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  1. Real GDP would likely be negative for this year, but RSA would emerge from recession in 4th quarter, the OECD said on Thursday
  2. China, Asia and US pulling the world out of an economic vortex with surprising if "modest" speed, the OECD declared yesterday
  3. Temporary Employment Agencies - Labour Brokers. A considered approach to temporary employment agencies from the ILO. Read online
  4. Organisations who do not take the values of older persons seriously do so at their own peril. Read the article by Dr Ruan van der Walt
  5. Foreign capital allowance for residents increased from R2 million to R4 million, while single discretionary allowance increased to R750 000
  6. Finance Minister Gordhan plans to transform economy by expanding growth and job creation, while developing a more effective public service,
  7. Inseta accelerating support for people with disabilities in South African insurance sector with the launch of its National Disability Awards
  8. Training layoff scheme can assist employers with funding their training for 3 - 6 months, instead of terminating their employment
  9. Finance Minister Grodhan announced that 24 companies taken advantage of training layoff scheme for re-training of 3438 employees
  10. CPI 6.1% for Sept 2009. Government demonstrates commitment to inflation target setting. Sept 2008 CPI was 13.7%
  11. Cosatu up in arms over "multibillion-rand" tender for govt fleet management to consortium with BEE partner unqualified in fleet management
  12. Angloplat offers to raise monthly minimum wage of surface workers to R4 000 & underground workers to R4 400 (Union demand R4 200 and R4 500)
  13. NUM willing to lower its 15% wage demand for members at Anglo Platinum as trade-off for company coming close to meeting its other demands
  14. Sun International & SACAWU meet to resolve wage dispute. SI offers 8% atb, 1.6% above the current consumer price inflation.
  15. China overtook USA as South Africa's biggest export destination in the first half of 2009
  16. An economic recovery can be expected by the end of the year, deputy governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB)
  17. The number of business robberies increased by 41.5 percent in 2008/09, with small businesses bearing the brunt
  18. South Africa's targeted consumer inflation slowed to 6.4 percent year-on-year in August, in line with expectations, from 6.7 percent in July
  19. Retail sales for July are much better than expected and this number points to the economy exiting recession during the third quarter
  20. Leading US business group called for guidelines governing executive compensation that would establish "clear link" between pay & performance