Ideas man on the move WITH six companies on his business card and an overflow of ideas, Ismail Hassen was born to do business.

Economists wary of ANC promises of jobs FOR the next five years of ANC rule, South Africa will still not have a permanent solution to the crippling scourge of youth unemployment.

Bloated Telkom workforce to be severely reduced TELKOM SA said yesterday it urgently needed more cost cuts, including a reduction in its bloated workforce under its chief executive's turnaround plan.

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.

Minister predicts bio-tech bonanza SOUTH Africa aims to have 5% of its GDP come from a bio-economy the government plans to establish.

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.

Unemployment 'stubbornly' high Unemployment remains "stubbornly" high according to Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.