South Africa’s Minister of Mineral Resources, Susan Shabangu, is on a roadshow to Toronto, New York and Boston to reassure investors that she is listening and that, as much as a noisy faction within the ruling African National Congress might insist otherwise, her government has no intention of unlearning history’s lessons concerning nationalisation.
Peter Bruce, editor of Business Day, puts things in perspective. To those who look north and cry it could be our turn next, he says : Nonsense!
Washington-based private equity firm Emerging Capital Partners, which has made 50 investments in Africa over the past decade and 20 successful exits, remains bullish on the continent, Reuters reports.
New devotees at the Washington International Wine & Food Festival. In the background is Sean Coetzee, who is busy winning the hearts and palates of Washington for Cape Classics, the top importer of SA wine into the US.
Hosting the FIFA World Cup was supposed to be good for the South African brand. And clearly it was. South Africa has jumped dramatically in the world’s estimation over the past year, according to the BBC World Service’s latest annual tracking poll.
We thought we’d try an experiment if you have about 8 minutes to spare. We’ll ask you how you feel about the future, show you a 7 minute video and ask you again. Don’t worry, your participation will be completely anonymous.
This is the elephant that greets you when you visit Maponya Mall in Soweto. It’s an impressive statue, fit for an impressive place. Maponya Mall makes the average big box shopping precinct in an affluent American suburb seem rather drab and lifeless by comparison.
Here’s a London-based hedge fund which is taking bets on South Africa “blowing up” in 15 years. How seriously should we take this? Not very. These guys are trying to attract bets against our horse, and obviously think there are punters out there ready to be hooked by their story.
Inspirational film tells of Gugulethu school children singing world class opera at international festival in Britain.
Mongezi talks to two of the journalists on the IMC’s Gearing for Growth media tour.
BSA Tweets
- ICT helps the blind - a portable voice-based computer for the blind http://t.co/CG3MMxw3
- Putting malaria to sleep for good. The NightWatch communications campaign. http://t.co/vXwZlE86
- Mercedes-Benz to train auto technicians http://t.co/HsJsiylc
- African leaders called for greater market integration on the continent, the freeing up of border controls and more http://t.co/K2OxbIO6
- SA film The Bang Bang Club lauded at Canadian Oscars http://t.co/t4SBGUFo
