Tag: Digital economy
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28 Jan 21 NewsCountry focus
Treasury is confident its strategy on Covid-19 vaccine acquisition is foolproof against PPE-like corruption
National Treasury is convinced that SA’s Covid-19 vacc...
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21 Jan 21 NewsCountry focus
Business, civil society weigh in on COVID-19 vaccine funding (Eyewitness News)
The South African Chamber of Commerce said the failed R200 billion and COVID-19 loan ...
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20 Jan 21 NewsCountry focus
Supply Chains Latest: Covid Curbs Shut Busy African Border (Bloomberg)
South Africa’s decision to shut its land borders to most travel to curb the spread of the C...
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19 Jan 21 NewsCountry focus
SA must embrace innovation to rebuild economy: President Ramaphosa (SAnews)
With the COVID-19 pandemic having battered the South African fiscus in 2020, President C...
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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...
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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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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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07 Dec 20 NewsAfCFTA updates
Thirteenth extraordinary session on the AfCFTA: The Assembly of the Union adopts decision on the start of trading
African Union Heads of State and Government have ...
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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...
Tech Disruption in Africa: Assessing the Potential of the Digital Labour Platform Sector
22 Nov 20 PublicationsDigital labour platforms are applications that run on computers and smart devices and are able to facilitate new online markets for services of diverse types. These platforms disru...
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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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16 Nov 20 NewsNational
Third chapter of SA investment conference gets underway this week (The South African)
President Cyril Ramaphosa will host the third South Africa Investment Conference on...
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12 Nov 20 NewsNational
Ramaphosa surprises with further easing of Covid-19 restrictions (Moneyweb)
President Cyril Ramaphosa, in a surprise move during his latest address to the nation on the ...
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06 Nov 20 NewsNational
DTIC reiterates importance of quality standards in South Africa (Engineering News)
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) has reiterated the importance...
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05 Nov 20 NewsNational
WWF launches plastics report, encourages deeper collaboration to end pollution (Engineering News)
All actors in the plastics value chain have a role to play in dealing w...
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04 Nov 20 NewsNational
Cheap imports sour SA’s sweet silver lining (IOL)
When President Cyril Ramaphosa, presenting the government’s Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan to Parliament...
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21 Oct 20 NewsNational
Taking to the skies (SAnews)
Although the COVID-19 pandemic is still with us and requires all to act responsibly, for many the further easing of travel restrictions coul...
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12 Oct 20 NewsNational
Time to implement reforms running out – FirstRand chair (Moneyweb)
FirstRand chair Roger Jardine says the “socio-economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic has brough...