Tag: Agriculture

Local news South Africa’s farm exports are an economic lifeline, with weak spots (Phys.org) The African continent remained South Africa’s largest agricultural exports market ...

Local news Local manufacturing key component to growing economy (SAnews) President Cyril Ramaphosa says expanding local production and manufacturing is pivotal to creating more o...

Local news South Africa halts orange exports to EU over fungal disease (Reuters) South Africa, one of the world’s biggest citrus exporters, will voluntarily stop shipments of v...

Local news SA Government concerned about GDP figures (SAnews) Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, has expressed concern at the results of the Gross Domestic Product for...

Local news South Africa’s economy is ‘almost unfixable’ (BusinessTech) Despite recent moves to cut red tape – especially for small and medium businesses – analysts and ...

Local news Payments Association reconfigures for digital inclusion (ITWeb) The South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB’s) decision to restructure the Payments Association of South...

Local news Trade Statistics for July 2022 | South African Revenue Service The South African Revenue Service (SARS) today releases trade statistics for July 2022 recording a preli...

Local news S. Africa: Anti-dumping duties suspended for some countries (Poultry World) This, says the minister, is in light of the rapid rise in food prices and the impact t...

Local news OECD report calls for caution (SAnews) South Africa faces the threat of reversing social gains if it does not adequately address potential future shocks. This is if th...

Local news South Africa: improve productivity and the efficiency of public spending to bolster living standards, says OECD (OECD) South Africa needs to step up its reform efforts...

Local news Scrap metal export ban to buy time for SA to build systems to tackle illegal activity (Engineering News) The proposed policy to ban the export of waste, scrap and semi...

Local ICYMI: South Africa: Ministers are invisible bottleneck in customs duties decisions (The Africa Report) Companies seeking either relief on customs duties in the absence of ...

Local news Metals, engineering sector bearing the brunt of various economic events (Engineering News) After starting the year off strong, the outlook for the metals and engineeri...

Local news Didiza asked to intervene in blocking of SA vegetables by Botswana, Namibia (News24) The SA government needs to urgently intervene in the unilateral closing of their b...

Local news Customs duty decision delays are hampering billions of rands in investment, says advisory (Engineering News) Consultancy XA Global Trade Advisors says billions of rand...

Local news Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development negotiates a settlement to clear citrus blocked in the EU ports (South African Government) The new measures include amen...

Local news SA negotiates settlement to clear citrus blocked in EU ports of entry (SAnews) The South African government has managed to negotiate a settlement that will see the cle...

Citrus fruits are one of the most important export products for the South African economy. The South African Citrus Growers Association (CGA) estimates that the country exported 15...

Local news The new EU rules for citrus imports from South Africa: Background, applicable legal texts and processes, and the dispute declared by South Africa under the rules of the...

Local news Government Publishes Policy Proposals on Measures to Address Scrap Metal Theft (the dtic) Government today published draft proposals to address widespread theft o...