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The best and worst banks in South Africa for customer satisfaction

18 March 2020

The latest South African Consumer Satisfaction Index for the country’s retail banks has been published, showing which banks have the happiest customers. The index, run…

South African Mining: A Path to Growth

17 February 2019

McKinsey research finds that 47 percent of South African mining jobs, along with 42 percent of revenues, are in the vulnerable bottom quartile of global…

National Development Plan for Housing

14 January 2018

The vision The National Development Plan’s vision is that, in 2030, human settlements in South Africa have been transformed into equitable and efficient spaces with…

The unique flavour of Art in SA

13 January 2018

South African art has always taken on the unique flavour of the country, from the 4 000-year-old cave paintings of the San Bushmen – the…

South Africa slides three places on NBI scale

13 January 2018

The NBI measures six pillars: Exports, Governance, Immigration & Investment – which are considered a country’s hard performance measures; as well as Culture, People and…

Transformation of settlements

7 January 2017

The vision The National Development Plan’s vision is that, in 2030, human settlements in South Africa have been transformed into equitable and efficient spaces with…

South Africa’s global competitiveness improves

8 October 2016

South Africa has risen one place in global competitiveness rankings, with its business efficiency seeing a major improvement, according to the 2016 Institute for Management…

World’s largest brewing group a step closer

30 July 2016

Conditional approval from South Africa’s Competition Commission brings creation of world’s largest brewing group a step closer. The new group would combine AB InBev’s Budweiser, and…

South Africa exceeds foreign investment target by R20-billion

12 June 2016

South Africa attracted R64.3-billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) between 1 April and 31 December 2015, the first three quarters of the financial year –…

Starbucks opens first store in South Africa

16 April 2016

Starbucks will open its first store in South Africa in April 2016 in the upmarket Johannesburg suburb of Rosebank, the coffee giant’s local licensee Taste…