Graphical indicator of the "Gift Market Mood".
Graph scale is from 1 to 5 with one (1) being very poor and five (5) being very high.
Results will be published at regular intervals. The Market Watch poll is conducted via a third party and your inputs are kept anonymous and confidential.
Table Mountain has been announced as one of the New7Wonders of Nature along with the Amazon, Halong Bay, Iguazu Falls, Jeju Island, Komodo and Puerto Princesa Underground River.
The 2011-2012 Global Competitiveness Rankings have just been published by the World Economic Forum – and guess what?
South Africa’s ranking has improved from 54 → 50th Good news indeed!
Last week on Thursday afternoon I popped in to Nelson Mandela Square to bid the Bokke farewell. What a South African experience it turned out to be. Sandton was chock-a-block as I made my way to koop my 2011, ‘official’ Bok Supporter Jersey
Big companies taking capital out of South Africa is a bigger threat to economic freedom than ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema, analyst Moeletsi Mbeki said on Monday.
Speaking after a meeting with President Jacob Zuma at the Union Buildings on Monday, Cameron further pledged an addition £52-million aid package for refugees in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia.
Ratings agency Moody's Investor Services said last week that it expected South Africa's economy to grow by 3.5 to 4.0% annually over the next two years.
NL – The board of directors of Rexpro GmbH, an alliance between Het Portaal Uitgevers (PromZ) and Reed Exhibitions (PSI), has decided to cancel the upcoming proPSI.
Fewer companies closed down in April 2011 compared to the same month last year, as liquidations recorded a year-on-year decrease of 25.4%, Statistics SA said on Monday.
The SA Reserve Bank has left the repo rate unchanged at 5.5 percent, governor Gill Marcus said on Thursday. The prime rate would stay at nine percent. This was in line with market expectations and kept the rate at its lowest level in 30 years.
While businesses were expecting a slump in South Africa following a buoyant 2010 FIFA World Cup year, Grant Thornton's 2011 International Business Report's (IBR) optimism / pessimism index indicates business sentiment across the nation remains positive.
According to the latest PWC Annual Global CEO survey, 94% of South African CEOs are positive about growth prospects for them in South Africa three years from now
South African business owners are feeling confident about their business prospects for 2011. SA business owners are more optimistic about 2011 than they were about last year, a survey released on Wednesday shows.
