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05 Apr 2013

SA: Rob Davies: Address by the Minister of Trade and Industry, at the launch of the Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) 2013/14-15/16, Industrial Development Corporation, Sandton (04/04/2013)

SPEECH

The Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) 2013/14 – 15/16 is the 5th iteration of the three year rolling action plan and covers the last full financial year in the term of the present...

27 Mar 2013

IDC signs MoUs with Brics counterparts

TRADE

The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has signed three memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with its counterparts from China, Russia and Brazil to facilitate mutual cooperation for improved...

06 Mar 2013

Business Council to be launched at Brics Summit

BRICS

Members of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (Brics) group of countries will launch the Brics Business Council at the fifth Brics Summit, in Durban, from March 26 to 27. Each Brics...

05 Mar 2013

SA: Statement by the Department of Trade and Industry, Deputy Minister Thabethe arrives in New Delhi on an Investment and Trade Initiative (04/03/2013)

STATEMENT

The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Ms Elizabeth Thabethe arrived in New Delhi today where she is leading a delegation of business people to participate in the fourth Investment and Trade...

04 Mar 2013

SA: Statement by Elizabeth Thabethe, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, on South Africa and India's economic relations (04/03/2013)

STATEMENT

South Africa has identified India as a strategic partner due to the fact that its economy presents enormous trade and investment opportunities for the South African business. This was said by the...

28 Feb 2013

Gauteng central to success of government’s LPA

LOCAL PROCUREMENT

Gauteng’s participation in national government’s Local Procurement Accord (LPA) was cardinal to the success of the campaign, Cosatu Gauteng provincial secretary Dumisani Dakile said on...

15 Nov 2012

Norton Rose and Fulbright & Jaworski join forces

Norton Rose

International legal practice Norton Rose today announced that it will combine with leading US law firm Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. on June 1, 2013 to form Norton Rose Fulbright. Rob Otty, Managing...

Mining strikes fallout likely to haunt SA manufacturers into 2013

MANUFACTURING

The wave of unprotected mining strikes, which finally appear to be ending, were likely to remain a drag on South Africa’s already embattled manufacturing sector for at least the coming quarter...

01 Nov 2012

SA consumer spending likely to remain subdued into 2013, economist warns

CONSUMER SPENDING

Household consumption and expenditure had consolidated itself as a key driver of economic activity in South Africa, having risen to comprise about 66% of South Africa’s current gross domestic...

28 Aug 2012

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13 Feb 2012

Auditing the auditor: The Global Fund investigation of grants to Swaziland shows a 'cultural divide'

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Swaziland – an impoverished country with the world’s highest incidence of HIV and TB – faces the dilemma of finding donors and assets to replace expected grants from the Global Fund to Fight...

10 Feb 2012

DA: Statement by Wilmot James, Democratic Alliance shadow minister of trade and industry, supporting the proposal to produce pharmaceuticals in SA (10/02/2012)

Statements

The Ministers of Trade and Industry, Science and Technology, Health and Economic Development today announced a new initiative to produce pharmaceuticals in South Africa in partnership with two...

24 Jan 2012

Intellectual property: Ownership for all

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

An enormous amount of intellectual energy has gone into the global response to HIV & AIDS over the past 30 years. The results have been visible in local, national, and international spheres at...

30 Sep 2011

Shaping a solid IP system for economic growth and prosperity

Intellectual Property Law

Local law firm Adams & Adams reports that, even though the South African intellectual property (IP) system still faces some challenges, it is regarded as an effective and modern system, which is...

22 Jul 2011

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South Africa's government is appealing a decision by its own regulators to allow Wal-Mart to buy control of local retailer Massmart, a move that could tarnish the nation's credentials as an...

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