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02 Sep 2021Daily NewsNational
South Africa backs GDP data despite missing mine statistics (Engineering News)
South Africa’s statistics agency maintains that its gross domestic product estimates for...
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01 Sep 2021Daily NewsNational
Trade balance remains in surplus while exports take a knock after July unrest (Daily Maverick)
South Africa recorded a trade surplus in July of R36.9bn, down from a revi...
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31 Aug 2021Daily NewsNational
UCD opens new depot in Cape Town (Engineering News)
United Container Depots (UCD) has moved from its location in Paarden Eiland to larger premises in Beaconvale, Parow, ...
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30 Aug 2021Daily NewsNational
New number plate system to speed up South Africa’s border controls (BusinessTech)
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) is piloting a new Number Plate Recognition (...
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27 Aug 2021Daily NewsNational
Bid to renew anti-dumping duties on bone-in chicken welcomed (IOL)
THE SOUTH African Poultry Association (Sapa) yesterday welcomed the recommendation for the renewal of ...
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26 Aug 2021Daily NewsNational
Infrastructure remains biggest source of concern for many citizens – Hlahla (Engineering News)
While South Africa has made significant progress in improving the living...
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24 Aug 2021Daily NewsNational
New transport initiative aims to empower almost a thousand women (Engineering News)
A new initiative championed by the Commercial Transport Academy (CTA) will aim to emp...
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23 Aug 2021Daily NewsNational
SA agri posts trade surplus in Q2 despite ongoing Covid challenges (Bizcommunity)
The results of both the first and second quarter of 2021 agriculture export performance...
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20 Aug 2021Daily NewsNational
Unpacking economic recovery support interventions (SAnews)
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) has unpacked the R3.75 billion Economic Rebuildin...
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19 Aug 2021Daily NewsNational
Sugar industry reiterates commitment to transformation (SAnews)
South African Sugar Association (SASA) Vice Chairperson, Joanmariae Fubbs, has commended the organisation...
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18 Aug 2021Daily NewsNational
South Africa wants to introduce a vaccine passport – but there’s a catch (BusinesTech)
The Department of Tourism says that it wants to introduce a vaccine passport f...
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16 Aug 2021Daily NewsNational
SA needs to up its export game, if it’s going to grow - economist | Fin24
As SA focuses on localisation strategies, it should make sure protection measures do not hamp...
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13 Aug 2021Daily NewsNational
20 products identified as key drivers for KZN economy (IOL)
The KwaZulu-Natal government has identified 20 products with “huge export potential” as part of a new str...
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12 Aug 2021Daily NewsNational
SA records agricultural trade surplus of R22bn (IOL)
South Africa recorded an agricultural trade surplus of $1.5 billion (about R22bn) in the second quarter of this year...
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11 Aug 2021Daily NewsNational
dtic announces economic recovery support interventions (SAnews)
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) has announced that the economic recovery support...
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05 Aug 2021Daily NewsNational
Business seeks to nudge localisation debate beyond import substitution (Engineering News)
Business is aiming to progress ongoing negotiations on the use of local-content...
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04 Aug 2021Daily NewsNational
Here are some of the major developments planned for South Africa – including car factories and new borders (BusinessTech)
Nedbank has published its fixed investment re...
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03 Aug 2021Daily NewsNational
Cashing in on commodities: South Africa posts record trade surplus in June (Daily Maverick)
South Africa’s trade surplus widened to another record of R57.7bn in June, ...
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30 Jul 2021Daily NewsNational
SA should reform fragmented financial services ombuds, World Bank recommends (SAnews)
A World Bank diagnostic study has recommended that South Africa restructure its fra...
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29 Jul 2021Daily NewsNational
SA economy to recover to pre-COVID levels in 2023 (SAnews)
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni says the National Treasury now predicts that the South African economy will retu...
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