While international bond issuance slowed slightly in 2011, dropping 5.3% to $3.37trn from the $3.39trn the previous year according to Bloomberg, debt issuance by African sovereigns and corporates outside the northern Arab states hit a record high of $12.4bn in 2011, a 17% rise on 2010, as data from Dealogic show. Corporate debt issuances in South...
What are the tangible benefits of South Africa’s membership in the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) bloc?
THE COMPANY: Barloworld, founded in 1902 to sell wool products, is a South African-based engineering equipment retailer. Charles Barlow expanded the business into the distribution and servicing of Caterpillar equipment in 1927. Since 1927 the company became one of Caterpillar’s leading dealerships in...
Brazil and South Africa’s trade relations in the recent past have signalled the possibility of new deeper partnerships. Bilateral trade increased from $659m in 2002 to $2.6bn in 2011. In the future, we want to improve relations with South Africa to create more business opportunities and reinforce the protection of new common interests through...
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