Tag: Climate change

Closing remarks by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the 5th South Africa Investment Conference, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg (The Presidency) We have come to the end of the...

As the threat of dangerous levels of global warming becomes more severe, climate change is climbing to the top of the list of domestic and international policy priorities. To tackl...

There is a growing global water crisis, driven by climate change, population growth, increased water-intensive production, and the neglect of water infrastructure. The latest editi...

Coming Soon: Online Platform for Trade in Services (COMESA) COMESA will soon launch an Online Platform for Trade in Services that will be used to facilitate speedy and efficient n...

Eswatini trade pact to be extended by five years (Taipei Times) President Tsai Ing-wen and Eswatini Prime Minister Cleopas Sipho Dlamini agreed to extend a bilateral economic...

Egypt’s trade deficit plunges 54% YoY in December 2022: CAPMAS (ZAWYA) Egypt’s trade balance deficit dropped by 54% year on year (YoY) to $1.93 billion in December 2022, ...

‘EU is putting draconian measures on South African citrus’ (SABC News) The Citrus Growers Association of South Africa has requested Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Pa...

Trade corridors are transportation routes that connect major centres of economic activity, such as cities, ports, and industrial areas, to facilitate the movement of goods and serv...

Infrastructure is key to SA’s development (SAnews) Improving government’s performance as a contributor to the construction sector is key to unlocking the country’s econ...

Maritime Chamber wants to contribute more to South Africa’s economic recovery (Engineering News) Industry organisation the Maritime Business Chamber has written an open let...

South Africa: Renewables industrialisation plan to be aligned to expected surge in private projects The newly appointed facilitator of the South African Renewable Energy Masterpla...

Just two weeks after the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) came to a close, the Fifteenth meeting of the Conf...

London’s Financial Times summed up the widespread response to the COP 27 climate summit held at Sharm el-Sheikh when it suggested the final agreement ‘encouraged some, gravely ...

Local news South African economy slowly recovering post-pandemic – TIPS (Engineering News) The latest ‘Real Economy Bulletin’ (REB), published by economic research ins...

Those who follow the climate agreement conferences of parties are now used to the emotional roller-coaster that comes with them. COP26 looked to be a real success until the last se...

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...

The relationship between food security, trade and the environment is a complex but increasingly important one. The impacts of climate change have undermined progress in food securi...

COP27 outcomes and reactions Call for collaboration to achieve COP27 outcomes (SAnews) South Africa has called on all Parties to work constructively and in a spirit of compromise...

The release of South Africa’s Just Energy Transition Investment Plan (JET-IP) shortly before the opening of COP 27 in the Egyptian City of Sharm El Sheikh was rather subdued. The...

COP27 news Next Africa: Climate Hopes in the Balance in Last Hours of COP27 (Bloomberg) African nations came into this month’s COP27 international climate summit in Egypt with ...