South Africa in the news:
- South Africa’s escalating engineering crisis: South Africa is grappling with an acute skills shortage in a number of key economic sectors. Various studies and commentaries point to a growing, serious mismatch between the skills demanded by an increasingly sophisticated economy and those in supply.: “South Africa” – BingNews
- South Africa is not necessarily in a crisis.: So said Alexander Forbes Investments Executive Chief Economist Lesiba Mothata on Monday. His view is based on comparisons with South Africa’s economic peers such as Hungary and Brazil. The Money Show’s Bruce Whitfield interviewed Mothata. Mothata …: “South Africa” – BingNews
- Court postpones sentencing white farmers in coffin case: Middelburg, South Africa – A court in South Africa has postponed the sentencing of two white farmers found guilty of kidnapping, assault and intent to do grievous bodily harm after they shoved a black man in a coffin and threatened to set him on fire.: “South Africa” – BingNews
- South Africa is in `hard place’ with a R40 billion tax hole: JOHANNESBURG – Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba faces a gaping budget hole – and will have to consider cutting spending, raising taxes and selling state assets if he wants to avoid further ratings downgrades. The economy he oversees is hampered by a …: “South Africa” – BingNews
- What’s at stake in South Africa’s new finance minister’s first budget: There’s a great deal hanging on South Africa’s 2017 medium term budget policy statement. Three factors are at play: there is political turmoil around the governing African National Congress, the country’s economy is performing poorly and this is the …: “South Africa” – BingNews