Tag: Global economy

Local news Rebuilding economy tops leaders’ conference agenda (SAnews) Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says the country’s economy faces an urgent need to rebuild infrastruc...

Local news Duty-free African imports put SA coatings sector at risk, claims Sapma (Moneyweb) South Africa’s coatings sector has warned the government that its future existence ...

Local news SA Government concerned about GDP figures (SAnews) Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, has expressed concern at the results of the Gross Domestic Product for...

Local news South African GDP declines by 0.7% (SAnews) After two consecutive quarters of positive growth, the country’s real gross domestic product (GDP) dropped by 0.7%1 in th...

Local news South Africa’s economy is ‘almost unfixable’ (BusinessTech) Despite recent moves to cut red tape – especially for small and medium businesses – analysts and ...

Local news EU warns SA scrap export ban may contravene WTO obligations (Fin24) The European Union has raised concerns over Minister Ebrahim Patel’s plans to ban the export...

Local news Payments Association reconfigures for digital inclusion (ITWeb) The South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB’s) decision to restructure the Payments Association of South...

Local news S. Africa: Anti-dumping duties suspended for some countries (Poultry World) This, says the minister, is in light of the rapid rise in food prices and the impact t...

Local news OECD report calls for caution (SAnews) South Africa faces the threat of reversing social gains if it does not adequately address potential future shocks. This is if th...

Local news Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development negotiates a settlement to clear citrus blocked in the EU ports (South African Government) The new measures include amen...

Local news Tons of fruit stranded in Europe as SA battles EU over import rules (EWN) Millions of boxes of oranges are spoiling in containers stranded at European ports as South A...

Local news Science, Innovation dept envisions a solid hydrogen economy by 2050 (Engineering News) South Africa’s Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) views hydrogen as a ...

Local news Increased import duties will help local industry compete against dumped goods – SATMC (Engineering News) Industry association the South African Tyre Manufacturers Co...

Local news Trade Statistics for June 2022 | South African Revenue Service (SARS) The South African Revenue Service (SARS) today releases trade statistics for June 2022 recording ...

Local news Govt lodges WTO dispute over EU citrus import regulations (Engineering News) The Permanent Mission of South Africa to the United Nations and other Inter...

Local Logistics Performance Index: Nigeria ranks lowest In West Africa — Experts (Tribune Online) The Managing Director/CEO, Analyst Data Service Ltd, Dr Afolabi Olowo-okere, h...

Local news IMF raises South Africa’s growth outlook for 2022, but says global picture tilted to the downside (BusinessTech) The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) latest glo...

Local news Industry calls for renewal of poultry tariffs (Engineering News) The biggest threat to South Africa’s poultry industry is “unfair trade practices from countries li...

The war in Ukraine has been described as the world’s biggest security crisis since the Second World War. It is also changing global relationships, policies and institutional affi...

Local News Arab-Spring Warning Spurs Ramaphosa to Tout Growth-Plan Progress (Bloomberg) South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the government is making progress on a p...