Tag: BRICS

BRICS: SA-China trade is nothing unfair, says SA Chamber of Commerce (IOL) South Africa should improve its industrialisation and manufacturing capacity in a bid to balance the tra...

Economists see South Africa averting second-quarter contraction (Engineering News) South Africa’s economy probably avoided a contraction in the second quarter, despite record po...

Patel stresses importance of China-South Africa trade (Engineering News) Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel has welcomed the August 10 signing of trade and pur...

South Africa’s manufacturing improved in June 2023 (IG) The manufacturing sector has demonstrated an impressive performance in June 2023, showing a 5.5% increase in production (...

Agro-processing Master Plan will help SA sow AfCFTA benefits (IOL) Targeted Spatial Agricultural development in South Africa: operationalising the Agriculture and Agroprocessing M...

South African farmers want WTO dispute declared over EU citrus rules (Engineering News) South African citrus farmers want their government to lodge a complaint against the Europea...

Industrial policy changes needed, TIPS forum hears (Engineering News) Academics and researchers have highlighted some of the policy changes needed within a changing global economy...

South Africa: Trade balance dipped unexpectedly in June (The Citizen) South Africa’s merchandise trade balance unexpectedly dipped in June, with the value of the country’s exp...

Trade statistics for June 2023 (South African Revenue Service) South Africa recorded a preliminary trade balance deficit of R3.5 billion in June 2023. This deficit is attributable...

Duty-free maize imports plan flops on costly supplies (Business Daily) Kenya’s plan to import about 900,000 tonnes of white maize by next month has run into headwinds on costly ...

IMF Executive Board Concludes 2023 Article IV Consultation with Kingdom of Lesotho Lesotho’s economy continues to face a number of challenges in the wake of the pandemic. Climat...

UK-SA Tech Hub renews funding for South African startups group (Engineering News) The UK-SA Tech Hub, an initiative of the British High Commission (Embassy) in South Africa, has a...

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...

South Africa: African Continental Free Trade Area Awareness Workshop Goes to Gauteng (The Department of Trade, Industry, and Competition) The Department of Trade, Industry, a...

Eswatini Air flights boost tourism, trade ties with SA (CAJ News Africa) THE resumption of flights by Eswatini Air to South Africa is anticipated to boost trade between the two co...

African Continental Free Trade Area Awareness Workshop Goes to Limpopo (The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition) The Limpopo private sector will be exposed to expor...

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

Ramaphosa proposes committee for logistics crisis of ‘catastrophic proportions’ (Engineering News) During a meeting with key exporters on Wednesday night, President Cyril Rama...

Technology Commercialisation is Capable of Driving Economic Transformation (the dtic) The use of technology commercialisation can contribute to economic transformation throug...

Patel highlights challenges faced by South African manufacturers, notes govt efforts (Engineering News) To boost productivity in South Africa, four key business factors need urgen...