Tag: World Trade Organisation

Mombasa harbour customers cry foul over ‘illegal’ levies (The East African) Mombasa port users are worried that rampant flouting of maritime regulations by some shipping lines...

Prince William unveils South Africa’s Abalobi as finalist for Earthshot Prize (Engineering News) South African community fish catch recording technology company Abalobi has been...

SA agricultural exports amounted to $3.4bn in second quarter (IOL) South Africa’s agricultural exports amounted to $3.4 billion (R64bn) in the second quarter of this year, up by...

‘The world is not waiting for us’ on digital technology – Minister Gungubele (News24) South Africa will become an irrelevant trading partner if the country does not keep up ...

Facelift for land ports of entry (SAnews) Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, says officials are committed to making the country’s border posts safer, less porous and mo...

SA component industry pledges R4.8bn in investments (Engineering News) The South Africa component industry will invest R4.8-billion in the South African economy up to the end of n...

South Africa: Draft Freight Logistics Roadmap promised by year-end (Engineering News) A new ‘Freight Logistics Roadmap’ is currently undergoing an internal government consulta...

South Africa: Panel agrees agriculture can only grow through impactful collaboration (Engineering News) With the South African agriculture sector not enjoying the same level of St...

Transnet container terminals remain optimistic of strong citrus season finish (Engineering News) Average year-on-year comparisons of citrus handling volumes show a 9.2% volume inc...

South Africa’s agricultural sector recorded significant decline in the first quarter (Engineering News) The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has highlighted, in a ...

South African citrus growers say EU pest rules putting squeeze on exports (Reuters) New European Union pest control rules will cut South Africa’s orange exports to Europe by 20%...

SA tyre manufacturers commit to carbon net-zero by 2050 (Engineering News) All four of South Africa‘s local tyre manufacturers have committed to achieve carbon neutrality by 205...

Mpumalanga Businesspeople Confident African Continental Free Trade Agreement will Improve Ease of Doing Business (Department of Trade, Industry and Competition) The Mpumalanga bus...

South Africa extends ban on scrap-metal exports by six months as it seeks to curb theft (Engineering News) South Africa extended a ban on scrap-metal exports by six mont...

Rising global demand for South African vegetables (FreshPlaza) The National Agricultural Marketing Council hosted a workshop on South Africa’s fresh produce chain today in which...

China is SA’s largest BRICS trading partner (IOL) China is South Africa’s largest trading partner, both overall and within the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Af...

SA’s logistics chain in ‘desperate’ need of PPPs – SAAFF (Engineering New) Port and rail parastatal Transnet and government cannot “go it alone” to repair South Africa...

Announcement of Protection for R1,7 Billion Cut-Flower Export Industry (The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition) Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Ebrahim Pat...

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board Concludes 2023 Article IV Consultation with Kingdom of Eswatini (ZAWYA) Eswatini has shown resilience to multiple economic shocks...

Big boost for trade in South Africa (Business Tech) South Africa recorded a preliminary trade balance surplus of R6.9 billion in March 2023, according to the South African Revenue...