July 18,
2016 9410 9410
Article by CGF Research Institute
As a Proudly South African company, CGF Research Institute (Pty) Ltd (‘CGF’) was founded in 2004 on the basis of assisting organisations to deal with the challenges of governance, risk and compliance (‘GRC’). Back then, CGF’s board of directors correctly anticipated the complexities that would challenge many South African organisations, both large and small.
July 18,
2016 9113 9113
Article by Terrance M. Booysen and reviewed by Ian Jacobsberg (Partner: Hogan Lovells)
At the time when South Africa re-entered the global economic arena in 1994 -- amongst a number of critical tasks set by the late President Nelson Mandela -- the newly elected democratic government realised the importance of establishing Bilateral Investment Treaties (‘BITs’) with foreign countries. These BITs were established in order to inter alia; boost the then ailing economy through international trade, as well as to attract their much needed foreign investment to South Africa.
July 5,
2016 9088 9088
Article by Terrance M. Booysen
As South Africa’s economy continues to struggle with shrinkage of 7.1% in exports and imports -- which was recently reported by Statistics SA for the first quarter of 2016 -- our dismal GDP (gross domestic product) annual growth of less than one percent, is great cause for concern. The pressure to see some form of economic vibrancy, which has generally eluded the country since 2008, has never been greater than it is at this point in time.