Moodys downgrades SA

Moodys downgrades SA

Credit rating agency Moodys Investors Service has downgraded South Africa’s credit rating one notch from Baa1 to Baa2, while also revising the credit outlook from negative to stable, said National Treasury. Moody’s decision keeps South Africa’s rating in investment...
Sello Malatji – Humble beginnings to great success

Sello Malatji – Humble beginnings to great success

They usually say wealth tends to create more wealth and that to succeed quicker in business, one has to come from a well off family or financial background. But a young entrepreneurs from Phalaborwa, a small town in Limpopo, has proven that having a rich background is...
Innovation key to economic growth

Innovation key to economic growth

Minister in the Presidency, Jeff Radebe, says BRICS countries must continue to embrace innovation as a key driver for economic growth. “Innovation is a powerful engine for development and for addressing social and global challenges. “I can also affirm that innovation...
Black industrialists programme to grow SA economy

Black industrialists programme to grow SA economy

Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Mzwandile Masina says the department has so far registered 18 qualifying black industrialists in a range of sectors to grow the South African economy. “We will continue to accept applications from industrialists, as we have set a...

SA takes up citrus black spot issue

South Africa has raised the issue of the European Union’s regulations on Citrus Black Spot at the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Committee of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), says the Department of Trade and Industry (dti). This as the EU has threatened to refuse entry...