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SA, Saudi Arabia create holding company
INTERNATIONAL / 11 June 2012, 5:20pm SAPA South Africa and Saudi Arabia have created a joint holding company that could see at least R20 billion being invested in business opportunities, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said on Monday....
read moreFruitful meeting strengthens SA, Saudi business ties
CAPE TIMES / 7 May 2015, 06:23am Aziz Hartley THE third Saudi Arabia South Africa Business Council (SASABC) meeting, held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, yesterday, was declared the most successful yet by the council’s two co-chairs, Dr Iqbal Survé and Dr Amin AlShanqiti....
read moreTrade: SA, Saudis cement links
COMPANIES / 7 May 2015, 08:00am Staff Reporter The Saudi Arabia South Africa Business Council (SASABC) had agreed to strengthen economic relations between the two countries, the council said yesterday. The SASABC, co-chaired by Dr Iqbal Surve and Dr Amin AlShanqiti,...
read moreSA butters its bread on both sides in Middle East
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT / 1 May 2016, 10:21am Peter Fabricius SA’s relations with the Middle East are something of a black hole, replete with ironies and mysteries, writes Peter Fabricius. Pretoria - South Africa’s relations with the Middle East are something of a black...
read moreJoining dots on Zuma’s policies
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT / 17 April 2016, 10:24am Peter Fabricius The president seems to take the high-handed view that conducting foreign policy is his prerogative and he need not justify or explain it, writes Peter Fabricius....
read moreZuma woos Saudi and UAE investors
BUSINESS NEWS / 30 March 2016, 07:30am Wiseman Khuzwayo Johannesburg - President Jacob Zuma has spent most of his Easter weekend wooing investors in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as part of his pledge to revive South Africa’s economy....
read moreZuma lauds SA-Saudi trade ties
BUSINESS NEWS / 29 March 2016, 07:30am ANA Reporter Johannesburg - President Jacob Zuma yesterday lauded economic and political relations between South Africa and Saudi Arabia following his two-day official state visit to the Middle East country at the weekend....
read moreSA-Saudi trade boost for local economy
BUSINESS NEWS / 16 March 2016, 09:14am Quinton Mtyala Cape Town - South Africa could expect more trade with Saudi Arabia, after government officials and businesses from two countries concluded discussions which would see increased bilateral investments in the areas of...
read moreTimely SA-Saudi trade boost for local economy
CAPE TIMES / 15 March 2016, 11:03pm Quinton Mtyala SOUTH Africa could expect more trade with Saudi Arabia, after government officials and businesses from two countries concluded discussions which would see increased bilateral investments in the areas of energy,...
read moreSA, Saudi Arabia launch R5bn solar plant
BUSINESS NEWS / 14 March 2016, 12:12pm Carla Bernardo Upington - South African and Saudi Arabian government delegations, as well as energy developer ACWA Power, on Monday launched the R5 billion ACWA Power Solafrica Bokpoort Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Project in...
read moreWhat you need to know about the Bokpoort solar plant
NORTHERN CAPE / 14 March 2016, 10:17pm Upington – The Department of Trade and Industry, its Saudi Arabian counterpart, and energy project developer ACWA Power on Monday officially launched the Bokpoort Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project outside of Upington in the...
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