Brand-South Africa - Annual report 2015 - 2016
During the past financial year, aligned with its mandate to build pride and patriotism in the Nation Brand, Brand South Africa has worked on initiatives to encourage active citizenship in partnership with its stakeholders in government, business, civil society and identified influential forums to increase the participation of all people, particularly our young people, in building a strong, cohesive Nation Brand. These activities, together with engagements at provincial level on Nation Brand alignment, contribute to social cohesion and a positive Nation Brand. Brand South Africa’s activities took place under the leadership of its new CEO, Amb. Kingsley Makhubela, PhD, who joined the organisation during the year.
During the past financial year, aligned with its mandate to build pride and patriotism in the Nation Brand, Brand South Africa has worked on initiatives to encourage active citizenship in partnership with its stakeholders in government, business, civil society and identified influential forums to increase the participation of all people, particularly our young people, in building a strong, cohesive Nation Brand. These activities, together with engagements at provincial level on Nation Brand alignment, contribute to social cohesion and a positive Nation Brand.
Brand South Africa’s activities took place under the leadership of its new CEO, Amb. Kingsley Makhubela, PhD, who joined the organisation during the year.
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<strong>2016</strong> World Bank – Ease of Doing Business Index<br />
Each year, the World Bank publishes an annual <strong>report</strong> on the state of health of economies based on detailed diagnostics of underlying and embedded characteristics (e.g. regulatory system,<br />
efficacy of the bureaucracy and the nature of business governance). The Doing Business Index forms part of the <strong>report</strong>, measuring the ease of doing business in 189 economies according to<br />
11 criteria: 1) regulation for starting a business, 2) dealing with construction permits, 3) getting electricity, 4) registering property, 5) getting credit, 6) protecting minority investors, 7) paying<br />
taxes, 8) trading across borders, 9) enforcing contracts, 10) resolving insolvency, and 11) labour market regulation.<br />
Highlights<br />
• The country ranks 73 rd overall out of 189 economies, placing it well above the regional average as well as the average score for all OECD economies.<br />
• Of the ten sub-indicators, <strong>South</strong> <strong>Africa</strong>’s performance this year drops on nine.<br />
• <strong>South</strong> <strong>Africa</strong> improved in the Protecting Minority Investors indicator – from 17 to 14.<br />
Performance<br />
2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 <strong>2015</strong>/16<br />
Starting a business 53 64 61 120<br />
Registering property 79 99 97 101<br />
Trading across borders 115 106 100 130<br />
Dealing with construction permits 39 26 32 90<br />
Getting credit 1 28 52 59<br />
Enforcing contracts 82 80 46 119<br />
Getting electricity 150 150 158 168<br />
Protecting minority investors 10 10 17 14<br />
Paying taxes 32 24 19 20<br />
*<br />
Resolving insolvency 41<br />
Overall ranking 39 41 43 73/189<br />
* The World Bank introduced new indicators<br />
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