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24 Apr 2024Daily NewsSouth Africa aims to set up three JET-aligned skills development zones (Engineering News)
Three Just Energy Transition (JET) skills development zones focusing on renewables and gr...
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23 Apr 2024Daily NewsKenya second-hand clothes imports from China rise 86pc (The East African)
The quantity of second-hand clothes imported from China, which is Kenya’s main source of the popular lo...
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22 Apr 2024Daily NewsSouth Africa calls for greater engagement with Turkish businesses (Daily Sabah)
Top South African trade official emphasized Monday the vital importance of bilateral trade relation...
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19 Apr 2024Daily NewsPatel welcomes VW’s R4 billion investment in SA (SAnews)
Volkswagen South Africa’s (VWSA) investment of R4 billion in their assembly plant in Kariega, in the Eastern Cape, has...
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18 Apr 2024Daily NewsSouth Africa to Keep Anti-Dumping Duties on Chicken Imports From US (Bloomberg)
South Africa’s trade minister approved a recommendation to maintain anti-dumping duties on frozen...
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17 Apr 2024Daily NewsMining and manufacturing production rebounds (Freight News)
South Africa’s mining production has rebounded following a challenging start to the year. Statistics SA’s latest da...
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16 Apr 2024Daily NewsSouth Africa puts biggest trade partner in its crosshairs over R20 billion and 100,000 jobs (BusinessTech)
South Africa said it has taken a preliminary step toward filing a compla...
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15 Apr 2024Daily NewsCitrus fight: SA moves to take action against EU (News24)
South Africa has taken a preliminary step toward filing a complaint with the World Trade Organisation against the Europea...
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12 Apr 2024Daily NewsSouth Africa seeks to secure global plastics pollution treaty by balancing competing interests (Engineering News)
South Africa will seek to secure a legally binding global plastic...
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11 Apr 2024Daily NewsSouth Africa well placed to benefit from huge green hydrogen outlook, attendees hear (Engineering News)
Green hydrogen has a massive potential future and South Africa is very well...
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10 Apr 2024Daily NewsSouth African fossil fuel subsidies hit record R118bn in 2023 (Engineering News)
A new study has found that South Africa’s fossil fuel subsidies tripled between 2018 and 2023, r...
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09 Apr 2024Daily News2024-2029 Development priorities for Zambia: Infrastructure and Agricultural Value Chain (AfDB)
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved the Count...
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05 Apr 2024Daily NewsRole of gas in SA’s future energy mix comes under intense scrutiny (Engineering News)
Given South Africa’s ongoing energy crisis, there remains much debate around whether gas ...
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04 Apr 2024Daily NewsTPT outlines actions to support 15% growth in citrus exports during 2024 season (Engineering News)
Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) reports that it has recruited 200 additional cargo...
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03 Apr 2024Daily NewsBLSA calls for immediate reworking of IRP, describing assumptions as ‘spurious’ (Engineering News)
Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA), whose members include the largest d...
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02 Apr 2024Daily NewsTrade Statistics for February 2024 (South African Revenue Service)
South Africa recorded a preliminary trade balance surplus of R14.0 billion in February 2024. This surplus is att...
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28 Mar 2024Daily NewsFull Quarterly Bulletin - No 311 (South African Reserve Bank)
The real gross value added (GVA) by the primary sector contracted further in the fourth quarter of 2023 due to a furt...
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27 Mar 2024Daily NewsChicken industry needs no tariff rebates because there is no shortage, Sapa stresses (Engineering News)
Executives from the South African Poultry Association (Sapa) met with Trade...
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26 Mar 2024Daily NewsProtectionism and shipping disruptions threaten agri trade (Farmer’s Weekly)
Solid business partnerships will become increasingly important to navigate market threats, according...
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25 Mar 2024Daily NewsCall to transform the biodiversity sector (SAnews)
Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Barbara Creecy has called for the urgent transformation of the biodiversity ...
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