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As Africa celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Organisation of African Unity, the continent’s future looks brighter than ever before. Africa is no longer portrayed as chronically poor, uniquely...
The South African economy is facing a number of domestic challenges while headwinds from the fragile and uneven global recovery remain a constraint to growth. The uncertain and increasingly...
IFP in Gauteng (IFP-GP) remains fully opposed to the implementation of the e-tolling system and supports the Treatment Action Plan (TAC) and Cosatu-led protests against the e-tolling system...
Chairperson; Distinguished guests; Ladies and Gentlemen: I would like to first thank Chatham House for hosting me today to speak about the economic, social and political challenges facing South...
The Congress of South African Trade Unions is highly disappointed at the Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee’s decision, on 23 May 2013, to keep the repo rate unchanged at 5%.
The Committee...
Honourable chairperson, in presenting the National Treasury’s 2013 Budget Vote for the consideration of the House, allow me to reflect briefly on where we stand in meeting our longer term social...
In less than 20 years from now, emerging economies would have the most “economic weight” as they came to dominate global investments, a World Bank Global Development Horizons report has found....
A leading International Monetary Fund (IMF) official last week urged South Africa’s social partners of government, labour and business to pursue a “broad national bargain” to overcome the...
A new Manufacturing Circle survey shows that South African manufacturers are responding to the market opportunities opening up as a result of strong growth in the rest of Africa, which has already...
Thomson Reuters head of business development for commodities and energy in Africa Michel Karera said Africa needed to invest heavily in its infrastructure if it is to grow its oil and gas...
Six days ago on 10 May 2013 we celebrated 19 years since President Nelson Mandela took the oath office as the first President of a democratic South Africa. This was the beginning of the...
In 1994, South Africa completed the monumental shift out of the oppressive apartheid system and towards democracy in an attempt to tilt the scales towards freedom and equality.(2) Under the...
Thank you for the opportunity to introduce this Policy Debate on the Economic Development Budget Vote in this august house. It is appropriate that I do it with Minister Davies, whose department has...
Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies says the election of Brazil’s Roberto Azevedo as the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) offers a new opportunity to advance a...
It is common knowledge that the term of this administration has coincided with the most severe global economic crisis since the 1930s. When we took office in 2009, the SA economy moved into...