Sino Majangaza asked East Londoners what they would like to see happen to the country’s economy if they were Finance Minister for a day. This is what they said.
The car industry is helping with the EC's economy
Keep the champagne on ice – while the Eastern Cape is poised to make a comeback from the recession that ravaged the province last year real recovery may take a while yet, writes Taralyn Bro. Read the rest of this entry »
Tough choices, sacrifice, penny-pinching and perseverance – these are the lessons we learned in 2009. As the Eastern Cape reeled under the impact of the economic recession – the worst since the Great Depression of the 1920s – our readers learned to change their lives, writes Taralyn Bro. Read the rest of this entry »
South Africa’s economy has moved out of recession, recordingslight positive growth for the third quarter of 2009, Statistics SA said on Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Cash-strapped consumers are curbing their spending ahead of this festive season as the recession continues to make shoppers hold on to their last pennies, writes Asa Sokopo and Zisanda Nkonkobe. Read the rest of this entry »
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi’s salary has doubled this year to R500,000 a year, a newspaper reported.
“My salary doubled because we were losing all the policy capacity in the federation,” said Vavi. Read the rest of this entry »
In less than three days the much anticipated Hemingways Mall will officially open - three years after construction started writes Asa Sokopo. (Click below to see a video snapshot of the inside of the mall)
THE MALL: Can’t access YouTube? Click here to watch video (4,4Mb -- will buffer) Read the rest of this entry »
Public Enterprises Minister Barbara Hogan came to the defence of Eskom chief executive Jacob Maroga on Tuesday after his R4.96 million annual salary triggered an outcry. Read the rest of this entry »
So, you may have noticed that construction workers are busily working to complete the new Hemingways Mall – scheduled to open later this month with a myriad of shops and restaurants, making it the biggest mall this part of the world has ever seen. So, what’s it going to look like inside? The DispatchOnline team managed to get their hands on these piccies to give you a taste of what’s to come. Enjoy.
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