Tag: COVID-19

Local news President Ruto flags off Kenya tea to Ghana under AfCFTA trade initiative (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation) President Ruto spoke at the Kenyatta International...

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

Local news Structural growth in South Africa to slow for the rest of this year (Engineering News) While South Africa's real gross domestic product (GDP) growth expanded...

Local news AfDB to lead Zim debt clearance roadmap (The Herald) African Development Bank (AfDB) president Dr Akinwumi Adesina has formally accepted President Mnangagwa’s reques...

Local news Localisation strategies must identify, remove constraints for local producers (Engineering News) Effective localisation strategies must start by identifying the constr...

The conflict in Ukraine has caused a global economic and humanitarian catastrophe. The global catastrophe encompasses human suffering, loss of lives, global food price increases, f...

WTO members are engaged in concerted efforts to agree on MC12 deliverables in all areas of negotiations. Some of the priority areas include an outcome that will deliver a realistic...

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 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 4th SA Investment Conference 2022 (Mail & Guardian) In an effort to boost economic growth and facilitate the creation of more employment opportunities, President C...

The COVID-19 Pandemic was a massive shock to the world, how it trades, and how it is governed. It arrived in a world of sovereign states, albeit that some of them (such as the Euro...

Country-related news SA’s agricultural exports hit a new record high (Cape Business News) The need to improve logistics efficiency and curb the deterioration of infrastructure ...

Trade Policy Lessons from COVID tralac organised a two-part webinar series on Trade Policy Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic Part 1 (23 February 2022) focused on the Role of tra...

Country-related news Disruptions in South Africa’s Rail Network Supply Chain | Crisis24 (Crisis24) Transnet, South Africa’s state-owned logistics company, has experienced sig...

Country news South Africa unlikely to see solid economic growth in near term, says GlobalData (Engineering News) Against a backdrop of travel bans, higher inflationary pressures,...

The South African government has an ambiguous attitude towards the alcohol industry. During the Covid-19 pandemic, it has demonstrated a puritanical dislike for the sub-sector, ban...

Country news South Africa’s Covid-19 Response Gets a $750 Million Boost (World Bank) The World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors today approved South Africa’s request f...

Country news New vaccine manufacturing facility to elevate healthcare in Africa (SAnews) President Cyril Ramaphosa says the newly launched vaccine manufacturing facility campus a...

Country news Anxious times for South African citrus (Fruitnet) With the start of the new South African citrus season only two months away, there is still no clarity on the negoti...