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Varied parties are concerned about the 8,5% increase in the National Minimum Wage (NMW) which comes into effect next month. The South African Chamber of Comm.
‘If we want reading to have improved by a certain grade, we ve got to start before formal reading begins’: Basil Manuel, executive director of the National Professional Teachers Organisation of SA.
Unless the power utility gets credible leadership and more investment to boost generation and transmission it will continue to hold the economy down, The IMF s latest data forecasts South Africa s economy will grow by 0.9% this year, up from projections in July of 0.6%. The marginal improvement is based on fewer power cuts than expected in the second quarter this year. It is estimated to grow by 1.8% next year, a critical election time for the ruling African National Congress. But growth in South Africa, the continent s most industrialised economy, is still lagging far behind its peers in Africa and Asia.
The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the instability at the board and executive level of state-owned entities has a devastating impact on the economy.