Cyril Ramaphosa: “The US' absence is their loss.”

As confidence improves, South African businesses must invest. We’ve often heard that businesses [have] billions and billions to invest, and now, as we strengthen this partnership and move into Phase 3, we need to see that happen,

the US' "absence is their loss" and that the boycott would not prevent the meeting from going ahead

Confidence in the country’s economic prospects was under severe strain. Government and business, therefore, came together around a common purpose: to address the most immediate constraints on growth and to restore confidence in South…

We gather in solemn remembrance of the sons of South Africa who served and died during the First World War.