Tag: COVID-19
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21 Dec 20 NewsNational
Aviation industry anxious as COVID-19 resurgences force new travel bans (The South African)
With a host of countries – mainly across Europe – announcing over the wee...
2020: Review of ITAC Investigations and COVID-19 Related Measures
21 Dec 20 PublicationsThe International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) was established through an Act of Parliament, the International Trade Administration Act, 2002 (Act No. 71 of 2002), which ...
South Africa: Trade update, January-October 2020
17 Dec 20 Infographics2020 has been challenging for most countries. The same holds for South Africa. At the beginning of the year, South Africa's exports were set to outperform 2019. Between March and A...
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17 Dec 20 NewsNational
South Africa misses Covax deadline to secure vaccines (Engineering News)
South Africa, the country hardest hit in Africa by the coronavirus, missed a December 15 deadlin...
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15 Dec 20 NewsNational
Full Quarterly Bulletin - No 298 - December 2020 (South African Reserve Bank)
Following a fourth successive quarterly contraction in the second quarter of 2020, the real...
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14 Dec 20 NewsNational
Second wave of Covid-19 threatens economy (IOL)
South Africa is on tenterhooks over the second wave of Covid-19 infections with experts warning the newest outbreak could...
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10 Dec 20 NewsNational
Agricultural sector contribution to South Africa’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (NAMC)
South Africa’s economy bounced back in the third quarter (July to September) ...
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09 Dec 20 NewsNational
This is the single biggest threat to South Africa right now: Ramaphosa (BusinessTech)
President Cyril Ramaphosa says that South Africa’s 13.5% rebound in GDP during th...
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08 Dec 20 NewsNational
SA GDP grew by 13.5% y/y in third quarter of 2020 (Eyewitness News)
Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke on Tuesday released the results of the gross domestic product (...
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04 Dec 20 NewsNational
SA has most developed digital economy in Sub-Saharan Africa, says study (BizNews)
South Africa has been described as having the most ‘developed digital economy’ in S...
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03 Dec 20 NewsNational
African Nation Worst Hit by Covid Falling Behind on Vaccines (BloombergQunit)
The African country with the worst confirmed coronavirus outbreak is yet to provide clarity...
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02 Dec 20 NewsNational
SA virus fears cloud outlook for banks tied to economy (Moneyweb)
The outlook for South African banks is growing murkier amid the rising threat of a second coronavirus w...
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01 Dec 20 NewsNational
30 November 2020 - Trade Statistics for October 2020 (SARS)
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) today releases trade statistics for October 2020 recording a trade s...
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30 Nov 20 NewsNational
South African Retailers Turn From China to Source Local Clothes (Bloomberg Quint)
South African retailers including The Foschini Group Ltd. and Woolworths Holdings Ltd. ...
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27 Nov 20 NewsNational
‘80% of truck drivers are South African’ (IOL)
The National Bargaining Council for the Road Freight and Logistics Industry has said by far the majority of truck driv...
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26 Nov 20 NewsNational
SARB warns rising public debt ‘will severely impact financial sector’ (The South African)
According to the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), National Treasury’s O...
Africa’s COVID-19 medical supplies trade: January-June 2020
24 Nov 20 BlogThe coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic brought an unprecedented demand for medical products (COVID-19 medical supplies) required to curb the spread of the virus. COVID-19 medical supp...
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20 Nov 20 NewsNational
Manufacturing can play a key role in South Africa’s economic recovery (Engineering News)
The country’s economy is in a dire state, exacerbated by the impact of the C...
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18 Nov 20 NewsNational
President to officially open third SA Investment Conference (SAnews)
President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver the Opening Address at the third South Africa Investment Conf...
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17 Nov 20 NewsNational
SA Investment Conference gets underway (SAnews)
The first leg of the two-day South Africa Investment Conference will get underway this afternoon at the Sandton Conventio...