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Global finance officials endorsed a new World Bank goal to end extreme global poverty by 2030 and emphasized that its focus should be on ensuring that the poorest benefit from strong growth and...
The Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) supports the statements in a recently released report by the World Bank, inter alia on jobs. The report indicates that, contrary to perceptions...
Augustin Matata Ponyo Mapon, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, states: “National economic performance, the orthodox management of public finances and the concerted efforts of...
The Federation of Unions of South Africa (Fedusa) would be part of a high-level delegation of international trade union leaders meeting with the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (or Outa) said on Monday that it would appeal a court ruling that hindered its bid to have e-tolls in Gauteng scrapped.
On December 13 last year, the High...
The government said on Sunday that former South African President Nelson Mandela has recovered from a lung infection and surgery to remove gallstones that kept him in hospital for nearly three...
The events which make up the so-called ‘Arab Spring’ mark a significant chapter in modern history. In less than two years, four dictators have been deposed, regimes are slowly being dismantled...
The International Monetary Fund said on Monday it raised $456-billion in new crisis-fighting money after 12 more countries, including BRICS members China, Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa,...
Suspended ANC Youth League president Julius Malema owes the SA Revenue Service more than R10-million, City Press reported on yesterday, the head of the IMF renewed a push to fully fund a...
The ongoing debate about the tolling of Gauteng’s intra-provincial highways has highlighted the urgent need for South Africa to invest in its public transportation system, Nobel-winning economist...
The existing global economic governance arrangements are failing. They are incapable of dealing with our challenges of poverty, inequality, unemployment and environmental degradation. Nevertheless,...
The euro zone debt crisis is escalating and dragging down the world economy, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday, as it sharply cut its outlook for global growth and called for policies...
The relationship between the United Nations (UN) Security Council and African Union (AU) should be institutionalised, President Jacob Zuma says. "We, therefore, believe that we should...
The eurozone crisis could hurt South Africa's economy and the country should maintain a supportive monetary policy to ensure growth in the medium term, the head of the International Monetary Fund...