en-za-hotdailynews: 2015-08-07 South Africa Business

Thousands of jobs at risk - NUM
Independent Online
Johannesburg - South Africa's largest mining union said on Thursday that 11 000 of its members could lose their jobs under planned cost cutting by mining companies. The industry, which contributes around 7 percent of South Africa's gross domestic ...
Scramble to avoid jobs bloodbath   Mail & Guardian Online
NUM says 11000 members could lose jobs   Times LIVE
Mining jobs bloodbath tackled in crisis talks   BDlive
Eyewitness News
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BDlive

Sibanye Gold seeks coal assets for power
BDlive
Sibanye Gold CEO Neal Froneman addresses the media on the group's results in Sandton in February. Picture: MARTIN RHODES. Related articles. Difficult first quarter evident in Sibanye's interim results · Major gold producers to try fresh approach in ...
Govt can't stop job losses - Sibanye   iAfrica.com
Sibanye sees earnings plummet on weak gold price: Neal Froneman – CEO, Sibanye ...   Moneyweb.co.za
Sibanye moves to generate own power after load-shedding drives profits down   eNCA

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R515m to be spent on fixing Jozi roads
Times LIVE
She said the JRA had introduced a structured approach to road management that prioritises the preservation of infrastructure, ensuring it is maintained in good condition, and preventing further deterioration. File photo. Image by: LAUREN MULLIGAN ...

Joburg's big bridge revamp   Independent Online
JRA gets biggest budget ever   eNCA
City of Johannesburg unveils multi-million rand road infrastructure upgrade   The New Age Online
The Citizen (press release) (blog)
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BDlive

Water crisis 'has become the leading global risk', say researchers
BDlive
POWER ON: A surge of water signals that President Jacob Zuma has opened the control valves during the opening ceremony of the De Hoop Dam, near Steelpoort in Limpopo in March last year. Picture: GCIS ...

Water issues a worse risk to planet than nuclear war: WRC   Times LIVE
'Water crises are now a high priority risk'   Independent Online
Experts at water conference say water crises is now a high priority risk   eNCA
Jacaranda FM
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BDlive

Power cuts to continue for next 18 months, says Lynne Brown
BDlive
POWER utility Eskom will continue to impose power cuts for the next 18 months as the company struggles with capacity shortages, Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown said on Thursday. Ms Brown, whose ministry oversees state-owned companies, said ...

Eskom blackouts for another 18 months   TechCentral
How much longer load shedding in SA will continue for   MyBroadband
Load shedding for the next 18 months: minister   BusinessTech

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Stage 2 loadshedding from 5pm
Independent Online
Cape Town - Eskom has announced that it will implement stage 2 loadshedding from 5pm on Thursday and said it expected it to last until 10pm. This followed earlier announcements by the power utility on Thursday which said there would be all day ...

Eskom to implement stage 2 load-shedding   eNCA
It's lights out again with stage-two load shedding   Eyewitness News
Eskom halts loadshedding at 12pm   The New Age Online
Jacaranda FM
BizNews
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MH370: France to launch air and sea searches around Reunion
BBC News
France is to conduct air, land and sea searches in and around the island of Reunion in the hope of finding more debris which could be linked to MH370. Malaysia said on Thursday that a wing section found on the French Indian Ocean island definitely came ...

MH370: Reunion search expanded   Independent Online
Bishop meets Malaysia on plane debris   The Australian
MH370 search: the most confusing moments   Sydney Morning Herald
NEWS.com.au
New York Times
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Telkom gets final BCX nods
TechCentral
Telkom has received the go-ahead from the Takeover Regulation Panel and the JSE for its acquisition of Business Connexion. Added by Duncan McLeod on 6 August 2015. Saved under News Tags: BCX, Business Connexion, competition tribunal, JSE, ...

Telkom eyes 1 Sept for BCX integration   ITWeb
Telkom's purchase of BCX clears final hurdle   eNCA

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Suez Canal Upgrade May Not Ease Egypt's Economic Journey
New York Times
CAIRO — “Egypt Rejoices,” the television networks and newspapers declared, announcing “Egypt's gift to the world.” Businesses were closed, the streets of Cairo were empty, and the airwaves were full of patriotic songs and music videos — all featuring ...

Celebrating the new Suez Canal opening in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo on ...   Sydney Morning Herald
Wider, deeper, faster   Times LIVE
Egypt unveils 'gift to the world', Suez Canal 2.0   Times of India
Ahram Online
South China Morning Post (subscription)
The Nation
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Mining problems: SA in crisis mode
Independent Online
Johannesburg - South Africa's anxiety about fallout from the commodity price slump and the spectre of job losses in mining saw Mineral Resources Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi convene an urgent meeting with the industry and the unions yesterday.
Ramatlhodi's Tightrope Act to Save Jobs On SA's Mines   AllAfrica.com
Government insists state-owned mining companies will profit   eNCA
'Frank' talk on mining issues   The New Age Online
iAfrica.com
Mineweb
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