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2025 STATE OF THE NATION BRAND REPORT
Johannesburg, 26 March 2025 – Brand South Africa, the official marketing and reputation management agency of South Africa, is pleased to announce the insights...
38TH AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT: UNLOCKING AFRICA’S ECONOMIC POWER AND GLOBAL INFLUENCE
By Zinhle Zikalala
The 38th African Union (AU) Summit, concluded over the weekend in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and was a historic moment for Africa’s economic...
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA’S 2025 SONA: A VISION FOR SOUTH AFRICA’S FUTURE
On Thursday, 6 February 2025, President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the State of the Nation Address (SoNA) at Cape Town City Hall. He began by...
SA gears up to celebrate 30 years of democracy while aiming to attract investments
By Thoko Modise, Acting Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Communications, Brand South Africa
This week’s announcement of May 29th as the date of the...
A SOCIAL COMPACT FOR CITIZENS IN PUTHADITJHABA
By Kagiso Bonoko
The Free State and the Eastern Cape provinces had the highest unemployment rate in 2022 with 47.8% and 41.6% respectively. Thabo Mufutsanyana...
Brand South Africa set to host its 4th Nation Brand Forum
Johannesburg, Wednesday 23 October 2019 – In the spirit of reviving South Africa’s identity, Brand South Africa’s domestic flagship programme, the Nation Brand Forum...
Strengthening Nation Brand advocacy amongst South Africans in Paris, London and Washington D.C.
Brand South Africa continues to leverage off the potentially positive role that can be played by South African diaspora through its Global South Africans...
Encouraging Youth Owned Small Business Development for Job Creation and Economic Growth
Brand South Africa, through its long standing partnership with Grow Supplier ZA™ collaborated with the Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA), Rand Water Foundation and...
Ratings and post budget speech outlook
Johannesburg, Monday 25 February 2019 – Since Finance Minister Tito Mboweni presented the budget speech last Wednesday, media commentary has focused on several dimensions...
Highlights from Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s 2019 Budget Speech
Wednesday 20 February 2019 marked an important day for South Africans. Members of Parliament (MPs) gathered to listen to Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni...
