state of the nation

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...

Key focuses from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s second SONA

On Thursday 7 February 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the 25th annual State of the Nation Address in democratic South Africa. Citizens anticipated a few...

Key focuses from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s second SONA

On Thursday 7 February 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the 25th annual State of the Nation Address in democratic South Africa. Citizens anticipated a few...

STATEMENT BY THE INTER-MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN INVESTMENT CONFERENCE 2018

DATE: 18 October 2018 Members of the media, I am pleased to announce that President Cyril Ramaphosa will be hosting the inaugural South Africa Investment Conference...