Draft financial services sector code gazetted

Draft financial services sector code gazetted

Pretoria- The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, has gazetted the Phase II Draft Financial Services Sector Code in terms of Section 9 (5) of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Act 53 of 2003. The gazette means that members of the public...
Tough talk over industrialisation expected

Tough talk over industrialisation expected

Cape Town – As South Africa moves to bolster industrialisation efforts within its own borders, the planned roll out of a giant free trade area across Africa may hit a snag when it comes to negotiating about trade in manufactured goods between member countries, the...
Economic downturn effects manufacturing

Economic downturn effects manufacturing

Cape Town – Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has highlighted that the global economic meltdown and European debt crisis was affecting SA’s manufacturing industry. The minister recently briefed journalists following his department’s presentation of...
Davies maps route for free trade area

Davies maps route for free trade area

Cape Town – The first phase of setting up a free trade area across 26 countries in Africa is expected to come into effect in three years, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said on Monday. Briefing the media in Parliament, following Sunday’s meeting in Sandton to...