{"id":322519,"date":"2026-01-19T14:19:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=322519"},"modified":"2026-01-19T14:19:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:19:41","slug":"south-africa-to-showcase-investment-potential-at-world-economic-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=322519","title":{"rendered":"South Africa to showcase investment potential at World Economic Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/news_story_template\/202601\/wef26.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"507\" height=\"404\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>PRETORIA, Jan 19 (NNN-SANEWS) &#8212; A delegation of South African Ministers will showcase the country\u2019s economic progress, reform momentum and investment potential at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The forum will be held from Monday to Jan 23 under the theme: \u201cA Spirit of Dialogue\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Africa\u2019s delegation to the economic gathering includes Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola, Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, Minister of Tourism Patricia de Lille and Small Business Development Minister, Stella Ndabeni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSouth Africa will showcase its improving economic position reflected in strengthening investor confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cKey recent developments include the stabilisation of electricity supply, removal from the Financial Action Task Force\u2019s [FATF] greylist and an upgrade of the sovereign credit rating by the rating agency S&amp;P Global.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Ministers will highlight progress on structural reforms across energy, logistics, water, digital communications, and small business sectors, among others,\u201d National Treasury said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Africa will be positioned as a definitive choice for global investors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe delegation\u2019s strategic intent is to position South Africa as an attractive investment destination reflected in demonstrable progress in attaining macroeconomic stability, positive momentum in economic reform implementation, regional leadership, and global diplomacy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis positioning aligns with South Africa\u2019s medium-term growth strategy, anchored in four interdependent policy pillars: maintaining macroeconomic stability, accelerating structural reforms, building state capability and investing in growth-enhancing infrastructure,\u201d the department added. &#8212; NNN-<strong>SANEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRETORIA, Jan 19 (NNN-SANEWS) &#8212; A delegation of South African Ministers will showcase the country\u2019s economic progress, reform momentum and investment potential at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland next week. The forum will be held from Monday to Jan 23 under the theme: \u201cA Spirit of Dialogue\u201d. South Africa\u2019s delegation to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213,208,215,209,217],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322519"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=322519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322520,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322519\/revisions\/322520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=322519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=322519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=322519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}