Wed Jun 19 19:45:52 SAST 2013

Facebook, Microsoft reveal US data requests

Microsoft says it received between 6,000 and 7,000 criminal and national security requests from US authorities in the second half of last year related to 31,000 to 32,000 customer accounts.   0 Comments

Strong demand for property from Nigeria says SA property broker

With the Rand hovering around the R10 to the US Dollar, property in South Africa has become a real bargain.   2 Comments

Textile workers agree to pay deal

CLOTHING trade union Sactwu has struck a pay deal with the Southern African Footwear and Leather Industries Association (Saflia), the union said yesterday.   1 Comments

No back door pipeline: BlackBerry

There was no "back door pipeline" to BlackBerry SA's platform, the company said on Tuesday following reports that the United Kingdom government had been monitoring e-mails and phone calls.   0 Comments

Freeing trade between South Africa and Nigeria

If a Free Trade Area were to be negotiated between Africa's two largest economies, South Africa and Nigeria, it would have a powerful effect on trade across the sub-continent and would challenge other countries to respond.   3 Comments

Gauteng unveils strategy to tackle youth unemployment

GAUTENG premier Nomvula Mokonyane's government has adopted an employment strategy that will focus on the youth.   9 Comments

'SAHRC must intervene in SAA cadets'

Solidarity has asked the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to facilitate a meeting between it and SA Airways (SAA) concerning the airline's cadet pilot programme, the union said.   0 Comments

Porsche family buys back stake from Qatar fund

Descendants of German automobile entrepreneur Ferdinand Porsche have bought back a 10 percent stake in their holding company from Qatar's sovereign wealth fund.   0 Comments

Waste vital to Jobs: Molewa

The waste sector is vital to the generation of jobs within the green economy, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa said.   0 Comments

Chicken importers head to court

The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (Amie) will bring an application in the High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday for information about an increase in chicken import duty costs.   1 Comments

Energy announces 200mw expansion of contract in Libya

The expansion, which brings the contracted total generation capacity to 450MW, supplements the 250MW of mobile gas turbines originally contracted.   0 Comments

Businessman ordered to pay SA R295m

A convicted Hout Bay businessman Arnold Bengis has been ordered by a United States court to pay nearly R295 million restitution to South Africa.   8 Comments

Thousands rally in Indonesia over fuel price hike

Thousands of protesters rallied across Indonesia against government plans to hike the price of fuel, with police in one city firing tear gas to stop hundreds storming the local parliament.   0 Comments

Zuma speech: Strikes are normal

"Strikes are a normal thing in a democratic country. It is only in undemocratic countries where there are no strikes," he said.   63 Comments

Zuma speech: SA needs stable mining

He said the mining sector remained the cornerstone of the economy, "even though now smaller, relative to the size of the overall economy".   7 Comments

Zuma speech: Let us strengthen economic performance

"We must strengthen economic performance and increase growth," Zuma told reporters at a media briefing at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Thursday.   2 Comments

GDP grows by 0.9 percent

South Africa's real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 0.9 percent in the first quarter of 2013, Statistics SA said.   4 Comments

China's Huawei to offer Smartphone for high end market

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei will launch a new smartphone on Tuesday to better compete with high-end rivals like Apple and Samsung overseas, a company official said.   0 Comments

Google warns of password-stealing campaign in Iran

Google said that it has been battling what appeared to be politically targeted efforts to steal the passwords of tens of thousands of account holders in Iran.   1 Comments

Plan to turn Joburg into a New York

CITY fathers in Johannesburg, South Africa's economic hub, have unveiled an ambitious plan to undo urban inequalities of the apartheid era and turn the continent's wealthiest city into the "New York of Africa".   103 Comments

Brics should be inclusive: Cosatu

The BRICS group should be inclusive and allow full participation by labour in all its institutions, Cosatu president Sdumo Dlamini said on Sunday.   2 Comments

Brokers still not banned

ASPECTS of the Labour Relations Amendment Bill could negatively affect investment in South Africa if approved, Sacci says.   2 Comments

Facebook is losing 'its grip on consumers'

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook, which once seemed poised to take over the Internet, is showing its limitations: a host of newer services are gaining ground among trend-setting youth; a much-hyped smartphone app has received a tepid response; and grand ambitions such as taking on Google in the search business seem ever more fanciful.   0 Comments

Cosatu to challenge parts of NDP

Cosatu will reject aspects of the National Development Plan (NDP) which it believes undermines worker rights and reduces wages, spokesman Patrick Craven said.   0 Comments

Importers disrupting normal process: Sapa

A court application for information pertaining to an increase in chicken import duty costs was disrupting what was usually an internal process, the SA Poultry Association (SAPA) said.   2 Comments

Jobs at risk in poultry sector

About 20,000 jobs could be lost if government does not clamp down on the import of low-quality chicken, the SA Poultry Association (SAPA) said.   2 Comments

No law to liquidate ANCYL: lawyer

"The Companies Act does not permit the winding up of a body corporate other than a company," he said.   6 Comments

Apartheid social engineering a problem: Sexwale

The biggest problem facing the human settlements department is reversing the social engineering of the apartheid era, Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale said.   33 Comments

Apple clashes with Amazon in e-book case

Apple attorneys in the US antitrust case on e-books went on the offensive, attacking the credibility of government witnesses and seeking to debunk key elements of the government's case.   0 Comments

Global mining faces crisis: Report

The global mining industry is facing a market confidence crisis, a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report has found.   0 Comments

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