South Africa: the stability of a developed country

SA in global top 25 for investment

South Africa is ranked as the 18th most attractive foreign direct investment destination worldwide in the latest Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index by global management consulting firm AT Kearney.

Shell opens Cape Town call centre

Oil multinational Royal Dutch Shell has opened a global call centre in Cape Town, which will be used to service the company's customers in Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg, with centre operators conversing with their clients in Flemish and Dutch.

Ford secures Africa export contract

Pretoria-based Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa has secured an export contract to supply right- and left-hand-drive models of the popular Ford Ranger pickup truck to African markets.

SA pumps power Iraqi water project

Germiston-based APE Pumps has completed the second of two orders worth a total of R30-million to supply a multi-billion dollar water project to the southwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad with four giant water pumps, the largest the company has ever manufactured.

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