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SA: Statement by Brian Molefe, Transnet Group Chief Executive, affirms continued investor confidence in company and portfolio of projects despite the ongoing uncertainty in the financial markets (10/06/2013)

STATEMENT

Transnet SOC Ltd roared back to the capital markets on Monday with a R3,3 billion bond issue, affirming continued investor confidence in the company and its portfolio of projects despite the...

Report calls for overhaul of SOE governance, financing and executive pay

STATE-OWNED ENTITIES

The long-awaited report by the Presidential Review Committee (PRC) on State-owned entities (SOEs) has recommended that all commercial State-owned companies be consolidated under a central executive...

Sere’s costs compare ‘favourably’ with private wind farms - Eskom

RENEWABLE ENERGY

State-owned power utility Eskom claimed on Monday that the cost of generating electricity at its R2.4-billion, 100 MW Sere wind farm would compare “favourably” with those achieved by private...

SA: Statement by Eskom, South African electricity public utility, Sere wind farm gets go-ahead from the National Energy Regulator of South Arica (20/05/213)

STATEMENT

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa)) has granted a license for Eskom’s Sere wind farm, opening the way for construction to go ahead on the R2.4-billion project, which is due to...

AfDB: Statement by the African Development Bank, regional multilateral development bank, supports export-oriented small and medium enterprises to boost local job creation in Nigeria (05/02/2013)

STATEMENT

The African Development Bank (AfDB) signed on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 an agreement to provide two sovereign-guaranteed multi-tranche lines of credit (LoCs) of respectively US $500 million to...

SA: Statement by the Association of African Development Finance Institutions, on the opening of the first 1st joint CEO Forum (15/11/2012)

STATEMENT

Qhena added: “However, the economic growth that we are expecting is coming from developing countries.” This placed development finance institutions (DFIs) centre stage as they ensured that...

Statement by the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific, on 1st Joint CEO Forum (14/11/2012)

STATEMENT

At the heart of the Forum is the promotion of closer co-operation throughout Africa and the Asia- Pacific region to boost socio-economic development. Participants will tackle the theme “Promoting...

SA: Ebrahim Patel: Address by the Minister of Economic Development, at the launch and opening of the new Beijing Automobile Works minibus taxi assembly plant, New Era, Springs (13/11/2012)

SPEECH

We are standing in what used to be a warehouse facility until a few months ago. It received imported motor components and distributed these in South Africa. From January 2013, this warehousing...

SA: Pravin Gordhan: Address by the Minister of Finance, on the tabling of the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement, Parliament, Cape Town (25/10/2012)

SPEECH

A year ago, Mister President, we drew attention to your statement of intent: “We want to have a country where millions more South Africans have decent employment opportunities, which has a modern...

SA: Statement by the City of Tshwane, on executive mayor leading trade and investment delegation to Asia (03/09/2012)

STATEMENT

A delegation led by the Executive Mayor Cllr Kgosientso Ramokgopa has left for China, Singapore and India at the weekend to present the City's inherent trade, investment and tourism potentials to...

SA: Ebrahim Patel: Address by the Minister of Economic Development, at the release of the Annual Financial Statements of the Industrial Development Corporation, Sandton (03/09/2012)

Topics

IDC’s role in the South African economy, particularly in supporting key Government initiatives Chairperson of the Board, Ms Monhla Hlahla and CEO Mr Geoffrey Qhena The Board of Directors and...

DA: Statement by David Ross, Democratic Alliance Shadow Deputy Minister of Finance, calling on National Treasury to reject ANC’s pension fund proposals (27/06/2012)

STATEMENT

The DA will challenge the National Treasury to reject proposals put forward in ANC policy discussion documents that a portion of pension fund assets be prescribed for investment in developmental...

DA: Statement by David Ross, Democratic Alliance Shadow Deputy Minister of Energy, on electricity distribution problems (06/05/2012)

STATEMENT

It has come to the attention of the Democratic Alliance (DA) that the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) will effectively be recapitalised by the South African public. The purpose is to...

Risky Business – Intermediary lending and development finance (April 2012)

FINANCE

The past ten years have seen a surge in a new type of development lending, in which development finance institutions (DFIs) provide funding through financial intermediaries (FIs) rather than...

Infrastructure allocations could be withdrawn from chronic underperformers

BUDGET 2012

Departments and municipalities that persistently failed to spend, underspent, or misspent their capital expenditure budgets risked losing their allocations, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on...

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