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Accommodation and food service activitiesSouth Africa

Preserving and Processing of Fruit and Vegetables

Are you interested in the Preserving and Processing of Fruit and Vegetables industry in South Africa? Purchase the full report or feel free to download and share the free infographic below.

Real estate activitiesSouth Africa

Real Estate Activities in South Africa

If you’d like to find out more about South Africa’s real estate activities, purchase the full report or feel free to download and share the free infographic below.

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Agriculture forestry and fishingSouth Africa

The third biggest SOE that is pioneering clean governance in South Africa

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ManufacturingSouth Africa

The South African glass manufacturing industry explained

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Financial and insurance activitiesSouth Africa

The role of financial markets in the South African economy

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Other service activitiesSouth Africa

Transparency Rules

It can be argued that the benefits of corporate limited liability should be reciprocated by a corporate commitment to transparency. The reasons for corporate secrecy are likely the same reasons society requires corporate transparency. It can also be argued that the knowledge of a corporate executive living in Sandhurst and owning a flat in Melrose Arch is not necessarily in the public interest but it is probably in his wife’s interest.

Real estate activitiesSouth Africa

Live, Work, Play

While the private health sector has been rightly criticised by the latest Competition Commission investigation, Who Owns Whom’s recent report on travel and tourism shows this industry attracts a large number of tourists to South Africa. It is estimated that 80% of South Africa’s medical tourists are African visitors seeking treatment that is either not available or not easily accessible in their own countries.

Financial and insurance activitiesSouth Africa

The South African Banking Industry report

Would you like to know more about South Africa’s banking industry? Purchase the full report here. If you found the infographic below useful, then please feel free to download it and use it as you see fit.

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Air Transport and Airport Ground Handling Services Industry

Please feel free to download our free infographic below or purchase the full report here: Air Transport & Airport Ground Handling Services industry report.

Information and communicationManufacturingSouth Africa

The South African Print & Digital Publishing Media Industry

Would you like to find out more about South Africa's print and digital publishing media industry? Download our free infographic below or purchase the full report here: industry report

Catching Up With Our Neighbours

The intention of the ANC when it created the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) in 1999 was laudable in that it was thought that it would give a single minister with a mandate of inclusive growth and poverty alleviation control of the largest State-Owned Entities (SOEs) to achieve those objectives. But there were unintended consequences. It made these critical entities more easily accessible to outside interests with their own agenda, and the structure was not sufficiently robust to effectively manage the diverse demands of the SOEs in its portfolio.