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Country focus Imports pick up as trade recovers in fourth quarter, according to Reserve Bank data (News24) South Africa’s current account balance remained in surplus territory ...

Country focus State ponders issuing SI over AfCFTA trading (Daily Mail Zambia) Government will soon issue a statutory instrument (SI) under the Customs and Excise Act to pav...

Country focus Container shortage in South Africa (Fruitnet) Almost exactly one year after major disruptions to exports through the port of Cape Town, and other ports in the count...

Country focus  The SA economy shrank by 7% in 2020 (Creamer Media’s Engineering News) The South African economy contracted by 7% during 2020, as expected given the unprece...

Country focus Angola: IMF Hails Angola's Economic Reforms Amid Covid-19 (All Africa) Despite the effects of Covid-19 on all economies in the world, the Angolan government had alr...

Country 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...

Country focus  South Africa urged to play to strengths as its plots role in lithium-ion battery value chain (Creamer Media’s Mining Weekly) A newly released study of the p...

Country focus  South Africa's factory activity slows in February - PMI (Creamer Media’s Engineering News) South African private sector activity expanded again in February ...

Country focus  Namibia edges closer to South Africa with customs connectivity (The South African) Namibia introduced customs connectivity with South Africa in February. The ...

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...