SA, UK commit to increasing trade

Pretoria – South Africa and the United Kingdom have recommitted to the target of doubling bilateral trade between the two countries by 2015. Following the 9th SA-UK Bilateral Forum, where the South African delegation was led by  International Relations Minister...

Call to invest in maritime industry

Cape Town – Lack of investment in the maritime sector could undermine the benefits of South Africa’s recent joining of the Brazil, Russia, India and China trading block. The warning was sounded by the South African Maritime Safety Authority (Samsa) chief...

SA, UK to double trade

Pretoria – British Prime Minister David Cameron has committed to double bilateral trade with South Africa by 2015, as he began his first working visit to sub-Saharan Africa to bolster trade links with the continent. Speaking after a meeting with President Jacob...

SA-China relations on the rise

Cape Town – Surging relations between South Africa and China have further deepened with a historical visit by that country’s Standing Committee chairman of the National People’s Congress, Wu Bangguo.Bangguo, who is visiting South Africa for the first time, but has...

SA economy set to grow

Cape Town – South Africa’s economy has been projected to grow between 3.5 and 3.8 percent this year, up from -7.1 and 2.8 percent in the last two years respectively. The Financial and Fiscal Commission revealed this on Monday, indicating that the growth showed the...

Galway Businesspeople Make A Million

Proving that ‘bucking the recession’ in more than just a sound-byte – the Tribesman Chapter of Galway BNI has broken the million-euro mark in referred business. Given that the group is made up of 30 members, that puts a value of over €33,000 on each...