Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba met with the head of the CEO Initiative Jabu Mabuza on Tuesday to thrash out a strategy for SA Inc at the meeting of the World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort town of Davos next week. The gathering, between January 23 and 26, brings together prominent business leaders, government officials, academics, as well as representatives of civil society and international organisations to discuss global trends. This year’s theme, Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World, will make a case for renewed commitment to international collaboration as a way of solving critical global challenges. The South African delegation to the event will be led by newly elected ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa with Gigaba playing the role of lead minister and co-ordinator. The South African delegation will be riding on the sense of renewed business confidence engendered by Ramaphosa’s election, which has seen a significant strengthening of the rand. The prospects for economic g...
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