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31 Jul 2023Daily NewsTrade statistics for June 2023 (South African Revenue Service)
South Africa recorded a preliminary trade balance deficit of R3.5 billion in June 2023. This deficit is attributable...
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28 Jul 2023Daily NewsSomalia’s Institutions get a Boost to Help Bring the Country Closer to Debt Relief (World Bank)
Somalia's efforts toward building strong institutions received a boost with a new...
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27 Jul 2023Daily NewsSouth Africa Seeks to Halt Used Rail Track Exports to Curb Theft (Bloomberg)
South Africa’s trade minister proposed new regulations to prohibit the export of used rail tracks an...
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26 Jul 2023Daily NewsSA’s manufacturing sector and the golden opportunities for SMEs (Bizcommunity)
South Africa’s manufacturing sector is one of several areas of interest, identified in the Natio...
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25 Jul 2023Daily NewsR78.9m disbursed to citrus growers under the economic transformation programme (Engineering News)
Over the past three years, more than R161.3-million in funding has been approved ...
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24 Jul 2023Daily NewsDuty-free maize imports plan flops on costly supplies (Business Daily)
Kenya’s plan to import about 900,000 tonnes of white maize by next month has run into headwinds on costly ...
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21 Jul 2023Daily NewsDemand aggregation, pricing clarity, standardisation needed to drive hydrogen infrastructure investment (Engineering News)
Infrastructure is needed to enable the global energy tra...
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20 Jul 2023Daily NewsIMF Executive Board Concludes 2023 Article IV Consultation with Kingdom of Lesotho
Lesotho’s economy continues to face a number of challenges in the wake of the pandemic. Climat...
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19 Jul 2023Daily NewsSouth Africa dare not fail in securing future demand for platinum (Engineering News)
South Africa dare not fail in securing future demand for its “incredible” platinum group m...
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17 Jul 2023Daily NewsSouth Africa needs to embrace more 4IR technology or fall behind (Engineering News)
Professional services and auditing firm PwC says that South Africa’s competitors are all adop...
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14 Jul 2023Daily NewsTransnet container terminals remain optimistic of strong citrus season finish (Engineering News)
Average year-on-year comparisons of citrus handling volumes show a 9.2% volume inc...
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13 Jul 2023Daily NewsUK-SA Tech Hub renews funding for South African startups group (Engineering News)
The UK-SA Tech Hub, an initiative of the British High Commission (Embassy) in South Africa, has a...
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12 Jul 2023Daily NewsExports surge to N$43 billion in five months (The Namibian)
During the first five months of 2023, Namibia experienced a remarkable surge in exports, reaching an impressive va...
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11 Jul 2023Daily NewsSouth Africa: SARS’s Authorised Economic Operators Programme (Global Compliance News)
Today’s global economy demands that businesses expand beyond borders, but they face hurdl...
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10 Jul 2023Daily NewsThe African Continental Free Trade Area (Afcfta) Unveils Remarkable Benefits for South Africa (the dtic)
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has emerged as a gam...
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07 Jul 2023Daily NewsSouth Africa’s agricultural sector recorded significant decline in the first quarter (Engineering News)
The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has highlighted, in a ...
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06 Jul 2023Daily NewsInaugural EU-Rwanda Business Forum attracts over 600 participants during two days of exploring trade and investment opportunities (European Union)
Over 100 business leaders from t...
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05 Jul 2023Daily NewsCourt reaffirms non-compliant imported goods not allowed to enter SA (SAnews)
The National Consumer Commission (NCC) has welcomed the decision by the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria,...
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04 Jul 2023Daily NewsTNPA publishes Port Development Framework Plans outlining R13bn of investments (Engineering News)
The Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has published Port Development Frame...
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03 Jul 2023Daily NewsDecarbonisation gives rise to new opportunities (SAnews)
President Cyril Ramaphosa says it is critical that South Africa remains on par with other countries that have taken steps ...
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