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25 May 2013
                       
 
 
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15 May 2013
 
 
Compliance, regulation top the list of biggest power-sector risks
ELECTRICITY
Senior executives from 110 power and utility companies around the world have flagged compliance and regulation as the biggest risks facing the power and utilities sector. The executives, who were...
 
 
07 May 2013
 
Pressure to deliver could lead to employees ignoring unethical business behaviour
CORRUPTION & BRIBERY
A new survey by assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services company Ernst & Young (E&Y) has found that an alarming number of management and employees are turning a blind eye to the risks of...
 
 
07 Mar 2013
 
Africa to emerge as higher growth continent – Ernst & Young
ECONOMY
Of all emerging higher-growth economies, Africa was expected to provide the “most consistent and robust rates” of growth over the next 10 to 15 years, assurance, tax, transaction and advisory...
 
 
01 Mar 2013
 
SA moves to shore up African ‘gateway’ status amid concerns
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
Amid recurrent questions about whether South Africa will be able to sustain its position as a key ‘gateway’ to the rest of the continent – particularly in light of its relatively poor...
 
 
21 Feb 2013
 
SA: Jacob Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, in response to the debate on the State of the Nation Address, National Assembly, Parliament, Cape Town (21/02/2013)
SPEECH
Next year, South Africa will mark 20 years of freedom and democracy. In celebrating this milestone, we will recommit ourselves to achieving a truly united, non-racial, non-sexist, democratic and...
 
 
05 Feb 2013
 
SA: Statement by Mining Indaba, mining investment event, resource nationalism new form of mercantilism (05/02/2013)
STATEMENT
Dr David Humphreys Principal at DaiEcon Advisors says resource nationalism is the new form of mercantilism in the 21st Century. Humphrey’s was speaking at Investing in Africa Mining Indaba™...
 
 
24 Jan 2013
 
The countdown to South Africa’s first Islamic bond draws closer
SAICA
Tax and relevant legislation regarding Islamic financial instruments became effective 1 January 2013 as part of a project to make South Africa the Islamic financial sector hub for Africa.  Yusuf...
 
 
08 Nov 2012
 
Investment perception of SA worse than reality, says E&Y
ECONOMY
South Africa was still the most attractive foreign direct investment (FDI) destination in Africa, despite the recent negative perceptions that the country was losing momentum, said advisory firm...
 
 
31 Oct 2012
 
Natural gas in Africa – The frontiers of the Golden Age (October 2012)
NATURAL GAS
The world may be poised at the beginning of the Golden Age of Gas, with natural gas being the only fossil fuel whose share of the global energy mix is expected to grow. That expected growth is to...
 
 
19 Oct 2012
 
DA: Statement by Pieter van Dalen, Democratic Alliance Shadow Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, on the department's forensic investigation report (19/10/2012)
STATEMENT
The Department of Agriculture yesterday released a statement claiming that it “has lost faith in the work of Ernst & Young &hellip and has resolved to put the investigation [into procurement...
 
 
18 Oct 2012
 
SA: Statement by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, on leaking of Ernst and Young forensic report (18/10/2012)
STATEMENT
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries would like to articulate its shock and disappointment to the leaking of a confidential forensic report that found its way into the hands of the...
 
 
17 Sep 2012
 
SMEs in Africa: Growth despite constraints
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly being recognised as productive drivers of economic growth and development for African countries. For example, it is estimated that SMEs...
 
 
23 Jul 2012
 
India encourages SA firms to participate in big renewables push
RENEWABLE ENERGY
India has invited South African renewable-energy developers and suppliers to consider participation in its ambitions plan to add 30 000 MW of additional renewables capacity by 2017. The...
 
 
19 Jul 2012
 
The vital business case for integration in Africa – and the chance of a complimentary invitation to all businesses active on the continent
INSIGHT AFRICA
Omega Investment Research has organised Euro-African conferences in different centres ever since its establishment in the year 1990. Our most recent Euro-African conferences were in London on 31...
 
 
29 Jun 2012
 
Recent Zambian Supreme Court ruling demands that business takes a closer look at trade marks
WERKSMANS
A recent ruling by the Supreme Court in Zambia may have serious consequences for business. Up to now it has been possible to rely on an unregistered trade mark in trade mark oppositions in Zambia...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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