Ideas man on the move
WITH six companies on his business card and an overflow of ideas, Ismail Hassen was born to do business.
Rising costs biggest worry for businesses
THE escalating cost of doing business‚ including electricity and municipal levies‚ is the biggest concern among local businesses‚ the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) said yesterday.
Protest at Public Works building
WORK was disrupted for three hours at the Old Ford House building in Port Elizabeth yesterday when almost 200 small business workers charged the building, refusing to leave until a meeting had been set up with the head of the Public Works Department.
Protest over 'stolen jobs'
UNEMPLOYED residents of DA-controlled Ward 35 in Nelson Mandela Bay's northern areas have accused the municipality of bypassing them and assigning jobs in their area to ANC members from other wards in order to gain votes.