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Side-stream beneficiation needs more recognition

Side-stream beneficiation required more recognition in South Africa, with much of the focus having been on defining downstream beneficiation, Chamber of Mines (CoM) senior executive Roger Baxter...

The role of entrepreneurship and innovation in improving the health status of Sub-Saharan Africa

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

In the last 10 years or so, Africa has experienced a wave of innovative efforts in the technology, agriculture and services sectors, which have immensely improved the lives of Africans. For...

SA: Fatima Chohan: Address by the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, on the occasion of the Budget Debate, National Assembly, Parliament, Cape Town (09/05/2013)

SPEECH

Honourable Members, I rise to support the Minister in her address to this chamber today, and will in my address concern myself with the issue of Asylum Seeker Management (ASM), Legal Services and...

Africa’s private equity landscape expanding as investors target growing economies

INVESTMENT

While Africa’s private equity (PE) sector is at an early stage of development, it is growing steadily and providing good returns, with a record R25.7-billion of PE funds from Africa returned to...

Brics fits well with SA’s National Development Plan – Zuma

BRICS SUMMIT

Brics fits in well with South Africa’s National Development Plan (NDP) objectives, says President Jacob Zuma. “Brics fits in well with our NDP objectives of raising employment through faster...

SA: Statement by Transnet, South African rail, port and pipeline company, awards biggest audit contract to black firms (25/03/2013)

STATE

State-owned transport and logistics firm, Transnet SOC Ltd, has appointed home-grown accounting and professional services firm SekelaXabiso to lead its internal audit function for the next five...

SA: Statement by KPMG, global network of professional services firms, on investment into Africa ahead of BRICS Summit 2013 (25/03/2013)

STATEMENT

KPMG recently hosted a roundtable discussion, lead by its Global Chairman Michael Andrew, ahead of the Fifth BRICS Summit taking place in Durban next week. This Summit is expected to include a...

Only South Africans doubt Brics role – Nkoana-Mashabane

TRADE

South Africans wrongly doubt their own country's ability to be part of the Brics economic bloc, International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said on Tuesday. Other...

Venturing north: South Africa’s pioneering role in African investment

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

As the strongest continental economy, South Africa accounts for a quarter of total Sub-Saharan gross domestic product (GDP). It is also the largest investor in Africa. By 2008, South African...

SA: Statement by the National Treasury, on implementing Twin Peaks regulations in South Africa (01/02/2013)

STATEMENT

The Financial Regulatory Reform Steering Committee (FRRSC)1, comprising the National Treasury, South African Reserve Bank and Financial Services Board, today publishes for public comment a summary...

Proposed empowerment policy could worsen corruption, warns financial services firm

Legislative environment

The implementation of a proposed law to ensure that a minimum of 30% of public- and private-sector procurement spend is awarded to black businesses would discourage competitive behaviour and...

WB: Statement by the World Bank, international financial institution, on reducing remittances for African migrants (28/01/2013)

STATEMENT

Africa's overseas workers, who sent close to US$60 billion in remittances in 2012, pay more to send money home than any other migrant group. According to the World Bank's Send Money Africa...

Financial inclusion in Africa: What role for microfinance?

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

About 40% of the African population still lives under the poverty line.(2) Unfortunately, the rate of poverty reduction has not kept up with economic growth in Africa. The majority of people living...

SA: Statement by Jacana Partners, an-African private equity company, African Diaspora MBA graduates in Western business institutions affirm Africa's conviction to foster small-to-medium sized enterprises (12/12/2012)

STATEMENT

70 percent will work in Africa after graduation, according to a new survey by Jacana Partners, the pan-African private equity firm that invests in SMEs to deliver social and financial returns. Of...

Proposals pave the way for retail hedge funds

WERKSMANS ATTORNEYS

In a welcome development for the hedge fund industry, it may soon be possible to market retail hedge funds to the public. This is according to proposals published by the National Treasury and the...

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