Tag: African Union

According to Article 23 of the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), entry into force occurs 30 days after the 22nd instrument of ratificati...

The implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement may start soon. In this Update, we remind readers of what the legal instruments of the AfCFTA provi...

South Africa dare not fail in securing future demand for platinum (Engineering News) South Africa dare not fail in securing future demand for its “incredible” platinum group m...

South Africa needs to embrace more 4IR technology or fall behind (Engineering News) Professional services and auditing firm PwC says that South Africa’s competitors are all adop...

Transnet container terminals remain optimistic of strong citrus season finish (Engineering News) Average year-on-year comparisons of citrus handling volumes show a 9.2% volume inc...

DOWNLOAD PUBLICATION During the 9th Meeting of the Council of Ministers held in July 2022, the Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, H...

There may be objections to the question posed in the title of this paper. Some may argue that the Abuja Treaty (adopted in 1991, before the World Trade Organisation was established...

SA’s logistics chain in ‘desperate’ need of PPPs – SAAFF (Engineering New) Port and rail parastatal Transnet and government cannot “go it alone” to repair South Africa...

What is the AfCFTA? The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is, in addition to being a free trade area, a flagship project of the African Union (AU) in terms of Agen...

Ministers welcome 2023 Budget (SAnews) Government Ministers have welcomed the 2023 Budget Speech, saying Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana did his best to extricate the count...

Trade, Industry and Competition on Defence Export Council mission to seek export opportunities in Middle East for South African Companies (South African Government) The Chief...

The policies, decisions, and measures adopted within the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) institutions and in the State Parties, will impact directly on the position of...

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement establishes a rather standard continent-wide preferential trade regime for goods and services. It does not yet contain sp...

The AfCFTA legal instruments have been negotiated in terms of founding Principles meant to steer the design and operations of the AfCFTA African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA...

Local news After challenging season, citrus industry moves to mitigate new and old risks (Engineering News) South Africa’s citrus growers industry has, despite achieving a marg...

Local news the dtic Relaunches Agro-Processing Scheme to Increase Uptake (the dtic) The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) has relaunched the Agro-Proc...

Local news R4-trillion needed for South Africa’s hydrogen economy, PIC declares (Engineering News) South Africa’s State-owned Public Investment Corporation (PIC) stated on Mo...

Local news SARS concludes participation in ATAF, BRICS meetings (SAnews) The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has participated in two multilateral meetings to cement internat...

Local news Brand SA to host the 6th Annual Nation Brand Forum aimed at rebuilding the economy (BizNews) This year’s Nation Brand Forum will be held from the 4th to 6th of Octob...

Local news Local manufacturing key component to growing economy (SAnews) President Cyril Ramaphosa says expanding local production and manufacturing is pivotal to creating more o...