Robert Zoellick - Policy, Law & Economics News

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says that South Africa’s tax base, which comprises citizens and business engaging in taxable activities, not wide enough. This includes activities such as excise...

04 May 2012

Daily podcast – May 3, 2012

The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) will hold a national executive committee meeting soon to decide on the league’s future, reports the SABC.

03 May 2012

The ANC youth league will hold a national executive meeting this week to discuss its future. League Deputy President Ronald Lamola says the league isn’t in crisis following the expulsion of its...

05 Apr 2012

World Bank to interview candidates next week

No ANC member is bigger than the organisation's constitution, the party says in welcoming Julius Malema's latest suspension. "We welcome and respect the decision, as we do with all decisions...

04 Apr 2012

JOB APPLICATION

The World Bank on Tuesday said it would conduct interviews with the three candidates for the bank presidency this month as previously planned. The Washing-based global financial organisation said...

30 Mar 2012

Daily podcast – March 26, 2012

Africa is ready to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor reiterates. But the site selection is likely to be pushed out beyond April 4, which...

26 Mar 2012

Daily podcast – March 22, 2012

South Africa's ANC youth league rebel Julius Malema upped the stakes in his political wrangling with the ruling party yesterday, saying he would challenge in court its decision to expel him,...

22 Mar 2012

Opportunities for private equity (PE) investments beyond South Africa’s borders were starting to attract more interest from investors, Ernst & Young’s ‘Global private equity watch – a...

24 Feb 2012

Daily podcast – February 20, 2012

Two people have been arrested following violence during President Jacob Zuma's African National Congress (ANC) centenary address in Cape Town, police say. "We arrested two people. For now, it's...

20 Feb 2012

Daily podcast – February 16, 2012

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe accused his political rivals of trying to use constitutional reforms to get rid of him, but warned that his Zanu-PF party would reject any changes threatening its...

16 Feb 2012

Trees Before Poverty – The World Bank’s Approach to Forestry and Climate Change (November 2011)

Employment has increased among higher-income groups in South Africa, while many of the country's lowest earners have lost their jobs, according to a transformation audit released yesterday,...

30 Nov 2011

CLIMATE CHANGE

A new report by World Growth released in the lead up to the Durban climate talks reveals how the World Bank ignored a report it commissioned that indicated forestry from tropical developing...

26 Sep 2011

Daily podcast – September 26, 2011

The Presidency was unaware of plans to suspend national police commissioner General Bheki Cele, a spokesperson said yesterday, the World Bank said it was more than tripling funding to...

19 Aug 2011