World Economic Forum on Africa 2013
SOUTH AFRICA is preparing to promote itself as an attractive investment destination as leaders worldwide descend on Cape Town for the twenty-third World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa next week. …
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Zuma urges BRICS Partner to invest in SA
President Jacob Zuma has urged Russia and Brazil to invest in South Africa, the presidency reported. Spokesperson Mac Maharaj said Zuma held bilateral meetings with Presidents Dmitry Medvedev of Russia …
CIDB hunts Construction Cartels
Construction cartels could learn their fate as early as June, the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) told MPs on today. Briefing Parliament’s public works committee, CIDB chairperson Bafana Ndendwa said …
More SA Visas for Africa
For as long as global commerce has been a financial reality, Europe and the rest of the first world have wittered on about the lack of transparency and opaque business …
Infrastructure Projects in Need of speedier Administration
South Africa’s National Treasury has finally set up a task team with the financial services industry to find new ways to improve the funding and efficiencies of government’s ambitious fiscal …
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SARB Governor calls for German Model to tackle Unemployment
The recent strikes – not only in the mining industry – have shown again the high vulnerability of South African business and the detrimental influence on economy and trade balance …
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Proposed Debt Amnesty a Reality?
Almost 90% of all low income earners have an adverse credit record with such “esteemed” credit information bureaus like TPN or ITC. This owed to defaults, mostly on credit cards …
Reserve Bank leaves Interest Rate unchanged
SOUTH AFRICA has yet again left its interest rates unchanged. It did not come as a surprise but still prompts our compliments to the continued stance the South African Reserve …