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Johannesburg, South Africa — 31 October 2024 – Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) commends Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana for tabling a robust and credible Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) amid South Africa’s challenging fiscal landscape, characterised by a revenue shortfall and competing social security and other priorities. The Minister’s emphasis on economic growth, underpinned by ...

American Citizens Abroad (ACA), a non-profit, non-partisan association welcomes Vice President Harris’ recognition of the unique challenges faced by Americans living overseas and her commitment to work in partnership with the community to address these issues if elected President.

American Chamber of Commerce South Africa

The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) and RMB have partnered to showcase how companies are driving social and economic impact in South Africa and on the wider continent. This month, we feature Organon South Africa, a company driven by the vision to improve the health of women throughout their lives. Organon’s vision is to a better and healthier every day for every woman.

Events

Patrick Gaspard is the CEO of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, one of the USA’s leading public policy think tanks. A former US ambassador to South Africa (2013 to 2016), he has been a leader in government, philanthropy, labour, and global diplomacy, with an insistent focus on equity.

Events

TIPS will present information to the dtic on some of its bulletins and other recent research. The aim is to highlight changing economic trends over the past quarter.

Events

Western Cape Invitation: Training on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement on Carbon Pricing and Non-Market Approaches hosted by the DFFE in Cape Town from 22-24 October 2024.

While discussing the military takeover in Guinea in 2021, two experts were sure that the leader of the junta, Doumbouya, was not interested in power. I disagreed. Even though the circumstances that led to the Guinea coup were vividly different from those in the Sahel, I still believed that militaries rarely handed over power when they felt they could keep it. Even when they do, they often take it ...

Constitutional Court

President Cyril Ramaphosa has referred the Copyright Amendment Bill and Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill to the Constitutional Court for a ruling on their constitutionality,  which the President has previously requested Parliament to reconsider.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has referred the Copyright Amendment Bill and Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill to the Constitutional Court to rule on their constitutionality. This follows his request for Parliament to reconsider the Bills. Ramaphosa’s decision is based on concerns over specific provisions in the legislation. The President has now sought a ruling from the Constitutional Court

Mboweni passed away on Saturday evening following a short illness.