SA’s biggest metals union is verging on a wage agreement with employers one week after embarking upon a strike, the department of labour says.

Former Aveng chief Roger Jardine says there needs to be greater transparency in government tender systems to lessen opportunities for collusion.

Recent results from South Africa’s biggest construction firms have made it clear that delays in issuing large tenders are hurting the sector.

Rob Adam is going to a construction group that will bid for the massive government nuclear tender.