BLSA CEO’s Weekly Newsletter – This year will give SA the opportunity to showcase its progress
It is going to be an interesting year globally, but one that I believe will be positive for South Africa. We have an opportunity to consolidate the reforms made in the past several years. Load shedding is behind us and other key structural impediments to our economy like the logistics crisis are being addressed. There certainly is still much work to do on reforms to support our economy, but we should start to see the fruits of the work done. Through the hosting of the G20 this year, and the B20-associated business event, South Africa will be on show to the developed world’s business and political leaders. This will be an opportunity to demonstrate the progress we have made and establish in the minds of the world that we are a country that is heading in the right direction. Business has forged ahead with the B20, and appointed a secretariat that is raising the required funding. I will be attending the World Economic Forum in Davos next week alongside other business and political leaders where we will be activating our G20 and B20 hosting with international leaders. The business community is taking both events seriously to ensure that the country […]
