Tag: Agriculture

WTO members secure unprecedented package of trade outcomes at MC12 WTO members successfully concluded the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12), co-hosted by Kazakhstan, in Geneva on...

Local news The party’s over as mining and manufacturing production crash in April (Daily Maverick) The mining sector has been one of the star performers of the South African ec...

Local news Minister Thoko Didiza attends World Trade Organisation 12th Ministerial Conference on Agricultural Negotiation in Geneva, Switzerland, 12-16 Jun (South African Governme...

Local news Wamkele Mene: South Africa’s jitters about free trade rules are ‘not supported by evidence at all’ (Daily Maverick) South Africa’s small and medium businesses ...

South African producers and exporters of lemon juice (and no doubt exporters of citrus fruit) received an unwelcome surprise early January 2022 that a California-based company prod...

Local news SA poultry producers missing out on export market with lax livestock health standards (Engineering News) The South African poultry industry is “missing a massive opp...

Local news Perfect storm has hit this industry in South Africa – and in turn, consumers (BusinessTech) South Africa is staring down the barrel of yet another huge fuel hike in ...

Local news AfCFTA holds opportunities for South African industry (Engineering News) With progress being made on negotiations for the implementation of the African Continental Fre...

Local trade news Inclusivity, resiliency focus of South Africa’s tourism sector recovery (Engineering News) As South Africa rebuilds its Covid-19-devastated tourism sector, foc...

Local news SA Cangegrowers calls on government to honour Sugar Masterplan commitments (Engineering News) When Minister Ebrahim Patel delivers the budget for the Department of Tra...

Public stockholding (PSH) for food security purposes continues to be a contentious issue in the WTO Agriculture negotiations. While contending positions are put forcefully in the n...

Local news South Africa to Host Investment Forum at African Mining Indaba (the dtic) Team South Africa will host a mining investment forum at the Investing in African Mining Inda...

Domestic news AfCFTA not quite the SMME trade silver bullet SA hoped (Daily Maverick) A draft ANC policy document, which was among several discussed at the ANC’s national ...

Local news Proposed EU pest regulations to hurt domestic citrus exports, says association (Engineering News) Newly proposed European Union (EU) regulations threaten the export of...

Local news Removal of poultry import tariffs will destroy domestic jobs, says SAPA (Engineering News) Requests by the Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (AMIE) to suspen...

Local news South African chicken prices set to soar (IOL) South Africa is facing a chicken price increase tsunami due to inflation, rising costs, supply chain disruptions and glo...

Local news ‘Raw material export detrimental to growth’ (The Herald) PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has challenged industrialists to enhance value addition and diversify exports to help ...

Local news South Africa takes massive digital leap forward, says Ramaphosa (Engineering News) Last week, government concluded the auction of high-demand spectrum for mobile telec...

Local news Zim only processing two percent tobacco (The Herald) Zimbabwe has earned US$245 million after exporting 48 000 tonnes of tobacco, as the country is only processing two...

Local news CDC prioritizes jobs, SMME development (SAnews) The Coega Development Corporation (CDC) continues to prioritise access to economic opportunities for the development of...