The Russian invasion has sparked debate in South Africa, with many misguidedly concluding that Moscow is a natural ally of the country. This is not rooted in contemporary reality. South Africa is correct in its current position and must answer two questions before moving forward: who has a claim on Soviet history, and does South Africa still have a foreign policy?
Who didn’t make the cut for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Cabinet?
By misreading the production processes behind our country’s body of knowledge, Parliament may have dealt a death blow to these industries
The minister said local procurement was a valuable tool to tackle unemployment
BRICS countries are working on mitigating the impact of a trade war
The nation has committed to $14.7-billion in investments
Steel and aluminium tariff hikes imposed by the US could mean job losses in SA
At the India-South Africa business summit, the public enterprise minister said business must face the challenge of ensuring inclusive growth
South Africa must develop its production capacity and cut its reliance on resource exports, a report says
The minister of trade and industry has called on SOEs to play a more robust role in implementing B-BBEE
The M&G Cabinet Report Card has become a respected barometer of government performance. Here are the scores for 2017.
Radical change is coming, says Rob Davies, and it will take the form of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
The role of development finance to assist in the aims of radical economic transformation has come into sharp focus at the ANC policy conference
Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has called on South Africans to embrace a radical approach to the economy
Foreign direct investors have not bolted due to allegations in the report, the trade and industry minister said on Tuesday.
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Advocate Thuli Madonsela has absolved Davies from wrong-doing in a 2013 event in which the Democratic Alliance complained state funds were misused.
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A Cabinet reshuffle and strategic changes are in the pipeline, with the near-complete removal of opposition being the target.
Black-owned businesses are being stymied by the new procurement codes intended to help them.
State organs are said to have failed to obey a court order to review credit charges within nine months.
Oppostion party leaders, government ministers and the public protector give their take on Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation speech 2014.
African issues have shifted from being a “fringe” activity at the gathering a few years ago, according to the minister of trade and industry.
Ministers Yunus Carrim and Rob Davies and Goldman Sachs’s Colin Coleman spoke to us from Davos on the WEF’s relevance, perceptions of SA, and more.
The board of the NEF appoints Deloitte to "determine the veracity of the allegations" made against senior officials.
Changes to laws governing black economic empowerment will be highly beneficial for small, black-owned companies but not for underperforming big ones.
Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies says B-BBEE has been a success in SA despite acknowledging several problems with the empowerment plan.
Poultry tariffs to protect the local industry against import dumping have come into effect, meaning consumers will see the price of their meat rise.
Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has called for an investigation into allegations aganst NEF head Philisiwe Mthethwa.
Minister says proposed legislation will provide clarity about the protections investors will enjoy.
Government has issued a new directive in the wake of the controversy over an NEF loan to Khanyi Dhlomo to open luxury retail store Luminance.
The trade and industry minister has called for a detailed report from the NEF into the R34.1-million funding of a clothing shop.
New legislation says companies should be fined at least 10% of sales for misrepresenting the measures they have undertaken to promote BEE.
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Manufacturers will receive incentives to produce electric vehicles in South Africa, says Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies.