[Video] WEF 2024 | Team SA hopes to lure back investors
As the World Economic Forum begins at Davos this morning, Team South Africa has a lot on its plate, trying to sell the country to investors.
[Opinion] Planning for success by getting our ports up and running
Through all of this, the crucial lesson for SA to realise and implement is getting its ports back to an adequate level of operation, such that the country can place itself in a position to take advantage of times when global trade patterns shift due to unforeseen events and conflicts.
[Letter] Preferential procurement only benefits vested interests
Preferential procurement policies tend to skew towards benefiting those with the necessary political connections and influence.
[Video] Discussion | Red Sea blockade and SA
Shipping firms have decided to redirect their ships as attacks by Houthi rebels along the trade route through the Red Sea continue.
[Video] Impact of Red Sea crisis on food and oil prices
Several dozen container vessels are expected to travel via the Suez Canal and the Red Sea in the coming days and weeks.Some global shipping firms have announced a return to the route.
[Opinion] ANC's Hamas meeting could hurt us badly
With South Africa having been greylisted by the Financial Action Task Force in February for insufficient measures to combat anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing, such meetings send the wrong kind of signal.
[News] State troubles come home to roost
The fiscal, skills, and management challenges facing the central government – along with various departments and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) – have come to the fore throughout 2023.
[Video] Durban harbour | Waves of containers choke port
Chris Hattingh, Executive Director at the Centre for Risk Analysis, says container handling output is sitting at 19 percent down compared to what it was the same period last year.
