Posts from category South Africa News
Zimbabwe to Buy Small Denominations to Fix Currency Crisis
on July 20, 2010 by admin in Africa News, Business, Economics, News, Politics, South Africa News, US Business News, Comments Off
The Finance Minister of Zimbabwe has announced that his country would import small change to stave off worsening currency problems. The day to day lives of the Zimbabweans have become difficult ever since the country experienced severe shortage of small… Continue reading
Overarching Trade Promotions by Turkey to Power Growth
on June 14, 2010 by admin in Business, Cameroon News, Economy, Export News, India News, News, South Africa News, Trade Deals, Trade News, World Business News, Comments Off
The Turkish government through various trade programs is ensuring that its economy will grow by more than 12 percent in the coming quarters. The one such program is the “Turkey-World Trade Bridge 2010 (TWTB) meet” conducted by the Confederation of… Continue reading
Strike Paralyses SA with More in Store Ahead of World Cup
on June 1, 2010 by admin in Africa News, Business, Economy, News, South Africa News, Trade News, Comments Off
South Africa (SA) continues to reel under the ‘strike’ bogey with transport strike nearing end while others surfacing. A likely strike by half of the workers at state-owned power utility Eskom and another by civil servants, including nurses, police and… Continue reading
Majority Do Not Buy Terror Advisories Rather Go by Intuition
on May 3, 2010 by admin in Africa News, Australian News, Bahrain News, Business, EU News, News, South Africa News, Tourism News, Travel News, US Business News, World Business News, Comments Off
A recent opinion poll on whether terror advisories altered one’s business itinerary revealed that 54 percent of the respondents went by their intuition and never fell prey to media hype or any such government notifications. The poll which was featured… Continue reading
FIFA and SA Allay Fears over World Cup Security
on January 29, 2010 by admin in Africa News, South Africa News, Tourism News, Trade News, Travel News, Comments Off
The president of South Africa (SA) Jacob Zuma and the FIFA’s secretary general Jérôme Valcke at separate occasions informed there was no security threat to the forthcoming football (soccer) World Cup (WC) to be held in SA this year in… Continue reading
The US-SACU Trade Deal Hits Roadblock
on May 12, 2009 by admin in Botswana News, Business, Economy, Global Economy, Lesotho News, Namibia News, News, Protectionism, South Africa News, Swaziland News, Trade Deals, Trade News, US Business News, World Business, Comments Off
The Obama administration has categorically stated that they had no interest to move forward with the free trade negotiations with the five-member Southern African Custom Union (SACU) due to the failure of several rounds of talks. The SACU comprises of… Continue reading