Dti promotes trade in Algeria

Pretoria – Trade and Industry (dti) Deputy Minister Elizabeth Thabethe is in Algeria to expose South African companies to trade opportunities on the continent. “The trade mission is also expected to expose South African companies to export opportunities and will...
DBSA encouraged by growth strategy

DBSA encouraged by growth strategy

Pretoria – The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) is encouraged by National Treasury’s commitment to its new growth strategy, its chief executive officer Patrick Dlamini said. The state owned bank said the substantial need for infrastructure finance in...
Inflation a challenge for central bank

Inflation a challenge for central bank

  Pretoria – Head of Research at the South African Reserve Bank, Rashad Cassim, says rising inflation is a challenge for the central bank. “It is the origin of emerging inflationary pressure that remains the most challenging for the Monetary Policy...
NDP a vision to boost growth

NDP a vision to boost growth

Johannesburg – Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has singled out the National Development Plan (NDP) as a vision for his department to boost economic growth and to eliminate poverty through creating jobs. “The NDP is our vision … and we also have programmes...
SARS collects R814bn in taxes

SARS collects R814bn in taxes

Pretoria – In what Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan today described as a “remarkable achievement”, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) exceeded its target when it collected more than R814 billion in taxes for the 2012/13 fiscal year. The figure is R4 billion...