BLOEMFONTEIN – The price of maize will drop beginning of March after hitting the roof in January, an increase economists say was the highest in the last five years.

BLOEMFONTEIN – In an effort to diversify entrepreneurship in different sectors, SEDA Agriculture and Mining Tooling Incubator (SAMTI) held a meeting in Bloemfontein to encourage young business people to curve a niche within tooling sector on Tuesday, January 23.

BLOEMFONTEIN – With a turnover of R291 million in the last financial year, the Mangaung Fresh Produce Market is a self-sufficient entity that depends on its self for survival.

Older South Africans find it difficult to save, suggesting that savings education has to start at school and continue into university rather than depend on a midlife behavioural shift, according to Absa Investments.

It is critical that government’s planned retirement reforms be structured in a sustainable way in the long term, says Willem Loots, head of umbrella fund solutions at Liberty Corporate.

The scale and pace of investment by Chinese companies across the African continent is picking up, with South African financial services group Standard Bank alone responsible for advising Chinese companies on recent deals worth more than R10-billion.

“This alarming news highlights the importance for all South Africans to ensure they have a sound financial plan in place for the remainder of 2012 to avoid a financially straining year,” Peter Atkinson, National Technical Portfolio Manager at the Financial Intermediaries Association of Southern Africa (FIA) says.

Of the nine SOEs reporting to the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), only five produced a profit in 2009-2010, the institute said in a statement.

There is growing concern among members and health practitioners alike regarding Discovery Health’s changes to the allied and therapeutic health care benefit.

MBABANE – Dec 30 (IPS) – While the Swazi economy is teetering on the brink of collapse, the government is banking on the future by providing funds to help young people set up businesses.