Economic empowerment for SA women

Economic empowerment for SA women

Pretoria – Economic empowerment for South African women will be the focal point of this year’s annual Women’s Month celebrations. Minister for Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana, unveiled the 2011 Women’s Month programme on Sunday in...
GDP forecast upped

GDP forecast upped

Pretoria – South Africa’s Growth Domestic Product (GDP) is likely to grow by 0.1 percent to 3.8 percent at the end of the year, said the Bureau for Economic Research (BER). In its economic prospects report for the third quarter of 2011, it said that the  actual...
SA, Tanzania take relations to new heights

SA, Tanzania take relations to new heights

Relations between South Africa and Tanzania are set to soar to higher levels following the signing of two bilateral agreements. The agreements signed on Wednesday afternoon are the Bi-National Commission (BNC) and the Agreement on Co-operation in the fields of Arts...
GP on the right financial track

GP on the right financial track

  Johannesburg – Gauteng, the most populous province in the country, is on track to restore its financial well-being, Finance MEC Mandla Nkomfe said on Monday. The past three fiscal years have been difficult for the province, with diminished collection rates from...
R1.2bn Reserve Bank losses

R1.2bn Reserve Bank losses

Pretoria – The South African Reserve Bank reported a R1.2 billion after-tax loss in the year ended March 2011, it said in its Annual Report. According to the document, capital flows to many emerging markets in the final quarter of 2010 and early 2011 with a...