by NEASA | Oct 22, 2019 | Opinion Pieces / Open Letters
By Gerhard Papenfus FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON ALL NEWSWIRES OPEN LETTER The Chief Commissioner International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa ITAC For the information of: Minister Ebrahim Patel Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition (dti) 22...
by NEASA | Aug 6, 2019 | Opinion Pieces / Open Letters
By Gerhard PapenfusFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON ALL NEWSWIRESOPINION PIECE: STEEL INDUSTRY: CAN SOUTH AFRICA AFFORD AMSA ANY LONGER? 6 August 2019 According to ArcelorMittalSA (AMSA), consumption of its steel has slumped to a ten-year low – falling to 70% of the...
by NEASA | Jul 31, 2019 | Opinion Pieces / Open Letters
Gerhard PapenfusFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON ALL NEWSWIRES OPINION PIECE: UNEMPLOYMENT UP TO 29%: ARE WE INSANE? 30 July 2019 StatsSA announced this morning that the official unemployment rate is now 29% – up by 1.4% in one quarter. The expanded (unofficial)...
by NEASA | Jul 16, 2019 | Opinion Pieces / Open Letters
By Gerhard Papenfus FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON ALL NEWSWIRESOPINION PIECE: AMSA’S 2000 JOB CUTS AND THE ONGOING STEEL INDUSTRY WOES ARE SELF INFLICTED 16 July 2019 The potential loss of 2000 jobs at Arcelor Mittal South Africa (AMSA) is receiving much media attention....
by NEASA | Jul 2, 2019 | Opinion Pieces / Open Letters
By Gerhard Papenfus FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON ALL NEWSWIRES OPINION PIECE: MUNICIPALITIES: VIGILANT COMMUNITIES ESSENTIAL 2 July 2019 The Auditor General has painted a grim picture of financial mismanagement in the country’s 257 municipalities, saying...
by NEASA | Jun 11, 2019 | Opinion Pieces / Open Letters
By Gerhard Papenfus FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON ALL NEWSWIRESOPINION PIECE: IT DEPENDS ON ‘US’, NOT ‘THEM’ 11 June 2019 Many South Africans are waiting for some sort of extraordinary intervention to save us from our national predicament. Who will lead us to a better...
