Brand South Africa chief executive

Project Playground gives children and youth better life opportunities

Project Playground gives children and youth better life opportunities through meaningful spare time activities.  Phindi Maduna Brand South Africa recently attended a fundraising event that the...

Emerging markets: strategic theme of the 2017 Nation Brand Forum

Brand South Africa chief executive officer, Dr Kingsley Makhubela talks to Nastassia Arendse on MoneyWeb about the 2017 Nation Brand Forum where emerging markets...

Press release: South Africa remains an attractive investment destination

Brand South Africa welcomes South Africa’s performance in the World Bank’s 2017 Africa Competitiveness Report which was released on Thursday 04 May during the...

WATCH: South Africa is open for business

At the 2017 World Economic Forum on Africa conference in Durban, Brand South Africa’s message to the continent is that South Africa remains an...

WATCH: South Africa is open for business

At the 2017 World Economic Forum on Africa conference in Durban, Brand South Africa’s message to the continent is that South Africa remains an...

Press Release: Brand South Africa saddened at rugby legend Joost Van der Westhuizen’s passing

Joost van der Westhuizen was an ambassador for the nation brand, says Brand South Africa chief executive. Johannesburg, Thursday 09 February 2017 – Joost Van...

Brand South Africa gives master class on nation branding

Civic-minded people are needed to help build the country of their dreams. This is an important aspect to nation branding, which is not the work of the government alone, a group of students from South Africa and the US hears.

‘We must exercise our democratic freedoms’ – Miller Matola

Brand South Africa’s end of year message to the nation calls on all of us to tap into our nation-building spirit to ensure our democratic freedoms do not erode.

South African economy improving

There has been a slight uptick in South Africa's economy, and the country jumped a place in the 2014 Ibrahim Index of African Governance overall. But there are still deep concerns about the slow pace of change on the continent, with Mo Ibrahim saying it should adopt a stance of Afro-realism.

Play Your Part so South Africa can prosper

The exercise of our rights should not compromise another's. How then are we living up to the responsibilities required by the exercise of our rights, asks Brand South Africa CEO Miller Matola