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Local news South Africa is making a big localisation push – and has stopped using some international products: Ramaphosa (BusinessTech) Answering a recent parliamentary Q&A...

Local news Opportunities abound in transport, logistics if challenges can be addressed (Engineering News) There are considerable challenges facing the country’s commuter transp...

Local news S. Africa eyes more benefits from BRICS (China Daily) South Africa has benefited from increased trade with other countries in the BRICS grouping and the synergies...

Local news South Africa Renews Bid to Stem Blockades on Key Trade Routes (Bloomberg) South Africa’s government has signed an agreement with trucking associations to end frequen...

Local news N3 protest: Supply chain under attack, cost to economy more than R300m (Engineering News) The Road Freight Association wrote to President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday t...

WTO members successfully concluded the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) in Geneva on 17 June, securing multilaterally negotiated outcomes on a series of key trade initiatives. Th...

Local news South Africa Ponders Buying Russian Oil, Signifying Potential Win for Putin (Newsweek) South African officials are openly considering importing Russian oil to ease rec...

Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala called today (14 June) on members to go the extra mile to find convergence on the various issues at stake at the 12th Ministerial Conference (M...

Local news Progress made in Port of Durban repairs (SAnews) The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) has hailed Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) for the “significant progress” m...

WTO members secure unprecedented package of trade outcomes at MC12 WTO members successfully concluded the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) in Geneva on 17 June, securing multila...

Local news Localisation strategies must identify, remove constraints for local producers (Engineering News) Effective localisation strategies must start by identifying the constr...

Local news The party’s over as mining and manufacturing production crash in April (Daily Maverick) The mining sector has been one of the star performers of the South African ec...

Local news Minister Thoko Didiza attends World Trade Organisation 12th Ministerial Conference on Agricultural Negotiation in Geneva, Switzerland, 12-16 Jun (South African Governme...

Local news Just transition holds opportunities, but also risks for South Africa’s liquid fuel value chain (Engineering News) A just transition of the liquid fuels value chain t...

Local news South Africa’s economy is now back to pre-pandemic levels (BusinessTech) South African gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 1.9% in the first quarter of 2022, re...

Local news Wamkele Mene: South Africa’s jitters about free trade rules are ‘not supported by evidence at all’ (Daily Maverick) South Africa’s small and medium businesses ...

Local trade news National rail policy to support local industry, manufacturing (Engineering News) The National Rail Policy White Paper has a deliberate bias towards local manufac...

Local news Copper could be the ‘new gold’ for South Africa: CEO (BusinessTech) Big Tree Copper chief executive Jan Nelson expects a steady climb in demand for the red metal o...

Local news SA companies could boost exports to EU by R350bn a year, research shows (Daily Maverick) South African companies are missing out on R350-billion a year in export oppor...

Local news Significant strides made in creating a conducive environment for investment in SA (the dtic) The Head of Invest South Africa (InvestSA), Mr Yunus Hoosen, has lauded su...