Tag: Food security
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05 Mar 21 NewsCountry focus
MPs talk value addition before ratifying SADC protocol (New Era)
After the tabling of the ratification of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) protocol...
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03 Mar 21 NewsCountry focus
South Africa's factory activity slows in February - PMI (Creamer Media’s Engineering News)
South African private sector activity expanded again in February ...
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01 Mar 21 NewsCountry focus
South Africa seeks to lift infrastructure investment with change to pension fund rules (Engineering News)
South Africa's National Treasury is proposing changi...
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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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19 Nov 20 NewsNational
Closing address by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the third South Africa Investment Conference (The Presidency)
It has been a gathering filled with promise and optimism. I...
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29 Oct 20 NewsNational
South Africa’s 2020 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) (National Treasury)
Two weeks ago, President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa laid out the government’s conse...
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28 Oct 20 NewsNational
SACUM-UK EPA and SA-US Trade Relations, including AGOA (the dtic)
The United Kingdom (UK) is South Africa’s 5th largest trading partner with total trade amounting to R...
Food Security and Human Welfare Critical in Trade Agreements – South African Minister
28 Oct 20 NewsThe Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Mr Ebrahim Patel participated in the Informal World Trade Organisation (WTO) Trade Ministers Meeting on Tuesday, 27 October. The Tr...
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19 Oct 20 NewsNational
Job creation is key to SA’s economic recovery (SAnews)
As the country recovers from the devastation of the Coronavirus pandemic, President Cyril Ramaphosa has emphasis...
COMESA COVID-19 Food Security and Nutrition Plan adopted
05 Aug 20 NewsMinisters responsible for agriculture, environment and natural resources have adopted the COMESA COVID-19 Food Security Response Plan to help the region deal with the impacts of Co...
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04 Aug 20 NewsHIGHLIGHTS
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Nairobi informal area businesses feel Covid pinch (Business Daily)
More than 80 percent of retailers in Nairobi's informal settlements reported dem...
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29 Jul 20 NewsDiarise: This event (30 July) will introduce Women and Trade: The Role of Trade in Promoting Women’s Equality – a joint report by the World Bank Group and the WTO. The report m...
COMESA COVID-19 Food Security Response Plan underway
29 Jul 20 NewsThe COMESA Secretariat has developed a draft COVID-19 Regional Food and Nutrition Security Response Plan to improve agricultural productivity, enhance access to competitive markets...
SADC member states urged to strengthen mechanisms to mitigate the impact of COVID-19, as 45 million people across the region face increasing food insecurity
29 Jul 20 NewsA new report released by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has revealed that close to 44.8 million people in urban and rural areas across 13 Members States of South...
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15 Jul 20 NewsDiarise: EAC experts meeting on outstanding issues under Phase 1 of the AFCFTA negotiations (22-24 July)
The selection process for the next WTO Director General began today, and w...
UN report sends ‘sobering message’ of deeply entrenched hunger globally
15 Jul 20 NewsIn much of the world, “hunger remains deeply entrenched and is rising”, the UN chief said on Monday, launching this year’s major UN food security update, highlighting that ov...
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11 May 20 NewsTrade impacts of LDC graduation (WTO)
There are currently 47 LDCs, of which 12 are at different stages of the graduation process. Of these LDCs, seven are WTO members (Angola, Ban...
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07 May 20 NewsA reminder that the Joint Bureau of the African Union Ministers of Trade and the Council of Ministers of the AfCFTA took place this afternoon
AfCFTA Secretariat SG Wamkele Mene: ...
COVID-19: Using economic stimulus to reduce the long-term hunger impact
04 May 20 NewsBeyond the COVID-19 health emergency, a recession looms, and countries ought to take measures now to soften the longer-term impacts on hunger and food insecurity, a new FAO po...
Monitoring Regional Integration Yearbook 2019/20: Agriculture and food security in Africa
30 Apr 20 PublicationsIf there is one thing which the current Covid-19 pandemic has done, it is to highlight the issue of food insecurity on the African continent and illustrate the interdependence of f...