Tag: Agriculture

Local news South African transport infrastructure needs to be prioritised, panel states (Engineering News) Infrastructure in South Africa’s logistics sector needs to be a prior...

Local news Lack of finance, security still plaguing South Africa’s transport industry – panel (Engineering News) Considering recent developments – such as the Covid-19 pand...

Local news Economic growth expected to slow to 1.9% (SAnews) South Africa’s economic growth is expected to slow to 1.9% in 2022, says Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. The Min...

Local news Report backs Proudly SA’s Buy Local campaign (SAnews) A report on South Africa’s manufacturing sector has reaffirmed what the national Proudly South African campai...

Local news Exclusive: South Africa quitting OACPS (Devex) South Africa has written to the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States announcing that it plans to quit t...

Local news South Africa’s trade surplus drops to R7.2 billion (BusinessTech) The South African Revenue Service’s (SARS) trade statistics for August 2022 recorded a preliminar...

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 South Africa’s farm exports are an economic lifeline, with weak spots (Phys.org) The African continent remained South Africa’s largest agricultural exports market ...

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...

Local news South Africa halts orange exports to EU over fungal disease (Reuters) South Africa, one of the world’s biggest citrus exporters, will voluntarily stop shipments of v...

Local news SA Government concerned about GDP figures (SAnews) Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, has expressed concern at the results of the Gross Domestic Product for...

Local news South Africa’s economy is ‘almost unfixable’ (BusinessTech) Despite recent moves to cut red tape – especially for small and medium businesses – analysts and ...

Local news Payments Association reconfigures for digital inclusion (ITWeb) The South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB’s) decision to restructure the Payments Association of South...

Local news Trade Statistics for July 2022 | South African Revenue Service The South African Revenue Service (SARS) today releases trade statistics for July 2022 recording a preli...

Local news S. Africa: Anti-dumping duties suspended for some countries (Poultry World) This, says the minister, is in light of the rapid rise in food prices and the impact t...

Local news OECD report calls for caution (SAnews) South Africa faces the threat of reversing social gains if it does not adequately address potential future shocks. This is if th...

Local news South Africa: improve productivity and the efficiency of public spending to bolster living standards, says OECD (OECD) South Africa needs to step up its reform efforts...

Local news Scrap metal export ban to buy time for SA to build systems to tackle illegal activity (Engineering News) The proposed policy to ban the export of waste, scrap and semi...

Local ICYMI: South Africa: Ministers are invisible bottleneck in customs duties decisions (The Africa Report) Companies seeking either relief on customs duties in the absence of ...

Local news Metals, engineering sector bearing the brunt of various economic events (Engineering News) After starting the year off strong, the outlook for the metals and engineeri...