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23 May 2013
                       
 
 
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02 Apr 2013
 
 
Africa offers greatest growth opportunity for UK retailers – Barclays
TRADE
A recent survey by global financial services provider Barclays has shown that, while the US and China remained favoured investment destinations for UK retailers, the majority believed that the...
 
 
30 Nov 2012
 
Statement by Civil Society Groups, calling for investors to stop land grabbing (30/11/2012)
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Banks and pension funds are increasingly engaging in large-scale acquisitions of land with extremely damaging consequences for local populations. The London conference will bring together funds...
 
 
13 Nov 2012
 
Consortium to begin work soon on SA wind and solar projects
RENEWABLE ENERGY
The developers of the 138 MW Jeffreys Bay wind farm, in the Eastern Cape, as well as a 50 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project in De Aar and the 50 MW solar PV farm in Droogfontein, both in the...
 
 
25 Oct 2012
 
High-School learners tackle Financial Inclusion
WHATS ON
In all the commentary surrounding the global financial crisis, comparatively little attention has been paid to the increasing numbers of those who are excluded from the financial system or...
 
 
17 Jul 2012
 
 
 
Daily podcast – July 17, 2012
PODCAST
A report compiled by former education director general Mary Metcalfe on the late delivery of textbooks in Limpopo, has found that a significant amount of textbooks owed to pupils by the basic...
 
 
Absa takeover probe needed – Crawford-Browne
PROBE
President Jacob Zuma must appoint a commission of inquiry into Barclays bank's takeover of Absa in 2005 and its link to the arms deal, activist and author Terry Crawford-Browne said on Monday. "As...
 
 
27 Jun 2012
 
Despite economic weakness, current commodity slump ‘disproportionate’
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Recent sharp falls in commodity prices are “disproportionately” large when compared with prevailing weaknesses in the global economy and a number of prices are, thus, likely to recover during...
 
 
28 Mar 2012
 
 
 
Daily podcast – March 28, 2012
PODCAST
South Africa’s power supply constraint has the potential to act as a “hand brake” on the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth outlook and is an “underappreciated” downside...
 
 
27 Mar 2012
 
SA power constraint an ‘underappreciated’ growth threat
POWER & GROWTH
South Africa’s power supply constraint has the potential to act as a “hand brake” on the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth outlook and is an “underappreciated” downside...
 
 
22 Mar 2012
 
JHB: Tau: State of the City address, by the mayor, Johannesburg (22/03/2012)
Topics
We all have fond memories and great experiences of this city. We call it by many names, and it represents different things to us.
 
 
14 Dec 2011
 
 
 
Mining, manufacturing to remain a drag on SA’s growth in 2012
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
The contribution of South Africa’s mining and manufacturing sectors is likely to remain weak in 2012, Absa Capital argued in its latest quarterly economic outlook, in which the bank also cut its...
 
 
15 Sep 2011
 
 
 
Daily podcast – September 15, 2011
PODCAST
There are no guarantees that strategies to weaken South Africa's rand would work and such options are limited now that the government's budget is in deficit, Reserve Bank Governor Gill Marcus said...
 
 
15 Apr 2011
 
Confidence key to liberating record cash hoarding by firms
REAL ECONOMY: INVESTMENT OUTLOOK
News that South Africa’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose to a 13-month high in March is hopefully an early signal that real confidence is beginning to return to some sections of the...
 
 
01 Dec 2010
 
 
 
Global Giving: The Culture of Philanthropy (December 2010)
PHILANTHROPY
Barclays Wealth has published a report which examines the attitudes of high net worth individuals towards philanthropy across the world.
 
 
11 Nov 2010
 
SA to inject equity of R20bn into Eskom
ESKOM FUNDING
The South African government's announcement that it will sell assets to raise R20-billion that will be injected into Eskom as equity has been described as the final piece of the power utility's...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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