Tag: Sustainable development

South 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...

Kenya 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...

South Africa calls for greater engagement with Turkish businesses (Daily Sabah) Top South African trade official emphasized Monday the vital importance of bilateral trade relation...

South 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...

2024-2029 Development priorities for Zambia: Infrastructure and Agricultural Value Chain (AfDB) The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved the Count...

BLSA calls for immediate reworking of IRP, describing assumptions as ‘spurious’ (Engineering News) Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA), whose members include the largest d...

Industrial gas users prepare to make ‘orderly transition’ case at crunch gas-cliff meeting (Engineering News) The creation of a formal public-private platform to assess soluti...

Wildlife trade involves the buying, selling, or bartering of wildlife and wildlife products, which can be done for commercial, subsistence, or cultural purposes. Wildlife trade can...

Making Trade Work for Africa’s Sustainable Development: The case of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) tralac, in collaboration with the African Union Commission, ...

Investment in infrastructure gains momentum (SAnews) President Cyril Ramaphosa says investment in infrastructure is gaining momentum, and new and innovative funding mechanisms wil...

Effective policies are urgently needed in Africa to deal with climate-induced disasters. This will require high levels of political commitment, regional and domestic strategies, co...

The global agricultural industry, the second-largest contributing sector to greenhouse gas emissions, must change for the world to meet the Paris Agreement commitments. This was ac...

The COP28 Trade Day was the first of its kind for the annual conference. Major trade-related organisations, including the United Nations Conference on Development and Trade (UNCTAD...

The theme for the 2023 International Women’s Day (8 March) was “DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality.” It has generally been observed that women and girls ...

Zimbabwe is paying $400 million Afreximbank debt with platinum exports (Business Insider Africa) The southern African nation’s reliance on its platinum resources to secure borro...

SACU receipts account for major source of revenue - NamRA (Namibia Economist) The Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA) on Thursday said contributions from the Southern African Customs U...

South Africa Wants to Hand Operation of Rail, Ports to Business After $27 Billion Loss (Bloomberg BNN0 The South African presidency has a plan to reverse the collapse of a state-r...

Deputy President Paul Mashatile: Africa Oil Week (South African Government) The theme for the 2023 Africa Oil Week, “Maximising Africa’s Natural Resources in the Global Energy...

New Border Management Authority a boost for SA’s security and development (SAnews) President Cyril Ramaphosa has used his weekly newsletter to the nation to highlight the import...

President Cyril Ramaphosa: Launch of the Border Management Authority (South African Government) When our country’s ports of entry and borders are well-protected and well-managed...