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.
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Anger towards unions is misplaced. Blame the strikes on the ANC’s abandonment of the left.
SA has ranked 53rd out of 148 countries surveyed on the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitive Index.
Tax-base erosion and profit-shifting by multinational corporations pose risks for SA, the African continent and many countries around the world.
South Africa has positioned itself as the voice of African interests, when talking to just about anybody on the global stage in Brics and G20.
Africa’s soaring economic growth "should not lead to hubris", Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has told delegates at the World Economic Forum.
One Thousand & One Voices (1K1V) investment movement has been launched ahead of the World Economic Forum on Africa.
As participants gather for this year’s World Economic Forum on Africa many will be asking how best to seize the opportunity of the continent’s boom.
Africa’s potential to contribute more to the global economy is increasingly being recognised around the world, Pravin Gordhan has said.
Chairperson sees shortage of skills and capacity in African states, but investors are ‘equally deficient’.
By agreeing to buy more of Nigeria’s oil, South Africa has in effect restored some warmth to the frosty relations between the two countries.
South Africa has ranked its maths and science education has second last in the world, ahead of Yemen, according to a World Economic Forum report.
The government’s delays in improving broadband internet access have a negative impact on SA’s economy, rankings by the World Economic Forum has shown.
Of the 2 500 movers and shakers who have descended on the picture-postcard Swiss ski resort, for the World Economic Forum, a mere 17% are women.
President Jacob Zuma has congratulated South Africa-born actress Charlize Theron for scooping the World Economic Forum’s crystal award.
Klauss Schwab, the executive chairperson of the World Economic Forum, says we should all be feeling more optimistic about the econimc future.
According to the 2012-2013 report, the world’s most competitive country is, believe it or not, Switzerland. Huh, you shrug, Switzerland?
Leaders from industry have a vital role to play in helping to fix South Africa’s failing schooling system, writes Louise van Rhyn.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum, President Jacob Zuma said the state is not the primary job creator in South Africa.
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/ 26 January 2012
Yvonne Chaka Chaka has won World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award for artists who improve the world through their work.
Pravin Gordhan has told South Africans to learn from Europe’s mistakes, and not worry about bad news coming out of the World Economic Forum meeting.
President Jacob Zuma is in for a busy few weeks as he leaves for Qatar on Monday to strengthen political and economic relations between the countries.
Our A-Z analysis unpicks the significance of the World Economic Forum talkfest taking place in Switzerland this week.
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/ 11 January 2012
The World Economic Forum has warned anger with inequality — evident from the Occupy movement to the Arab Spring — risks setting back globalisation.
Governments around the world are addressing the problem, so why isn’t South Africa?
A sharp drop in jobs in the construction and manufacturing sectors caused a decrease in employment figures according to the Adcorp Employment Index.
The World Economic Forum is fascinating in many respects, and the same goes for the WEF on Africa, which met recently in Cape Town.
State capacity and coherent economic policy have emerged as two of the key issues if South Africa’s global competitiveness is to improve.
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/ 7 February 2011
Davos is not a revival meeting for the socially or ecologically aware, but many are starting to realise it’s directly linked to their bottom line.
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/ 30 January 2011
Anti-capitalist protesters threw bottles at riot police on Saturday and officers responded with water cannon as a small demonstration.
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/ 29 January 2011
World leaders appealed on Friday for all nations to make concessions and reach a deal on long-running trade talks by the end of this year.