R138 billion Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/r138-billion/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 06 Dec 2016 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 R138 billion Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/r138-billion/ 32 32 Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer seeks to reassure South Africa that Brexit won’t hurt their ties https://jjcornish.com/2016/12/britains-chancellor-exchequer-seeks-reassure-south-africa-brexit-wont-hurt-ties/ Tue, 06 Dec 2016 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2016/12/britains-chancellor-exchequer-seeks-reassure-south-africa-brexit-wont-hurt-ties/ Britain’s   Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Philip Hammond is in Pretoria today on a mission  to deepen economic ties with South Africa. He’s seen foreign affairs chief Maite Nkoana Mashebane and Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. Britain’s Finance Minister Philip Hammond will see business leaders at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange this evening and move on […]

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]]> Britain’s   Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Philip Hammond is in Pretoria today on a mission  to deepen economic ties with South Africa.

He’s seen foreign affairs chief Maite Nkoana Mashebane and Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.

Britain’s Finance Minister Philip Hammond will see business leaders at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange this evening and move on to Cape Town tomorrow.

He’ll meet investors into Britain at functions organized by the Tutu Foundation and the Nelson Mandela Foundation

Hammond will impress on them Britain’s commitment to forming even stronger global ties as the country prepares to leave the European Union.

He’ll make similar trips to Japan and South Korea next week.

 

South Africa is Britain biggest export market in Africa and bilateral trade reached nearly R 138- billion last year.

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