Nine-Point Plan
Opinion: ‘It’s our turn to move South Africa forward’
By Donald Liphoko, acting director-general of GCIS
On Freedom Day millions of South Africans will celebrate the day that marks the occasion of our first...
South Africa’s message at the 2017 Mining Indaba
Starting on 6 February, the annual Investing in African Mining Indaba is again taking place in Cape Town. It gives South Africa an opportunity...
Full text: the mini budget
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and his team before the delivery of the mini budget on 26 October 2016. (Image: National Treasury, Facebook)
Compiled by Priya...
Moody’s affirms South Africa’s credit rating
South Africa's current credit rating has been confirmed, as Moody's Investors Service kept the government bond long and short-term ratings unchanged at Baa2 and P-2 respectively, while assigning a negative outlook.
South Africa is prioritising infrastructure investment to ensure our competitiveness
• As part of government’s Nine-Point Plan, South Africa remains committed to resolving energy challenges to enable, amongst others, industrialisation.
• Public sector infrastructure investment is...
Implementing the president’s nine-point plan
Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, Gugile Nkwinti, addressed the media at the Economic Sectors, Employment and Infrastructure Development cluster meeting where he expanded on Jacob Zuma's nine-point plan that is designed to increase economic growth and create jobs.
State of the Nation: South Africa’s democracy remains strong
In a country as diverse as South Africa, it is natural for there to be differing views and vigorous contestation, writes Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe. So it would be a mistake to assume the fracas in parliament during the State of the Nation Address on 12 February meant our democracy was on the edge of an abyss.
Crowdsourcing to tackle SA water leaks
IBM has invited South Africans to get out their mobile phones and join a 30-day crowdsourcing project to report water leaks and faulty water pipes in their neighbourhoods, and so to play their part in a drive to capture, share and analyze information about the country's water distribution system.