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30 Jun 2022Daily NewsLocal trade news
Trade Statistics for May 2022 | South African Revenue Service
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) today releases trade statistics for May 2022 recording a p...
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29 Jun 2022Daily NewsLocal news
South Africa is still an attractive investment, with billions flowing in: government (BusinessTech)
South Africa remains an attractive and lucrative investment destina...
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28 Jun 2022Daily NewsLocal news
South Africa’s FDI inflows increased to R27.2bn in the first quarter (Engineering News)
South Africa recorded foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows of R27.2-billio...
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27 Jun 2022Daily NewsLocal news
Government asks cement producers for ‘no price increases’ (Moneyweb)
Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Ebrahim Patel has reportedly asked South Africa’...
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24 Jun 2022Daily NewsLocal news
South Africa is making a big localisation push – and has stopped using some international products: Ramaphosa (BusinessTech)
Answering a recent parliamentary Q&A...
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23 Jun 2022Daily NewsLocal news
Opportunities abound in transport, logistics if challenges can be addressed (Engineering News)
There are considerable challenges facing the country’s commuter transp...
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22 Jun 2022Daily NewsLocal 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...
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21 Jun 2022Daily NewsLocal 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...
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17 Jun 2022Daily NewsLocal 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...
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16 Jun 2022Daily NewsLocal 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...
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14 Jun 2022Daily NewsLocal 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...
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13 Jun 2022Daily NewsLocal news
Localisation strategies must identify, remove constraints for local producers (Engineering News)
Effective localisation strategies must start by identifying the constr...
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10 Jun 2022Daily NewsLocal 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...
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09 Jun 2022Daily NewsLocal news
Minister Thoko Didiza attends World Trade Organisation 12th Ministerial Conference on Agricultural Negotiation in Geneva, Switzerland, 12-16 Jun (South African Governme...
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08 Jun 2022Daily NewsLocal 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...
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07 Jun 2022Daily NewsLocal 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...
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06 Jun 2022Daily NewsLocal 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 ...
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03 Jun 2022Daily NewsLocal 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...
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02 Jun 2022Daily NewsLocal 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...
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01 Jun 2022Daily NewsLocal 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...
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