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Statement on the Code of Banking Practice
The Code of Banking Practice is a guide that aims to help individual customers and small businesses better understand their rights. The code reflects the banks’ commitment to standards of service and conduct. It confirms that fairness, transparency, trust, accountability, integrity and reliability will guide banks’ relationships with their customers.
Read MoreEmpowering One Student Entrepreneur at a Time
What a delight it is to be in a room buzzing with hope, purpose, and potential. Today is not just about launching another initiative. No. It is about launching lifetimes—businesses, careers, dreams, and maybe even the next Elon Musk or Oprah Winfrey (though this time with a South African accent and a tax number).
Read More2025 SADC Sustainable Finance Forum
“Africa is the frontline of climate change, facing rising temperatures, water stress, biodiversity loss, youth unemployment and energy poverty. Yet its natural assets –forests, wetlands, fertile soil and the African sun - are sustainable resources for resilience and growth.
Read MoreWelcome Remarks: SADC Sustainable Finance Forum 2025
Framed by her mountains, oceans, biodiversity and vibrant communities, Cape Town is a place where nature, people, and history meet. It is home to the unique fynbos, which is part of the Cape Floristic Region, which I’m told is the smallest in size but richest in diversity. It is also a city of immense cultural richness, a place where many histories converge, and where social resilience is visible in every corner, from Bo-Kaap to Khayelitsha.
Read MoreThe Blue Economy – Already Making a Splash
Read MoreFrom Commitment to Action: Building South Africa’s Green Economy Together.
The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) theme, “In Solidarity for a Green Economy,” emphasized global cooperation in advancing a sustainable and resilient economy. In response to this, South Africa’s agenda has been, “From Commitment to Action: Building South Africa’s Green Economy Together,” which underscores the critical need to transform global and national climate commitments into tangible, actionable steps at the local level.
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