Tag: Climate change

Delegates from nearly 200 countries have gathered in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt for the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP...

COP27 updates New report: African countries face 34% GDP hit due to climate change even at 1.5ºC of global heating (IOL) A study published by Christian Aid highlights the devast...

COP27 and related news COP27: Al-Sisi urges developed countries to commit to their financial pledges to developing nations (Daily News Egypt) Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-...

Local news SARS concludes participation in ATAF, BRICS meetings (SAnews) The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has participated in two multilateral meetings to cement internat...

Local news UK trade and investment with South Africa is growing, in both directions (Engineering News) The UK Department of International Trade (DIT) on Wednesday released its la...

Local news South Africa: Integrating Development and Climate Goals Requires a Transition that is Low-Carbon, Climate-Resilient, and Just (World Bank) South Africa can build a mor...

Local news SARS records R19.70bn trade balance surplus (SAnews) The South African Revenue Service’s (SARS) trade statistics for September 2022 recorded a preliminary trade bala...

COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh to Focus on Delivering on the Promises of Paris The United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27 closed on 20 November 2022, delivering a pack...

Local news Climate Resilience Development Pathways approach seen as key to building climate-ready infrastructure (Engineering News) The efficacy of South Africa’s climate ...

Local news Report backs Proudly SA’s Buy Local campaign (SAnews) A report on South Africa’s manufacturing sector has reaffirmed what the national Proudly South African campai...

Local news Exclusive: South Africa quitting OACPS (Devex) South Africa has written to the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States announcing that it plans to quit t...

Local news SA’s dynamic political, economic and investment climate (SAnews) President Cyril Ramaphosa has emphasised the significant opportunity for private capital to invest i...

Local news Perseverance and Resilience Will Help SA Companies Break into French Market – SA Ambassador Seokolo (the dtic) The South African Ambassador to France, Mr Tebogo Seok...

Local news Trade Statistics for August 2022: South Africa records surplus of R7.18 billion (South African Revenue Service) The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has relea...

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 Big changes proposed for carbon tax in South Africa (BusinessTech) The Energy Council of South Africa, alongside other big business figureheads, have put forward recom...

Local news Rebuilding economy tops leaders’ conference agenda (SAnews) Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says the country’s economy faces an urgent need to rebuild infrastruc...

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...