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</div> </div> </div> <p></p> <p>GAUTENG has commissioned four cost-benefit studies to explore the feasibility of extending the Gautrain rail service in four directions in response to an expected doubling of the province’s population over the next decade, Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) CEO Jack van der Merwe said on Thursday. <!-- DISQUS comments block --> <div class="jwDisqusForm"> <div id="disqus_thread"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ var disqus_shortname = 'smesouthafricanewspaper'; var disqus_url = 'http://www.smesouthafrica.co.za/index.php/news/news-highlights/south-africa/4679-gauteng-studies-the-extension-of-gautrain-service'; var disqus_identifier = 'de04f6aed6_id4679'; var disqus_developer = '1'; var disqus_config = function(){ this.language = ''; }; (function() { var dsq = document.createElement('script'); dsq.type = 'text/javascript'; dsq.async = true; dsq.src = 'http://' + disqus_shortname + '.disqus.com/embed.js'; (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(dsq); })(); //]]> </script> <noscript> <a href="http://smesouthafricanewspaper.disqus.com/?url=ref">View the discussion thread.</a> </noscript> <div id="jwDisqusFormFooter"> <a target="_blank" href="http://disqus.com" class="dsq-brlink"> blog comments powered by <span class="logo-disqus">DISQUS</span> </a> <a id="jwDisqusBackToTop" href="http://www.smesouthafrica.co.za/index.php/news/news-highlights/south-africa/4679-gauteng-studies-the-extension-of-gautrain-service#startOfPage"> back to top </a> <div class="clr"></div> </div> </div> <div class="clr"></div> <!-- JoomlaWorks "DISQUS Comments for Joomla!" (v3.1) ends here --> <div class='joomla_add_this'><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --> <script type='text/javascript'> var addthis_product = 'jlp-1.2'; var addthis_config = {pubid:'Your Profile ID', ui_hover_direction:0, data_track_clickback:true, ui_language:'en', ui_use_css:true}</script> <a href='http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php' onmouseover="return addthis_open(this,'', 'http://www.smesouthafrica.co.za/index.php/news/news-highlights/south-africa/4679', 'Gauteng studies the extension of Gautrain service' )" onmouseout='addthis_close();' onclick='return addthis_sendto();'></a> <script type='text/javascript' src='http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js'></script> <!-- AddThis Button END --> </div>"> Gauteng studies the extension of Gautrain service
- </div> </div> </div> <p></p> <p>A young black person faces enormous pressures as soon as he or she puts a foot on the career ladder. Research presented in Johannesburg last week, by the UCT Unilever Institute of Marketing, shows family expectations are high, both in terms of financial contributions and signs of status. <!-- DISQUS comments block --> <div class="jwDisqusForm"> <div id="disqus_thread"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ var disqus_shortname = 'smesouthafricanewspaper'; var disqus_url = 'http://www.smesouthafrica.co.za/index.php/news/news-highlights/south-africa/4678-young-blacks-under-pressure-as-they-break-into-the-middle-class'; var disqus_identifier = 'de04f6aed6_id4678'; var disqus_developer = '1'; var disqus_config = function(){ this.language = ''; }; (function() { var dsq = document.createElement('script'); dsq.type = 'text/javascript'; dsq.async = true; dsq.src = 'http://' + disqus_shortname + '.disqus.com/embed.js'; (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(dsq); })(); //]]> </script> <noscript> <a href="http://smesouthafricanewspaper.disqus.com/?url=ref">View the discussion thread.</a> </noscript> <div id="jwDisqusFormFooter"> <a target="_blank" href="http://disqus.com" class="dsq-brlink"> blog comments powered by <span class="logo-disqus">DISQUS</span> </a> <a id="jwDisqusBackToTop" href="http://www.smesouthafrica.co.za/index.php/news/news-highlights/south-africa/4678-young-blacks-under-pressure-as-they-break-into-the-middle-class#startOfPage"> back to top </a> <div class="clr"></div> </div> </div> <div class="clr"></div> <!-- JoomlaWorks "DISQUS Comments for Joomla!" (v3.1) ends here --> <div class='joomla_add_this'><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --> <script type='text/javascript'> var addthis_product = 'jlp-1.2'; var addthis_config = {pubid:'Your Profile ID', ui_hover_direction:0, data_track_clickback:true, ui_language:'en', ui_use_css:true}</script> <a href='http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php' onmouseover="return addthis_open(this,'', 'http://www.smesouthafrica.co.za/index.php/news/news-highlights/south-africa/4678', 'Young blacks under pressure as they break into the middle class' )" onmouseout='addthis_close();' onclick='return addthis_sendto();'></a> <script type='text/javascript' src='http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js'></script> <!-- AddThis Button END --> </div>"> Young blacks under pressure as they break into the middle class
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<p>Johannesburg - Over 70% of debt mediation cases resulted in a positive outcome for consumers in the first quarter of this year, the National Debt Mediation Association (NDMA) said on Tuesday.
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<p>A 34-YEAR-OLD pig farmer of Mpendle in rural KwaZulu-Natal has been given his own piggy bank to increase his bacon.
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<p>THE Independent Communications Authority of South Africa has granted internet search giant Google and a number of partner organisations and companies to explore the use of unused channels in South Africa’s TV broadcast spectrum.
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<p>The SA Revenue Service (Sars) has acquired new powers to gather intelligence on taxpayers and collect revenue. People and companies, such as lawyers, estate agents and medical aid funds, now had a duty to automatically submit information about their clients to Sars, The Times reported.</p>
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<p>Employment Equity Commission names transformation leaders in carrot and stick approach. The Commission on Employment Equity this week named eight listed companies that had either surpassed or met their goals to transform. They are Tongaat Hulett, Old Mutual, SABMiller, Sasol, Truworths, Pick n Pay, MTN and SAA.
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<p>Most people think innovation is all about ideas, when in fact it is more about delivery, people, and process. Entrepreneurs looking to innovate need to understand the execution challenge if they expect their startup to carve out a profitable niche in the marketplace, and keep innovating to build and maintain a sustainable competitive advantage.
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<p>China has overtaken the United States to become the world’s biggest processor of patent applications according to a UN report.
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<p>Ntlathi, 25, is the founder of the SNSETInstitute, the organisation behind the annual conference; The International Innovation Indaba, which has been in existence for over a decade and celebrating its twelfth anniversary this year
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<p>FIRST National Bank (FNB) has come up with a card solution which will help merchants reduce their cash footprint on their business premises by returning cash due to customers via a card.
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