Wal-Mart - Policy, Law & Economics News

19 June 2013

18 Jun 2013

South Africa as a base for expansion into Africa?

Africa is the cradle of humanity yet it is only now, in the early years of the twenty-first century, that it is truly taking its place amongst the economic community of nations. With 60% of the...

07 May 2013

The Licensing of Business Bill – the government must come clean

INSIGHT AFRICA

Few pieces of legislation have drawn such fire as Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies’ Licensing of Businesses Bill – and with good reason. Contrary to some commentators’ view that it...

10 Oct 2012

SA: Statement by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, on instruction by the Competition Appeal Court to Wal–Mart (09/10/2012)

STATEMENT

The Competition Appeal Court has instructed global retail giant Wal-Mart to set up a R240 million supplier development fund as a condition for it acquiring the South African retailer, Massmart.

Daily podcast – October 10, 2012.

PODCAST

A South African court on Tuesday ordered the local unit of Wal-Mart to double a planned fund for small suppliers to $23-million. This ends more than a year of legal wrangling over its entry into...

26 Jul 2012

SA’s new investment policy to forge minerals, industrialisation link

INVESTMENT POLICY

South Africa is crafting a “new generation” investment policy framework, which will be underscored by the developmental needs of the country, especially the expansion of the country’s...

05 Jul 2012

SA ranks in top 20 of prospective FDI host economies

INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE

South Africa has entered a list of the top 20 prospective host economies for investment by transnational corporations (TNCs) for the period 2012 to 2014, the latest World Investment Report...

14 Jun 2012

Daily podcast – June 25, 2012

PODCAST

A planned R100-million fund from Wal-Mart and Massmart to help South African suppliers source more goods locally should be increased to at least R500-million, suggests a regulator-affiliated panel.

08 Jun 2012

News this week

UPDATE

There is an ongoing conspiracy by "certain individuals" to unsettle the management of the South African Police Service, says acting national police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. He was...

16 Mar 2012

News this week

UPDATE

President Jacob Zuma quashes any hopes that the planned Gauteng e-tolling system will dropped by government. "The Gauteng economy cannot afford any impediment to the traffic flow, since such an...

09 Mar 2012

Wal-Mart wins final go-ahead in Massmart deal

CORPORATE ACTIVITY

A South African court on Friday largely dismissed an appeal from government and unions to roll back approval for Wal-Mart's $2.4-billion acquisition of Massmart, ending months of uncertainty about...

07 Mar 2012

South Africa's Family Businesses: The Pick 'n Pay Issue

INSIGHT AFRICA

Most foreigners who have an interest in South Africa or know something about it know that the country has a quality financial service (including banks). What they may not know is something about...

08 Feb 2012

FF+: Statement by Pieter Mulder, Freedom Front Plus leader, on the upcoming State of the Nation Address (08/02/2012)

Statements

“Certainty” and “hope” is what the FF Plus is expecting of president Zuma’s State of the Nation address with the opening of Parliament tomorrow (Thursday 9...

03 Feb 2012

Good news, but . . .

REAL ECONOMY: FOREIGN INVESTMENT

Amid the prevailing economic gloom and doom, it came as welcome relief to learn that South Africa’s foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows rose 269% in 2011 – climbing to $4.5-billion last...

25 Jan 2012

SA’s strong FDI recovery not enough to lift Africa

FOREIGN INVESTMENT

A 269% recovery in South Africa’s foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in 2011, which climbed to $4.5-billion from a revised 2010 figure of $1.2-billion, was not sufficient to reverse the...

25 Nov 2011

News this work

UPDATE

Outspoken South African politician Julius Malema has submitted a legal appeal against his five-year expulsion from the African National Congress (ANC) for bringing the ruling party into disrepute,...

Topics on this page

City Cape Town Johannesburg Addis Ababa Beijing Cairo Lagos Lilongwe Pretoria Report Damascus Doha Geneva Harare Khartoum Moscow Port Elizabeth Washington	Company Headquarter Company HQ Company Massmart Wal-Mart British Airways Education Higher Education South Africa Lufthansa South African Airways Telkom Walmart Massmart Holdings Industrial Development Corporation Facebook Twitter Oxford Business Group The Star SABC Standard Chartered Wal-Mart Stores Woolworths Renewable-Energy	Continent Africa Asia South America Europe	Country Botswana Kenya Luxembourg Mauritius Netherlands Nigeria Portugal Singapore South Africa Spain Tanzania Uganda United States South Korea Congo France Ghana Ivory Coast Sudan Egypt Libya Brazil China India Indonesia Korea Mozambique Poland Republic Of Congo The Netherlands Democratic Republic Of Congo Chad Ethiopia Malawi Russia Saudi Arabia Syria Turkey Zimbabwe Australia Chile Colombia Tunisia Zambia	Currency USD ZAR SGD
Industry Term Energy Financial Services Telecommunications Proposed Law Instructed Global Retail Giant Local Suppliers Automotive And Steel Sectors Energy Infrastructure Manufacturing Steel Transport Bank E-tolling Road Infrastructure Upgraded Freeway Network Well-maintained And Upgraded Road Network Local Mining Managers Retail Giant Media Reports	Person Jonathan Lang Wally Horak Anthea Jeffery Blade Nzimandi Jeff Radebe Lawrence Mavundla Leon Louw Rob Davies Stacey Farao Ebrahim Patel Tina Joemat-Pettersson Francois Hollande Mario Oriani-Ambrosini Mogoeng Mogoeng James Zhan Jorge Maia Unctad Luis Moreno Ocampo Nomvula Mokonyane Thomas Lubanga Dyilo Amr Magdy Bheki Cele Dianne Kohler-Barnard Hosni Mubarak Jackie Selebi Jacob Zuma Khumbo Kachale Mutharika Nathi Mthethwa Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi Omar Hassan Al-Bashir Richard Mdluli Van De Geer Ahmad Fawzi Bashar Al-Assad George Clooney Gill Marcus Julius Malema Kofi Annan Maria Khodynskaya-Golenishcheva Muammar Gaddafi Nic Norman-Smith Omar Al-Bashir Princeton Lyman Razia Khan Robert Mugabe Anton Rupert Christian Odendorff Christo Wiese Gareth Ackerman Harry Oppenheimer Kathleen Desai Otto Stehlik Raymond Ackerman Renier Van Rooyen Sol Kerzner Wendy Zuma Felix Jumbe Mathews Phosa	Facility South African Institute High Court	Region South Africa Darfur Western Darfur Sub-Saharan Africa East Africa West Africa North Africa	Technology SMS
Medical Condition Heart Attack Hypertension	Published Medium The Star The NEW AGE	Sports Event The 2010 FIFA World Cup

News SA News Africa News International News	Case Law Constitutional Court Supreme Court of Appeal High Courts Magistrates Courts	Elections Election Schedule 2009 Election Schedule 2010 Election Schedule 2011 South African Local Government Elections 2011 Country Profiles	Legislation Acts Bills Documents for Public Comment Notices & Regulations Policy Documents Constitution Proclamations	Polity Focus Multimedia Black Economic Empowerment Commercial Crime Competition Law Consumer Protection Environmental Law Immigration Law and Services Intellectual Property Labour and Employment Law Legal Education Mergers & Acquisitions New Companies Act Polity Year in Review Tax, Customs and Excise Advertising Info

Multimedia Podcasts Video	Legal Briefs Adams & Adams Bouwer Kobeli Morabe Bowman Gilfillan Cameron Cross Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Labour Law Management Consulting Masephule Dinga Inc MDA Consulting Norton Rose Spoor and Fisher Tabacks Warburton Gunn Attorneys Webber Wentzel Werksmans	Recommendations Budget Information Speeches Statements Jobs History of Polity Website Legal Notice ANC Road to Manguang 2012 iSchoolAfrica Youth Press Team	Opinion Multimedia Adam Habib Aubrey Matshiqi Chris Watters Global Account Hot Spot Insight Africa IDASA ISS Look South Polemics Real Economy SAIIA