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tralac Daily News
24 Feb 2021Daily NewsCountry Focus
Low-key budget for Lesotho (MENAFM.COM)
FINANCE Minister Thabo Sophonea presented a low-key budget of M23.8 billion that painted a gloomy economic picture in the w...
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23 Feb 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
Sapa applies for anti-dumping duty against Brazil, four EU countries (Engineering News)
The South African Poultry Association (Sapa) has applied to the Internationa...
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22 Feb 2021Daily NewsCountry Focus
Qatar-South Africa fresh food trade soared in 2019-20: Ambassador (MENAFN – The Peninsula)
Trade between Qatar and South Africa in fresh foods has grown significa...
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19 Feb 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
A more conducive business environment’ needed for South Africa to recover – report (Engineering News)
With the largest number of jobs created in 2021’s econom...
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18 Feb 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
Budget to focus on tax enforcement, improved collections, and wealth tax unlikely, says EY (Engineering News)
South Africa’s budget, which is to be presented in P...
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17 Feb 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
Agricultural exports record second-largest level on record in 2020 (IOL)
The Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz) said yesterday that South Africa’s agricultural...
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16 Feb 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
20 borders fully reopened, 30 remain closed (SAnews)
South Africa’s 20 land borders, which have only been partially operational for the past month, will now be fu...
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15 Feb 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
20 land borders will reopen on Monday, says Motsoaledi (Times LIVE)
Twenty land borders will reopen on Monday, the cabinet decided on Saturday. The border crossings...
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12 Feb 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
AfCFTA: Alive With Possibilities (SAnews)
The South African government says it will maximise the opportunities presented by the African Continental Free Trade Area ...
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11 Feb 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
Ramaphosa expected to lay out plans for vaccine rollout, broadband access in State of the Nation Address (CGTN Africa)
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is...
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tralac Daily News
10 Feb 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
Digital economy is the biggest industry created during COVID-19: Economist (SABC News)
Economist Ntombana Mbele says the biggest industry that was created during CO...
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09 Feb 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
Clothing and Textile Masterplan Brings Hope to Msinga Factory (the dtic)
The South African Retail-Clothing, Textile, Footwear and Leather (R-CTFL) Value Chain ...
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tralac Daily News
08 Feb 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
What economic trends can we expect from 2021? (Moneyweb.co.za)
Following the volatile year for the global and domestic economies in 2020, we expect 2021 to see an i...
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05 Feb 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
SA expands trade relations across three continents (News24)
South Africa is one of three key markets to join the World Logistics Passport Global Reach Programme, a ...
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04 Feb 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
Patel: Several govt initiatives under way to focus more on local trade (Eyewitness News)
Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel said that government...
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03 Feb 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
Economic growth to improve this year but will remain constrained (Engineering News)
The economic prospects for this year are better than 2020, but the recovery of t...
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02 Feb 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
Ports upgrade and expand to support manufacturing and exports (Global Africa Network)
Almost a third of South Africa’s manufactured exports are produced in KwaZul...
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01 Feb 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
Short-term low growth is ‘new normal’ (Moneyweb.co.za)
As the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic continues to ripple through 2021 and South Africa faces economic c...
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29 Jan 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
SARS releases trade statistics for December 2020
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) today releases trade statistics for December 2020 recording a trade surplu...
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28 Jan 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
Treasury is confident its strategy on Covid-19 vaccine acquisition is foolproof against PPE-like corruption
National Treasury is convinced that SA’s Covid-19 vacc...
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