Britain Opts for a Bubble Play

The UK government has “lost patience” with austerity, and with a general election two years away, has abandoned it in favour of a new bout of debt creation, “tempting consumers to leverage their balance sheets into a new housing bubble,” suggests Trevor Greetham of...

French, SA companies encouraged

French and South African companies have been encouraged to work together to ensure the industrialisation of South Africa and the African continent. Speaking at a business forum on the sidelines of the state visit by French President Francois Hollande to South Africa,...

BRICS Cooperatives to meet in SA

Leaders of cooperatives’ organisations from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) will gather for their third meeting in Cape Town, later this month. The meeting, which will take place between 26-27 October, is being hosted by the South African...

Entrepreneurship centre for students

A Centre for Entrepreneurship (CEF), which will help to develop local entrepreneurs, has been launched at the King Hintsa FET College for Agriculture in Butterworth, Eastern Cape. Launched by Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Elizabeth Thabethe, the centre forms part...

Exposure for SA space companies

South African companies in the space industry were given a platform to gain international exposure at the recent International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2013 in Beijing. The Chief Director of Advanced Manufacturing, Aerospace and Defence at the Department of Trade...