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<p>Private-public partnership sets the foundation for economic growth, job creation and integrating SMMEs to the global platform. This Focus On special puts the spotlight on the completed oil refinery pipeline in Richards Bay and what the future holds for this region.</p>


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Focus On: Private-public investment at Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone

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<p>While South Africa’s Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni is currently briefing the media on the recently announced Covid-19 relief package, big business seems confident that the measures put in place will assist in rebuilding the economy.</p>


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Mygrowthfund Venture Partners CEO: Govt relief measures fail to address underlying structural and socio-economic issues

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<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa has made a call to South Africans to come together to support businesses and individuals hardest hit by the recent unrest. Well FNB has heeded the call by launching a range of relief measures for impacted individual and Business customers. FNB CEO,Jacques Celliers joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


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FNB CEO outlines measures to support businesses, customers hit hard by unrest

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<p>The province of KwaZulu-Natal is known for its robust tourism sector. In 2020, Covid-19 dealt a blow to the sector; and the challenges have not ended. With KwaZulu-Natal being the epicentre of the unrest we saw two weeks ago, confidence in the industry has been impacted. Phindile Makwakwa, Acting CEO at Tourism KwaZulu-Natal joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


How KwaZulu-Natal plans to bring back tourism hit hard by Covid-19 and violent riots

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CNBC Africa&#8217;s Fifi Peters spoke to Wendy Mahoney, the KZN President of the 30&#8217;s club of Mastercard about female inclusion in the workplace and specifically in the boardroom.</p>


#LWS2020KZN: Wendy Mahoney on the business case for gender parity in the workplace

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Join this panel of Africa’s most powerful women who have blazed a trail in different fields of industry and commerce as they share some of their secrets to success.</p>


#LWS2020KZN: Forbes Woman Africa’s 50 Most Powerful Women

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CNBC Africa spoke to KZN MEC for Economic Development, Nomusa Dube-Ncube at the Forbes Africa Woman Leading Women Summit about how successful women need more platforms of exposure and opportunities to engage with aspiring women so they can learn from them.</p>


#LWS2020KZN: Nomusa Dube-Ncube: The future is feminine

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CNBC Africa spoke to the Managing Director of Avon, Mafahle Mareletse about what corporations should be doing in the workplace to prevent women from being treated unfairly.</p>


#LWS2020KZN: Avon’s Mafahle Mareletse on what companies should do to ensure women succeed in the workplace

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CNBC Africa spoke with Naledi Pandor the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation at the Forbes Africa Woman Leading Women Summit about the importance of female empowerment in the workplace, especially in leadership positions.</p>


#LWS2020KZN: Naledi Pandor on the importance to female empowerment in the workplace

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Nigeria, Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, Senegal, Tunisia and now SA &#8211; the corononavirus is making inroads on the continent. CNBC Africa spoke to a SA athlete with hopes of taking part at this year’s Olympics in Japan about the impact of COVID-19.</p>


Why this athlete won’t let COVID-19 derail her Olympic dreams

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South Africa has been hit with a double whammy this week. Recession and its first case of Covid-19. Is it time for stimulus? Christie Viljoen, PwC Economist joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


SA’s double whammy: Recession & COVID-19

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In the last few hours the news that many people feared has broken. Coronavirus is in South Africa. This was the word from the South African government this afternoon and it is likely to send a shudder down the spine of business in Sub-Saharan Africa. This came just days after a case was reported in Nigeria. On the eve of the outbreak the Premier of KZN Sihle Zikalala told CNBC Africa that his province was ready to fight the virus.</p>


Sihle Zikalala: KwaZulu-Natal ready to combat COVID-19

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<p>The second South Africa investment conference kicked off yesterday with President Ramaphosa praising the Mara Phone plant in KZN as it is putting South Africa on the map for manufacturing Proudly African innovative technology. CNBC Africa’ Kopano Gumbi spoke with Mara Phone CEO, Ashish Thakkarr for more.</p>


Mara Phone CEO: How Mara Phones will boost digital banking in Africa

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<p>More than a thousand workmen have been beavering away on a R30 billion project that will change the face of one of Africa&#8217;s busiest ports. CNBC Africa&#8217;s Chris Bishop filed this report.</p>


R30bn project set to change one of Africa’s busiest ports

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<p>Why do Africans fly over their continent to go on holiday? Africa has some of the best beauty spots on the planet. People spend millions on holidays in Europe, especially in this era shimmering with the promise of the African Free Trade Area. Maybe visa restrictions and the cost of flights have something to do with it. What can be done? From KwaZulu Natal, Kwakye Donkor, CEO of African Tourism Partners joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Visa restrictions and how they are affecting the Tourism sector in Africa

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<p>Trade and Investment KZN is working hard to develop the province as a leading exporter. Board Member Sakhile Mpungose spoke to our reporter Kopano Gumbi at the Youth Business Indaba in Durban.</p>


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<p>Thando Thusi is a former teacher turned young entrepreneur who has turned a social good into a thriving business. Isibani Group, is an education company that helps school leavers improve their matric marks, giving them a better shot at getting into an institute of higher learning of their choosing. CNBC Africa&#8217;s Kopano Gumbi spoke to Thando at the Youth Business Indaba in Durban.</p>


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Focus On: Private-public investment at Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone

Mygrowthfund Venture Partners CEO: Govt relief measures fail to address underlying structural and socio-economic issues

FNB CEO outlines measures to support businesses, customers hit hard by unrest

How KwaZulu-Natal plans to bring back tourism hit hard by Covid-19 and violent riots

#LWS2020KZN: Wendy Mahoney on the business case for gender parity in the workplace

#LWS2020KZN: Forbes Woman Africa’s 50 Most Powerful Women

#LWS2020KZN: Nomusa Dube-Ncube: The future is feminine

#LWS2020KZN: Avon’s Mafahle Mareletse on what companies should do to ensure women succeed in the workplace

#LWS2020KZN: Naledi Pandor on the importance to female empowerment in the workplace

Why this athlete won’t let COVID-19 derail her Olympic dreams

SA’s double whammy: Recession & COVID-19

Sihle Zikalala: KwaZulu-Natal ready to combat COVID-19

Mara Phone CEO: How Mara Phones will boost digital banking in Africa

R30bn project set to change one of Africa’s busiest ports

Visa restrictions and how they are affecting the Tourism sector in Africa

TIKZN’s Sakhile Mpungose on investment opportunities in KwaZulu-Natal

How this former teacher turned entrepreneur is empowering SA’s youth

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Focus On: Private-public investment at Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone

Mygrowthfund Venture Partners CEO: Govt relief measures fail to address underlying structural and socio-economic issues

FNB CEO outlines measures to support businesses, customers hit hard by unrest

How KwaZulu-Natal plans to bring back tourism hit hard by Covid-19 and violent riots

#LWS2020KZN: Wendy Mahoney on the business case for gender parity in the workplace

#LWS2020KZN: Forbes Woman Africa’s 50 Most Powerful Women

#LWS2020KZN: Nomusa Dube-Ncube: The future is feminine

#LWS2020KZN: Avon’s Mafahle Mareletse on what companies should do to ensure women succeed in the workplace

#LWS2020KZN: Naledi Pandor on the importance to female empowerment in the workplace

Why this athlete won’t let COVID-19 derail her Olympic dreams

SA’s double whammy: Recession & COVID-19

Sihle Zikalala: KwaZulu-Natal ready to combat COVID-19

Mara Phone CEO: How Mara Phones will boost digital banking in Africa

R30bn project set to change one of Africa’s busiest ports

Visa restrictions and how they are affecting the Tourism sector in Africa

TIKZN’s Sakhile Mpungose on investment opportunities in KwaZulu-Natal

How this former teacher turned entrepreneur is empowering SA’s youth

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