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Johannesburg, 06 March 2025 – Microsoft today announced plans to spend ZAR 5.4bn by the end of 2027 to expand its cloud and AI infrastructure in South Africa to meet the growing demand for Azure services in the region. This investment builds on the company’s ZAR 20.4bn investment over the past three years to establish the nation’s first enterprise-grade datacentres in Johannesburg and Cape Town.

Looking back on the historic role of the G20, President Cyril Ramaphosa told finance ministers and central bank governors on Wednesday that he would forever remember its important role in responding to the eurozone crisis and in maintaining global financial support and stability during and in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Readying South Africa’s workforce for advances in technology and digitisation was at the forefront of discussions at the B20 summit in Cape Town this week.

Following a landmark year of major elections in 2024, global markets have experienced heightened volatility and investor uncertainty. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), among other reputable sources, has reported increased fluctuations in capital flows and asset prices, driven in part by geopolitical shifts and policy uncertainties.

‘There are many people who want South Africa to succeed, both within the Republicans and the Democratic Party in the US, and across the business community in the US, and across civil society as well,’ says the president of the American Chamber of Commerce in South Africa.

Open Forum Session - Invitation

Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Thoko Didiza,
Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Ms Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane,
Deputy President Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile,
Chief Justice Mandisa Maya and Judges President,
Former President Thabo Mbeki,
Former President Kgalema Motlanthe,
Former Deputy President David Mabuza,
Former Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Baleka Mbete,
Former Deputy ...

DANGEROUS GOODS HANDLING EVENT - 05 MARCH 2025

American leadership is back in the Western Hemisphere, and we’re ready to stand with our regional partners. Putting America First means paying closer attention to our own hemisphere.

South African agricultural organisations have questioned the sector’s steep decline in last year’s Q3 GDP data. The Bureau for Food and Agriculture Policy, which is renowned for its insight, dug into the matter and reaped a very different number.