tralac’s Daily News Selection
05 Dec 18 Newstralac in the news at AEC2018: ”We have learned a lot of lessons,” Trudi Hartzenberg, Executive Director of the Trade Law Centre, said. “We have a window to build capaci...
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WCO and SACU region celebrate successful conclusion of the regional Customs Modernization Programme
05 Dec 18 NewsBack in 2014, the World Customs Organization (WCO), the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Secretariat and the five Customs administrations of the SACU region (Botswana, Lesotho...
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SACU at a tipping point? tralac workshop, 8-9 November 2018
08 Nov 18 Events Calendartralac hosted a two-day workshop in Cape Town in early November 2018 to discuss the future of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), the oldest customs union in the world. ...
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Monitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa Yearbook 2017/18
06 Nov 18 PublicationsMonitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa is celebrating its 15th anniversary. This edition includes a review of the developments since 2001, the year when the first editi...
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Botswana State of the Nation Address 2018
06 Nov 18 NewsDelivered by Dr. Mokgweetsi E.K. Masisi, President of the Republic of Botswana, to the First Meeting of the Fifth Session of the Eleventh Parliament, 5 November 2018
Mister Speake...
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Termination of the South Africa-Zimbabwe Trade Agreement: What next?
05 Oct 18 PublicationsThe Government of South Africa has recently given notice of its intention to terminate the 1964 Zimbabwe-South Africa Bilateral Trade Agreement, with effect from 20 November 2018. ...
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tralac’s Daily News Selection
13 Sep 18 NewsFeatured trade, regional policy events:
(i) In Abidjan. @ECOWASParliamnt: Parliament-arians convene in Abidjan for the three day seminar on African Continental Free Trade Area. C...
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IMF Executive Board 2018 Article IV Consultation with Botswana
06 Sep 18 NewsBotswana: Mining a New Growth Model
Botswana is one of the few countries in sub-Saharan Africa that has truly benefited from its mineral wealth. Revenues from diamond mines, combi...
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Joint statement on UK, SACU and Mozambique EPA
29 Aug 18 NewsJoint meeting of the United Kingdom (UK), Southern African Customs Union member states (SACU) and Mozambique trade ministers on a future UK, SACU and Mozambique Economic Partnershi...
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tralac’s Daily News Selection
24 Jul 18 NewsTomorrow, in Sandton: (i) BRICS Business Forum; (ii) The Africa Investment Forum on the theme of attracting private sector investment into Africa; (iii) BRI...
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Namibia reviews position on Sacu revenue
24 Jul 18 NewsCabinet has approved that Namibia continues consultations to refine the country's position on the Southern African Customs Union revenue-sharing agreement.
This was said by deputy...
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tralac’s Daily News Selection
02 Jul 18 NewsBRICS Industry and Trade ministers meet this week in South Africa (4 and 5 July, respectively, pdf)
Diarise: Launch of the AUC’s inaugural African Development Dynamics Report (1...
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Sixth Summit of the SACU Heads of State or Government: Communiqué
01 Jul 18 NewsThe Sixth Summit of Heads of States and Government of the Southern African Customs Union (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Eswatini, former Swaziland) took place on 29 ...
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tralac’s Daily News Selection
26 Jun 18 NewsNext month’s BRICS Summit: preview by Standard Bank’s Jeremy Stevens
South Africa will host the 10th annual summit of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa group. ...
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10 May 18 NewsFrom tralac’s recent high-level dialogue on SACU: the workshop report (pdf). Discussions centred on SACU revenue sharing, SACU’s external relations, and the future of SACU. Upd...
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South Africa Merchandise Trade Statistics for March 2018
02 May 18 NewsSouth Africa’s trade surplus beats expectations
South Africa’s trade balance shifted to R9.47 billion surplus in March of 2018, from an upwardly revised R0.60 billion def...
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SACU Workshop – Cape Town, 26-27 April 2018
01 May 18 EventOn 26 and 27 April 2018, tralac hosted a High-Level Dialogue on SACU, with a focus on the SACU Work Programme and Future Developments. Participants came from the private and public...
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tralac’s Daily News Selection
12 Apr 18 NewsUnderway, in Windhoek: SACU Council of Ministers meeting
The ministers will discuss, among others, SACU trade negotiations, including the recently launched African Continental Fre...
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Southern African Customs Union Council of Ministers’ Meeting underway in Windhoek
12 Apr 18 NewsFirst quarterly meeting of the 2018/19 financial year to discuss the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) agenda
South African Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, on W...
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South Africa Merchandise Trade Statistics for February 2018
29 Mar 18 NewsSouth Africa’s trade balance swings to surplus in February
South Africa’s trade balance shifted to R0.43 billion surplus in February of 2018, compared to a downwardly revised ...
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