Marleny Arnoldi
Marleny Arnoldi is a Creamer Media Deputy Editor Online for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
Unemployment rate rises to 27.5% in Q3
30th October 2018 The official unemployment rate increased to 27.5% during the third quarter, compared with 27.2% in the second quarter. This translates to... →
Eskom welcomes Fitch Ratings’ decision
26th October 2018 Ratings agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed Eskom’s long-term local currency issuer default rating and unguaranteed local currency senior unsecured... →
Govt commits support for clothing, textiles sector and emerging farmers
24th October 2018 The National Treasury has, over the medium term, placed incentives for agriculture, land reform, manufacturing and research and development among... →
Employment Tax Initiative extended to February 2029
24th October 2018 The National Treasury has given the go-ahead for an extension of the Employment Tax Initiative (ETI) to February 2029. The sunset date would have... →
SAA allocated R5bn for debt relief
24th October 2018 State-owned South African Airways (SAA) will receive R5-billion through a special appropriation Bill to settle debt redeeming between now and March... →
Mboweni suggests need to downsize Cabinet, says public wage bill is 'unsustainable'
24th October 2018 Finance Minister Tito Mboweni on Wednesday said the public service wage bill, which accounts for 36% of government spending, is unsustainable. The... →
Move to tackle VAT refund backlog lops billions off revenue forecast
24th October 2018 The National Treasury has lowered its revenue collection forecast for 2018/19 by R27.4-billion, largely as a result of belated moves by South... →
Government allocates R2.9bn for Post Office
24th October 2018 The South African Post Office (Sapo) will receive R2.9-billion over the next three years to reduce its debt levels, the National Treasury revealed... →
Getting Africa fit for the future requires good governance – Africa Forum
18th October 2018 Law firm Hogan Lovells Africa head and partner Andrew Skipper on Thursday opened the firm’s Africa Forum conference by stating that, in Africa,... →
Montalto to expand Intellidex’s depth of research
1st October 2018 Research and consulting firm Intellidex has appointed Peter Attard Montalto head of capital markets research, to expand its depth of research and... →
Nedlac provides update on legislative changes, stresses need to cooperate to grow economy
14th September 2018 Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant has announced that the Equity Act will be amended, following a report by the South African Human Rights Commission... →
Q2 unemployment rate rises to 27.2%
31st July 2018 The official unemployment rate increased to 27.2% during the second quarter, compared with 26.7% in the first quarter. This translates to... →
Thulani Mavuso appointed as acting Home Affairs DG
30th July 2018 Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has appointed Thulani Mavuso acting director-general (DG) of the department, effective August 1. Mavuso will... →
SARB launches commemorative Mandela notes, R5 coin for circulation
13th July 2018 The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) on Friday hosted a commemorative occasion at Freedom Park, in Pretoria, to introduce a series of banknotes... →
First Youth Employment Service community hub launched in Gauteng
28th June 2018 Government’s business-led employment initiative, the Youth Employment Service (YES), on Thursday launched its first community hub, in Tembisa,... →
Davies bemoans corruption’s undermining of industrial policy capability
11th June 2018 Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies on Monday said corruption undermines industrial policy capabilities. →
Gender inequality in earnings hampers human capital wealth, economy – World Bank Group
30th May 2018 Globally, countries are losing $160-trillion in wealth because of differences in lifetime earnings between women and men, says World Bank Group. →
Brics’ New Development Bank approves six project loans totalling $1.6bn
29th May 2018 Multilateral development bank, the New Development Bank (NDB), on Monday held its third yearly meeting of the NDB board of governors (BoG) and the... →
Govt, business welcome S&P’s ratings decision
28th May 2018 Government and business leaders have expressed relief at ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P’s) decision on Friday night to not further downgrade... →
SAAO, DST launch optical telescope that will serve as 'the eye' for the MeerKAT
25th May 2018 The South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) on Friday inaugurated the MeerLICHT optical... →
AfDB, Aims partner to strengthen, leverage maths, science skills in Africa
23rd May 2018 The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (Aims) aimed at... →
Outa welcomes Nersa’s withdrawal of SSEG registration rules
21st May 2018 Nonprofit organisation, the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa), has welcomed the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (Nersa’s) decision... →
AfDB, Unido sign MoU to improve Africa’s industrialisation
21st May 2018 The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (Unido) have signed a memorandum of understanding... →
Eskom dealing with coal shortages at seven power stations
25th April 2018 State-owned power utility Eskom on Wednesday said it had put measures in place to deal with the coal shortages at seven of its power stations, in... →
SAB, AB InBev on track with five-year public interest commitment investments
23rd April 2018 South African Breweries (SAB), together with its parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev), has spent R209-million on Public Interest... →
Anglo American, department launch ambitious education programme
13th April 2018 Diversified miner Anglo American on Friday launched a new education programme, in partnership with the Department of Basic Education (DBE), which... →
Social safety net programmes make substantial impact in global fight against poverty – World Bank
4th April 2018 An estimated 36% of the world’s very poor – about 50-million people – escaped extreme poverty because of social safety nets, providing clear... →
Youth Employment Service to benefit 1m young people
27th March 2018 President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday launched the Youth Employment Service (Yes) initiative – a business-led partnership with government, labour... →
Daily Podcast – February 21, 2018
21st February 2018 Making headlines: Ramaphosa says South Africa will tackle tax avoidance; EFF threatens to boycott Budget Speech; And, Zuma, Ramaphosa share a laugh... →
Daily Podcast – February 06, 2017
6th February 2018 Making headlines: ANC special NEC to decide Zuma's fate on Wednesday, ANC Women’s League says vicious attack on woman a 'stupid primitive act' And,... →
