Recent articles appearing in Enterprise magazine

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 Article on Thulani Mbatha, editor of Isolezwe - June 2007  

Article on Lindiwe Mahlangu, CEO of Durban Africa - August 2007  

How are they doing?

THE Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) was created in 1996, replacing the notoriously slow and inaccessible industrial courts, in order to provide a quick, low-cost and non-legalistic service to the South African labour market.
 
The CCMA's cost to government last year was R208-million, and its operational costs are rising at 10% a year, but it appears that the CCMA offers taxpayers value for money - by providing a free public labour service that is generally perceived as quick, just and accessible.
 

The multi-billion rand telecommunications industry is the fastest growing sector in the South African economy. It has more than 30 million cellular subscribers and marginally less than 5 million fixed-line subscribers - and is ranked amongst the top 20 telecommunications industries in the world.

Although the whole of South African is enjoying a surge in economic growth, perhaps nothing sums up the feeling of dynamic optimism bubbling under the surface of KwaZulu-Natal’s growing economy better than a comment made by Dr Zweli Mkhize, provincial minister for finance and economic development, when he delivered his budget speech recently: “This year the journey to prosperity for all in the province continues.”