South Africa Politics and News Monitor – South Africa May Miss Tax Target by 60 Billion Rand (Update3) (Bloomberg)
South Africa May Miss Tax Target by 60 Billion Rand (Update3) (Bloomberg)
July 1 (Bloomberg) — South Africa is lagging behind its revenue collection target and may face a shortfall of between 50 billion rand ($6.4 billion) and 60 billion rand by the end of the current fiscal year, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said.
SoftPro of India Buys Cura of South Africa, Business Day Reports (Bloomberg)
July 2 (Bloomberg) — SoftPro Systems Ltd. will acquire 100 percent of Cura Software Solutions of South Africa for $19 million, Business Day reported, citing Avi Eyal, SoftPro’s chief executive officer.
South Africa still in the race to be Rugby World Cup hosts, despite losing recommendation this time around (The Natal Witness Group)
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa are still in the race to host the Rugby World Cup in either 2015 or 2019, despite failing to win the recommendation of the organising committee, bid organisers insisted yesterday.
Belarus expected to extradite South Africa’s most wanted man suspectedof pedophilia (Interfax)
MINSK. July 2 (Interfax) – The Republic of South Africa is drawing up a warrant to extradite a man from Belarus, rated No. 1 on Interpol’s list of South Africa’s most wanted people, Belarusian law enforcement agencies told Interfax on Thursday.
IFA Hotels & Resorts, Imperial: South Africa Equity Preview (Bloomberg)
July 2 (Bloomberg) — The following is a list of companies whose shares may have unusual price changes in South Africa. Stock symbols are in parentheses after company names and prices are from the last close.
South Africa May Miss Tax Target by 60 Billion Rand (Update1) (Bloomberg)
July 1 (Bloomberg) — South Africa is 19 billion rand ($2.4 billion) behind its revenue collection target for this fiscal year and may face a shortfall of between 50 billion and 60 billion rand by year end, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said.
South Africa Wheat Output to Fall on Stronger Rand, Senwes Says (Bloomberg)
July 1 (Bloomberg) — Senwes Ltd., the company controlling more than a quarter of South Africa’s commercial grain storage capacity, said domestic wheat production will decline because the strengthening rand discourages plantings.
South Africa fights rape crisis (CNN)
Alexandra township, north of Johannesburg, is a densely populated melting pot with some of South Africa’s worst social ills: poverty, unemployment, HIV/AIDS and crime.
South Africa ANC Unaware of Mine Nationalization Call (Update1) (Bloomberg)
July 2 (Bloomberg) — South Africa ’s ruling party, the African National Congress , said it’s unaware of an alleged call by the party’s youth league for the government to nationalize the country’s mining and manufacturing industries.
South Africa: Icasa Stance on ‘Blacklisting’ Complaint Astounds FXI (AllAfrica.com)
The Freedom of Expression Institute’s (FXI) acting executive director, Melissa Moore issued a statement yesterday, 30 June 2009, in which she says the organisation is deeply disappointed and astounded by the Complaints and Compliance Committee of Independent Communication Authority of South Africa’s (CCC) decision not to deal with the wrongdoings of the South African Broadcasting Corporation …
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