SONA expected to improve business mood

SONA expected to improve business mood

Johannesburg – South Africa’s economic growth in 2013 will remain positive but unbalanced, Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) said on Monday. This as President Jacob Zuma prepares to deliver the State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament this week, with...
SARS deadline looms

SARS deadline looms

Pretoria – The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has reminded taxpayers that the submission of 2012 income tax annual returns (ITR12) by provisional taxpayers who use the eFiling system is on 31 January. Provisional taxpayers are a smaller segment of the...
Over 14m live under traditional authorities

Over 14m live under traditional authorities

Johannesburg – South Africa has 14.5 million people living under traditional authorities across the country, says Statistics South Africa. Limpopo has the most, with about 59.2 percent of the people there living under tribal authorities. This was followed by...

Zuma wishes nation well

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has wished the nation well ahead of the New Year, saying much progress had been made in the past year in the endeavour to build a better South Africa. “I wish all South Africans as well as the foreign nationals who live in...

Fish stocks on the decline

Pretoria – South African stocks of wild fish are on the decline, a report by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) has shown. “The 2012 Status Report confirms that South African stocks show no exception to global deteriorating trends...