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Saldanha IDZ to boost the Western Cape economy

by Nicole | Aug 26, 2014 | Business Leadership, Features, Newsletter Aug 2014

Africa has some of the most rapidly expanding economies globally, many of which are fuelled by vast oil and gas resources. Together, African countries contribute 11% of crude oil and 6% of gas globally, and new fields are being discovered across Africa like a recent...

South Africa is facing economic headwinds and should change tack

by Nicole | Aug 20, 2014 | Business Leadership, Features

South Africa is experiencing economic doldrums. Low growth, budget deficits, and ratings downgrades are amongst the challenges. Nhlanhla Nene, our Finance Minister, admitting that we have almost reached rock bottom. But South Africa is not without solutions – provided...

Positioning the Cape as Africa’s Pharma R&D Hub

by Nicole | Feb 25, 2014 | Business Leadership, Features, Newsletter Feb 2014

In 2011, UCT Professor Kelly Chibale founded H3-D, Africa’s first Drug Discovery and Development Centre.   Within a year, a key project was named Project of the Year for 2012 by Medicines for Malaria Venture and resulted in the discovery of a novel chemical compound...

Stellenbosch – what’s good for Stellenbosch is good for the entire economy

by Nicole | Dec 8, 2013 | Business Leadership, Features

To be a successful, competitive city region, it is essential to be globally oriented, globally connected – both physically and virtually and to attract young, talented people. South Africa’s ‘innovation hub’ of Stellenbosch is well on the way to addressing these major...

Immigration policy: Should South Africa be open or closed?

by Nicole | Nov 15, 2013 | Connectedness, Features

South Africa needs skills. Our education system is not producing the requisite skills – at least not in the volumes needed. In terms of migration policy, the ideal is an open policy which actively encourages skills acquisition across a range of levels. In the South...

Cosatu warns looming Western Cape strike will ‘devastate’ economy

by Nicole | Jul 15, 2013 | Business Leadership, Features

Letter from Chris Whelan to the Business Day I read with some concern the article of 10 July in Business Day referencing a threatened Cosatu strike in the Western Cape within the next 2 weeks. The approach outlined tends towards willful negligence – or lack of...
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