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Country focus  South Africa seeks to lift infrastructure investment with change to pension fund rules (Engineering News) South Africa's National Treasury is proposing changi...

Country focus New bill aims to make it easier to do business in South Africa (BusinessTech) The opposition Democratic Alliance has tabled its Ease of Doing Business Bill which is...

Country focus Mboweni unveils R2 trillion Budget, focus on vaccine rollout, efficient spending (Eyewitness News) Every national budget, in every nation across the globe, is a bal...

Country Focus Low-key budget for Lesotho (MENAFM.COM) FINANCE Minister Thabo Sophonea presented a low-key budget of M23.8 billion that painted a gloomy economic picture in the w...

Country focus Sapa applies for anti-dumping duty against Brazil, four EU countries (Engineering News) The South African Poultry Association (Sapa) has applied to the Internationa...

Country Focus Qatar-South Africa fresh food trade soared in 2019-20: Ambassador (MENAFN – The Peninsula) Trade between Qatar and South Africa in fresh foods has grown significa...

Country focus A more conducive business environment’ needed for South Africa to recover – report (Engineering News) With the largest number of jobs created in 2021’s econom...

Country focus Budget to focus on tax enforcement, improved collections, and wealth tax unlikely, says EY (Engineering News) South Africa’s budget, which is to be presented in P...

Country focus Agricultural exports record second-largest level on record in 2020 (IOL) The Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz) said yesterday that South Africa’s agricultural...

Country focus 20 borders fully reopened, 30 remain closed (SAnews) South Africa’s 20 land borders, which have only been partially operational for the past month, will now be fu...

Country focus 20 land borders will reopen on Monday, says Motsoaledi (Times LIVE) Twenty land borders will reopen on Monday, the cabinet decided on Saturday. The border crossings...

Country focus AfCFTA: Alive With Possibilities (SAnews) The South African government says it will maximise the opportunities presented by the African Continental Free Trade Area ...

Country focus Ramaphosa expected to lay out plans for vaccine rollout, broadband access in State of the Nation Address (CGTN Africa) South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is...

Country focus Digital economy is the biggest industry created during COVID-19: Economist (SABC News) Economist Ntombana Mbele says the biggest industry that was created during CO...

Country focus Clothing and Textile Masterplan Brings Hope to Msinga Factory (the dtic) The South African Retail-Clothing, Textile, Footwear and Leather (R-CTFL) Value Chain ...

Country focus What economic trends can we expect from 2021? (Moneyweb.co.za) Following the volatile year for the global and domestic economies in 2020, we expect 2021 to see an i...

Country focus SA expands trade relations across three continents (News24) South Africa is one of three key markets to join the World Logistics Passport Global Reach Programme, a ...

Country focus Patel: Several govt initiatives under way to focus more on local trade (Eyewitness News) Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel said that government...

Country focus Economic growth to improve this year but will remain constrained (Engineering News) The economic prospects for this year are better than 2020, but the recovery of t...

Country focus Ports upgrade and expand to support manufacturing and exports (Global Africa Network) Almost a third of South Africa’s manufactured exports are produced in KwaZul...