Tag: Energy

Local news South Africa News: Current Account Surplus At Record (Bloomberg) South Africa reported its largest current-account surplus on record last year as import demand was sup...

Country-related news Impact on SA trade with Russia minimal: BUSA (East Coast Radio) In a statement released on Tuesday, Busa said it is “gravely concerned” about the situati...

When TotalEnergies declared force majeure on its Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) project in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province in April last year, in the face of a violent...

Country-related news Smuggling of Illegal Consignments of Clothing into South Africa Presents Ongoing Threat to the Viability of South Africa’s Clothing Industry (GlobeNewswire)...

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-related news In 2019, SA celebrated its first smartphone factory. Now it is empty and going on auction (Business Insider South Africa) Towards the end of 2019, Presi...

Country-related news Trade Statistics for December 2021 (South African Revenue Service) SARS has released trade statistics for December 2021 recording a preliminary trade ba...

National New COVID strain hits revival of S.Africa’s international tourist trade (Reuters) Omicron’s sudden emergence last month prompted the imposition of international trav...

National Treasury notes IMF concerns (SAnews) The National Treasury says the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) concerns over the South African economy are aligned with govern...

National Auto industry welcomes the introduction of cleaner fuels in 2023 – Naamsa (Engineering News) The Automotive Business Council says it welcomes the announcement of the n...

National SA companies scored deals worth millions at Intra-African Trade Fair-Rocha (The dtic) Most of the more than 80 government-supported South African companies which sh...

Even before the ink on the Glasgow Climate Pact had yet dried, commentators were scrambling to decide whether the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework...

Deliberations under the current session of the COP, CMP and CMA came to an end this Saturday in Glasgow, one day after their scheduled conclusion. The wide-ranging set of decisions...

On 3 November, the UK released a report stating that 190 participants across the world had committed themselves to: end all investment in new coal power generation domesticall...

Summit conferences can take decisive decisions. But there are occasions where their outcomes are little more than rhetoric and posturing. The 26th Conference of Parties (COP 26) to...

National Iconic South African Mines Are Ravaged Economy’s Unlikely Savior (Bloomberg) The world’s deepest precious-metals mines, together with giant iron-ore and coal pits ar...

National South Africa unearths hidden strengths during pandemic (OMFIF) This October, OMFIF and ABSA launch the fifth edition of the ABSA Africa Financial Markets Index, the regi...

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement on the 10th June, liberalising a significant part of the electricity supply industry, was as unexpected as it was welcome. Ramaphosa anno...

National South African Industrial Hub Has Found a Faster Route to the Sea (BloombergQuint) A new inland transit facility between South Africa and Mozambique could slash transport...

National South Africa Parliament Calls for Comments on Fair Use (infojustice) South Africa Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry has invited a further round of...