Tag: Food security

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 Key South African trade route blocked as fuel costs surge (BusinessTech) Protesters in a city in South Africa’s north east blocked roads including a key route linking the...

Local Eskom crisis: ANC NEC hears calls for state of emergency, moving power utility to energy dept (Engineering News) "There were a lot of calls made by ANC leaders on how the g...

Local news South Africa’s FDI inflows increased to R27.2bn in the first quarter (Engineering News) South Africa recorded foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows of R27.2-billio...

The discussion on export restrictions is a long-standing issue in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) agriculture negotiations. This discussion is generally prompted by economic cri...

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...

Introduction The conflict in Ukraine has caused a global economic and humanitarian catastrophe that ranges from human suffering, loss of lives, global food price increases, food s...

WTO members secure unprecedented package of trade outcomes at MC12 WTO members successfully concluded the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12), co-hosted by Kazakhstan, in Geneva on...

Local news AfCFTA holds opportunities for South African industry (Engineering News) With progress being made on negotiations for the implementation of the African Continental Fre...

Local trade news Inclusivity, resiliency focus of South Africa’s tourism sector recovery (Engineering News) As South Africa rebuilds its Covid-19-devastated tourism sector, foc...

Public stockholding (PSH) for food security purposes continues to be a contentious issue in the WTO Agriculture negotiations. While contending positions are put forcefully in the n...

Local news New opportunities in global supply chains need to be used to benefit the S.A economy - Deputy Minister Majola (the dtic) The Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and Com...

Local news Minister Mondli Gungubele: Signing ceremony of the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (South African Government) The framework we are signing...

Country-related news South Africa: Trade Liberalization In Africa And Arbitration Clauses In Cross-border Agreements (Mondaq) The African Continental Free Trade Area or “AfCFTA...

National Third-quarter Real Economy Bulletin shows auto, iron, platinum export weaknesses (Engineering News) While the sharp downturn in the latest gross domestic product (GDP) d...

The WTO negotiations on Public Stockholding (PSH) for food security purposes is one of the highly contested topics in the agriculture negotiations. PSH programmes are instruments t...

National the dtic Supports SA Pharmaceutical Companies to Exhibit at Africa Health 2021 (The Department of Trade Industry and Competition) The Department of Trade, Industry ...

When South Africa’s most recent spate of civil unrest, triggered when former President Jacob Zuma handed himself over to the Correctional Services facility in Estcourt in KwaZulu...

National Updates on looting and protests in South Africa Supply China Latest: Mass Looting Blocks a Key African Trade Gateway (Bloomberg) Widespread social unrest gripping South...

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...