Tag: Climate change

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 Big changes proposed for carbon tax in South Africa (BusinessTech) The Energy Council of South Africa, alongside other big business figureheads, have put forward recom...

Local news Rebuilding economy tops leaders’ conference agenda (SAnews) Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says the country’s economy faces an urgent need to rebuild infrastruc...

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 African GDP declines by 0.7% (SAnews) After two consecutive quarters of positive growth, the country’s real gross domestic product (GDP) dropped by 0.7%1 in th...

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 EU warns SA scrap export ban may contravene WTO obligations (Fin24) The European Union has raised concerns over Minister Ebrahim Patel’s plans to ban the export...

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 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 news ‘SA Agri calls to lift import ban emotional, unbalanced’ (The Namibian) Namibian government officials have called the recent claim that Namibia and Botswana s...

Local news Tons of fruit stranded in Europe as SA battles EU over import rules (EWN) Millions of boxes of oranges are spoiling in containers stranded at European ports as South A...

Local news South Africa’s trade surplus increases mainly due to an increase of precious metals and stones export (Cape Business News) South Africa’s trade surplus narrowed to...

In February 2022, the African Union endorsed the continent’s first collective climate response framework. The AU’s Climate Change and Resilient Development Strategy and Action ...

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

Local news Cargo thieves are going after hair extensions and wigs, as SA’s imports soar (Business Insider South Africa) Wigs and hair extensions imports are increasingly becomi...

Local news Key Renewable Energy Market Drivers in South Africa in 2022 (Energy Capital & Power) The need to transition to cleaner sources of fuel in South Africa is made...

Local news Ukraine-Russia conflict provides SA and Angolan Companies with opportunity to collaborate - Chamber President (the dtic) Both the South African and Angolan economies a...

Local news AfDB to lead Zim debt clearance roadmap (The Herald) African Development Bank (AfDB) president Dr Akinwumi Adesina has formally accepted President Mnangagwa’s reques...

The European Parliament has been engaged in a lengthy legislative process for reviewing the European Union Emissions Trading System (ETS). The revision forms a key part of the Comm...