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LABOUR LAWS

New labour laws will set SA back – Busa

Big business came out strongly in opposition to government's proposed changes to labour legislation on Wednesday. Appearing before Parliament's labour portfolio committee, on the second and final day of public hearings on the Basic Conditions of...

By: Sapa

25 Jul 12

BEE

Motsepe to chair new black business council

A new Black Business Council (BBC) will be formed, under the chairmanship of businessperson Patrice Motsepe, as an umbrella body to ensure unity among black business, a Black Business Summit decided on Wednesday. In a statement, the Summit said...

By: Sapa

08 Sep 11

BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS

Busa sets up transformation task team following BMF walkout

Business Unity SA (Busa) will set up a task team on transformation after the Black Management Forum (BMF) quit the lobby group over its lack of a black voice. "... a task team would be constituted to consider the Busa structure, capacitation of...

By: Sapa

15 Jul 11

BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS

Black Management Forum leaves Busa

The Black Management Forum (BMF) has withdrawn from Business Unity SA (Busa), it said on Monday. "Amongst the reasons cited was the fundamentally flawed structure of Busa where the black business voice is permanently outnumbered and suppressed,"...

By: Sapa

04 Jul 11

EMPOWERMENT

Busa-led forum seeks fair inclusion of women in new SA policies

Even though South Africa has one of the most progressive constitutions as far as gender equality goes, it still had some way to go in closing the gap between policy statements and the actual implementation thereof, influential female speakers said...

By: Loni Prinsloo

15 Mar 11

POWER & ECONOMY

Eskom tariff hike will dent growth and job creation, Busa warns

Busa's Jerry Vilakazi and Raymond Parson's speaks on South Africa's economic outlook for 2010

Business Unity South Africa (Busa) warned on Wednesday that, should State-owned electricity producer Eskom’s push for a 35% tariff increase be approved by the regulator, it would have a detrimental effect on South Africa’s growth and...

By: Esmarie Swanepoel

09 Dec 09

PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

Busa calls for more infrastructure-related PPPs

The Business Unity of South Africa (Busa) has called for greater public-private participation in the country’s infrastructure plans. Busa spokesperson Professor Raymond Parsons said at the launch of this year’s water week, that if one studied...

By: Esmarie Swanepoel

02 Mar 09

BUSINESS

Busa COO relected to International Labour Organisation's governing body

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has re-elected Business Unity South Africa (Busa) COO Vic van Vuuren to its governing body. The African Employer Community has eight seats on the ILO governing body.

By: Creamer Media Reporter

12 Jun 08

Video of the Week

Daily podcast – June 10, 2008

In today's podcast: Busa calls on government to created a favourable regulatory environment for the private sector to invest in electricity supply, Telkom will add an extra R2-bn to its R30-bn capex programme, and Buyelwa Sonjica says SA will...

By: Shannon de Ryhove

10 Jun 08

ELECTRICITY PRICES

Nersa grants Busa, Nedlac extensions, but sticks with May 23 hearing date

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has granted both National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) and Business Unity South Africa (Busa) an extension until May 20 to submit written submissions on Eskom's...

By: Terence Creamer

25 Apr 08

ZIMBABWE

Zimbabwe crisis will affect SA economy - Busa

Business Unity South Africa (Busa) on Monday called for stronger leadership from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to ensure the speedy release of the much-delayed Zimbabwe election results. Busa CEO Jerry Vilakazi said that the...

By: Terence Creamer

22 Apr 08

AUTOMATION

Company Announcement: Automation Training Council students honoured

Attached please find a press release on: As part of a banquet hosted by the Southern African German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in honour of the visit of Mrs Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, the first six students and four lecturers...

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Company	Continent	Country	Industry Term
Busa Business South Africa Business Unity SA BBC Black Business Council Confederation Education Micro Enterprises BMF Eskom Business Unity South Africa Exxaro Reuters Rosh Pinah Telkom	Africa	South Africa Australia China United States Côte D'Ivoire Qatar Zimbabwe Germany	Manufacturing Retail Organisations Chief Business Lobby Business Lobby Lobby Labour Law Reforms Finance Electricity Distribution Electricity Supply Energy Summit Fixed Wireless Deployment Fixed-line Operator Electricity Crisis Proposed National Electricity Summit
Person	Music Album	Product	Published Medium
Vanessa Phala Bafana Ndendwa Circle Futhi Mtoba Jacob Zuma Nomaxabiso Majokweni Patrice Motsepe Andre Lamprecht Jerry Vilakazi Jimmy Manyi Mtunzi Mdwaba Raymond Parsons Sandile Zungu Nomhle Mkumbi-Ndopu Ebrahim Patel Gill Marcus Ruth Kagia Trevor Manual Van Vuuren Vic Van Vuuren Buyelwa Sonjica Charles Hlebela Jacob Maroga Angela Merkel Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul Leo Roehrig Mandisa Mpahlwa	Medium Small	Structure	Beeld
Sports Event	Organisation	City	Currency
FIFA World Cup World Cup	International Labour Organisation International Organisation Of Employers FIFA African National Congress's National Working Committee National Economic Development And Labour Council African German Chamber Of Commerce Automation Training Council	Johannesburg	ZAR