The organisers of the World Economic Forum like to claim that unique and exceptional things happen in the small dorp of Davos when you put representatives of different parts of the "global elite" in one place. The evidence on this is mixed. But one thing you can do is smell which way the wind is blowing. From the way Team SA behaved and looked on Tuesday, it would appear that we should all be more optimistic than we are.
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa looked more assured and confident than he has been in ages. Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan was his usual image of the epitome of competence. But it was the business leaders, the other South Africans who were in the room, who brought the buzz and the gees of our country to a cold, snowed-in and unfriendly place in Switzerland. By STEPHEN GROOTES.
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