Economy
Collapsed travel agency owes millions to customers and staff
Liquidators’ first report on STA Travel paints grim picture
By James Stent
News | 11 November 2020
Shack dwellers want a share of toilet building tender
“Nothing about shack dwellers without involving shack dwellers” says member of new business forum
News | 20 October 2020
Neighbouring towns at war over jobs
Cookhouse residents demand inclusion in R28-million industrial park construction in Somerset East
Brief | 19 October 2020
Employees and customers left in the lurch by Swiss-owned STA Travel
No answers and no communication from management since 10 September
By James Stent
News | 13 October 2020
Small business owners block the N2 over PPE contracts
Business owners accuse the Alfred Nzo district municipality of only giving contracts to company’s from other towns
News | 1 October 2020
Asset managers need to check excessive executive pay
Executive remuneration in South Africa is untethered to any objective measure of fairness
By Emma Schuster and Melody Kozah
Opinion | 28 September 2020
Unemployed youths threaten to shut shopping mall
Local young men and women are demanding jobs at a Port Elizabeth shopping centre
Brief | 18 September 2020
Hopes for new Cape Town restaurant after Covid-19 devastated industry
“Local everything” should be industry’s new focus, says restaurateur
Text by James Stent. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 18 September 2020
Uitenhage councillor excludes ward committee members for squabbling over projects
Committee members accuse the councillor of withholding money
Brief | 18 September 2020