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South Africa: Budget must address revenue challenges, infrastructure investments (Engineering News) While there has been a clear effort by the National Treasury to rein in spendin...

Climate Change Response Fund to channel resources to adaptation, early-warning systems (Engineering News) Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy reports t...

Vegetable export bans stir concerns in Southern African agriculture (Food For Mzansi) While Botswana and Namibia have banned vegetable exports from South Africa, trade relations b...

Upcoming events: 37th African Union Summit Theme of the year: “Africa fit for the 21st century: building resilient education systems for increased access to inclusive, qual...

It’s time for Africa! (SAnews) The official launch of South Africa’s first shipment and preferential trading under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) on 31 ...

Investment in infrastructure gains momentum (SAnews) President Cyril Ramaphosa says investment in infrastructure is gaining momentum, and new and innovative funding mechanisms wil...

Infrastructure deficit continues to hold back African mining (African Business) These are interesting times for the African mining industry. Interest in the continent’s critical...

Investec Logistics Update: South Africa’s trade outlook for 2024 (Investec) Global growth is expected to be subdued, if not stagnant in 2024 and amidst this slow growth and some...

Energy shortage presents mining industry with opportunities, pivotal choices (Mining Weekly) The energy challenges facing mining companies in South Africa have given rise to signi...

Transnet says rail volumes recovered slightly in the last quarter of 2023 (Engineering News) Transnet says it has witnessed signs of recovery on the North Corridor, which was able...

DMRE to remodel draft IRP 2023 in light of new information, curtailment plans (Engineering News) Many of the submissions the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has ...

SA sends first shipment under AfCFTA agreement (SAnews) The implementation of the preferential trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has become a reality ...

Italy-Africa Summit Italy unveils its plan for the development of Africa (Africanews) Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni on Monday unveiled Italy’s big development plan for Africa ...

President to officiate launch of SA’s first shipment under AfCFTA (SAnews) President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Wednesday officiate the launch of South Africa’s first shipment an...

Whiskey dispute hits new EU-Kenya trade pact (EUobserver) Kenya faces s dispute with the EU on whiskey imports just weeks after its tortuously agreed trade pact with Brussels came...

Sales of NEVs on the rise in South Africa (Engineering News) Amid a global emphasis on green energy and the subsequent global energy transition, total sales of new energy vehicles...

Aqora becomes Afrivolt, aims for battery cell manufacturing in Cape Town (Engineering News) South African energy company Aqora has rebranded to become Afrivolt, says MD Deshan Nai...

Sustaining growth for South Africa’s vibrant fintech industry (Daily Maverick) Fintech enterprises frequently leverage cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence, bl...

South Africa must build renewable energy momentum, and then move on to other sectors (Engineering News) The rapid pace at which South Africa is building renewable energy projects,...

IMF Executive Board Concludes 2023 Article IV Consultation, Sixth Reviews of the Extended Arrangements Under the EFF and ECF Arrangements, and First Review Under the Resilience and...