South Africa

South Africa will once again be represented at the World Economic Forum in Davos by a high level and multi-stakeholder team.

South Africa is committed to improving its global competitiveness and reputation with a view to delivering on its growth and developmental imperatives. South Africa continues to compare well with other emerging markets.

International investors continue to see South Africa as a reliable investment destination with foreign direct investment projects in South Africa having incrementally grown between 2007 and 2012.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma was on Sunday bestowed with the Order of the Lion of St Mark by His Beatitude Theodoris II, who is the Head of the Greek Orthodox Church, the Pope and Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria and All Africa.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has conveyed his condolences to the family of Mtholephi Mthimkhulu, a former MEC in KwaZulu-Natal.

Pretoria- President Jacob Zuma has referred the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Bill back to the National Assembly for reconsideration, the Presidency said on Friday.

Pretoria - Former President Kgalema Motlanthe is set to travel to Botswana for the funeral of that country’s former Vice President Mompati Sebogodi Merafhe.

Pretoria - The Limpopo provincial government and the public will get an opportunity to pay their last respects to the late Limpopo Education MEC, Thembisile Nwedamutswu, as she will be laid to rest on Saturday.

Pretoria – KwaZulu-Natal Premier Senzo Mchunu has signed a cooperation arrangement with outgoing Governor of the State of Maryland in the United States, Martin O’Malley, to boost trade links between the two provinces.

Pretoria - The Presidency has rejected claims that President Jacob Zuma has not been in Parliament since he was interrupted during his question time by Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) MPs on August 21.

Pretoria - In an effort to promote safe public transport, the Northern Cape Transport, Safety and Liaison Department, in partnership with the South African National Taxi Council (Santaco), will host a taxi driver competition this weekend.

The nation brand is an extremely complex concept. I recently found a diagrammatic representation in a paper entitled the Nation Brand Molecule which shows illustrates exactly how complex this concept is.

Pretoria - Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene met with Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of South Africa’s leading firms and business executives yesterday in an effort to construct a common approach for the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Cape Town – The implementation of the Employment Tax Incentive Act has resulted in 270 000 young people getting jobs ever since its inception, the National Treasury said on Thursday.

Pretoria – The Presidency has reiterated that President Jacob Zuma’s annual calendar has included Parliamentary work since he took office in 2009, and has released a list of what it comprises.