Tag: Global economy

Energy transition has potential to dramatically increase demand for steel (Engineering News) With local electricity grid constraints becoming more prevalent and given the global e...

President Cyril Ramaphosa: Launch of the Border Management Authority (South African Government) When our country’s ports of entry and borders are well-protected and well-managed...

South Africa mulls trade options as bird flu hits poultry supply (Bloomberg) South Africa’s government is assessing trade measures and the possibility of vaccination to ease sho...

SA agriculture grows sector at international show (Freight News) South Africa is participating in the sixth International Exhibition of Agriculture and Animal Resources being held...

Dip in exports out east raises red flags for SA (Freight News) The importance of China in South African trade cannot be overstated, considering the country’s economic well-being...

A slice of opportunity: Benin joins China’s fruit export market (Ventures Africa) The recent visit of Benin’s President Talon to China did not hit many international headlines...

Agri SA warns govt’s interference amid food price dilemma could have detrimental long-term effects (Engineering News) Industry body Agri SA has warned that government interferen...

SA eyes growing trade, exporting coal to Vietnam (SAnews) South Africa is looking forward to broadening existing bilateral trade with Vietnam, says Deputy President Paul Mashatile...

SA losing $62bn a year due to illicit financial flows (Moneyweb) South Africa is losing more than $62 billion a year because of illicit financial flows (IFFs), which could be used...

Background Climate change and global warming pose significant risks to the global community. Its effects are felt in the physical environment in the form of increasing droughts, f...

South Africa to Face Pressure from Trade Partners to Ditch Coal (Supply Chain Brain) South Africa must accelerate its transition to renewable energy to avoid export penalties bei...

Uganda-South Africa trade summit discusses value addition (The Independent Uganda) Day one of the Uganda-South Africa Trade and Investment Summit organized by the Government of Ug...

SA component industry pledges R4.8bn in investments (Engineering News) The South Africa component industry will invest R4.8-billion in the South African economy up to the end of n...

South Africa missed the boat on some localisation opportunities, but higher value industries can be pursued (Engineering News) The latest research from policy research entity Trad...

South Africa: Panel agrees agriculture can only grow through impactful collaboration (Engineering News) With the South African agriculture sector not enjoying the same level of St...

The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) convened from 30 November to 12 December 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). It saw the first Global Stoc...

South Africa taking an average of 25 months to complete tariff investigations, report shows (Engineering News) It is currently taking an average of 25 months for government to com...

South Africa likely to keep preferential US trade access, envoy says (Engineering News) South Africa will likely keep its preferential access to US markets because hundreds of Ame...

Industrial policy changes needed, TIPS forum hears (Engineering News) Academics and researchers have highlighted some of the policy changes needed within a changing global economy...