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05 Feb 2021Daily NewsCountry 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 ...
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04 Feb 2021Daily NewsCountry 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...
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03 Feb 2021Daily NewsCountry 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...
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02 Feb 2021Daily NewsCountry 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...
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01 Feb 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
Short-term low growth is ‘new normal’ (Moneyweb.co.za)
As the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic continues to ripple through 2021 and South Africa faces economic c...
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29 Jan 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
SARS releases trade statistics for December 2020
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) today releases trade statistics for December 2020 recording a trade surplu...
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28 Jan 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
Treasury is confident its strategy on Covid-19 vaccine acquisition is foolproof against PPE-like corruption
National Treasury is convinced that SA’s Covid-19 vacc...
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27 Jan 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
Government launches R1.2bn Tourism Equity Fund (SAnews)
Government on Tuesday launched the Tourism Equity Fund aimed at creating an inclusive and growing tourism se...
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26 Jan 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
South Africa’s alcohol industry faces ‘economic abyss’ as alcohol ban continues (BeverageDaily.com)
With the third ban now having lasted a month with no date ...
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25 Jan 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
Mavuso stresses importance of implementing structural reform (Engineering News)
Everyone, from the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to organised labour, can see wh...
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22 Jan 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
Bleak outlook for retail sector in 2021 as consumer spending remains subdued (Fin24)
South African retail sales fell more than expected in November, despite deeper ...
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21 Jan 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
Business, civil society weigh in on COVID-19 vaccine funding (Eyewitness News)
The South African Chamber of Commerce said the failed R200 billion and COVID-19 loan ...
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20 Jan 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
Supply Chains Latest: Covid Curbs Shut Busy African Border (Bloomberg)
South Africa’s decision to shut its land borders to most travel to curb the spread of the C...
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19 Jan 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
SA must embrace innovation to rebuild economy: President Ramaphosa (SAnews)
With the COVID-19 pandemic having battered the South African fiscus in 2020, President C...
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tralac Daily News: First edition for 2021
18 Jan 2021Daily NewsCountry focus
Malawi ratifies AfCFTA after submitting instrument of ratification (UNECA)
Malawi submitted its instrument of ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Are...
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21 Dec 2020Daily NewsNational
Aviation industry anxious as COVID-19 resurgences force new travel bans (The South African)
With a host of countries – mainly across Europe – announcing over the wee...
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17 Dec 2020Daily NewsNational
South Africa misses Covax deadline to secure vaccines (Engineering News)
South Africa, the country hardest hit in Africa by the coronavirus, missed a December 15 deadlin...
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15 Dec 2020Daily NewsNational
Full Quarterly Bulletin - No 298 - December 2020 (South African Reserve Bank)
Following a fourth successive quarterly contraction in the second quarter of 2020, the real...
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14 Dec 2020Daily NewsNational
Second wave of Covid-19 threatens economy (IOL)
South Africa is on tenterhooks over the second wave of Covid-19 infections with experts warning the newest outbreak could...
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10 Dec 2020Daily NewsNational
Agricultural sector contribution to South Africa’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (NAMC)
South Africa’s economy bounced back in the third quarter (July to September) ...
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