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07 Mar 2024Daily NewsInnovative businesses gain more access to global markets, study finds (SAnews)
Innovation-active South African businesses have more skilled labour and greater access to the global...
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06 Mar 2024Daily NewsAutomotive demand for platinum expected to hit seven-year high this year (Engineering News)
This year could potentially turn out to be quite an interesting year for platinum as a ...
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05 Mar 2024Daily NewsWorkshop aims to provide an overview of the AfCFTA (SAnews)
South Africa’s Special Economic Zones operators and businesses are to be exposed to the benefits of the African Conti...
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04 Mar 2024Daily NewsSolar, battery, inverter imports surged to R70bn in 2023 as wind turbines recovered from two-year lull (Engineering News)
South African imports of solar panels, lithium-ion batter...
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01 Mar 2024Daily NewsStimulating sustainable wood in Green Construction in Kenya for low carbon climate resilient development (UNDP)
The forest sector plays a key role in socioeconomic development of ...
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29 Feb 2024Daily NewsSouth Africa: Trade statistics for January 2024 (South African Revenue Service)
Today, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) releases trade statistics for January 2024, recordi...
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28 Feb 2024Daily NewsSouth Africa celebrates first AfCFTA export to Ghana amidst global trade disruptions (Bizcommunity)
The opportunities the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement cr...
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27 Feb 2024Daily NewsSettling on funding solutions for expedited grid infrastructure set as a Just Energy Transition Investment Plan priority (Engineering News)
Finalising funding solutions for the ex...
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26 Feb 2024Daily NewsOnus largely on private sector to recover economy, says Deloitte (Engineering News)
With the 2024/25 national Budget not having provided much relief to taxpayers, and the economy ...
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23 Feb 2024Daily NewsPremium car market outlook murky as South Africans continue to hunt for Asian bargains (Engineering News)
The South African new-car market has been shifting steadily over the last...
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22 Feb 2024Daily NewsInnovative interventions needed to turn around underperforming growth trajectory (Engineering News)
Against the backdrop of a profoundly challenging macroeconomic environment wher...
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21 Feb 2024Daily NewsEconomic growth to stay low over the next three years (SAnews)
South Africa’s economy is expected to grow at some 1.6% over the next three years, with real Gross Domestic Produc...
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20 Feb 2024Daily NewsSA Canegrowers maintains sugar tax increase will destroy jobs (Engineering News)
Ahead of Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s Budget Speech on February 21, industry body the Sou...
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19 Feb 2024Daily NewsSouth Africa: Budget must address revenue challenges, infrastructure investments (Engineering News)
While there has been a clear effort by the National Treasury to rein in spendin...
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16 Feb 2024Daily NewsClimate Change Response Fund to channel resources to adaptation, early-warning systems (Engineering News)
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy reports t...
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15 Feb 2024Daily NewsVegetable export bans stir concerns in Southern African agriculture (Food For Mzansi)
While Botswana and Namibia have banned vegetable exports from South Africa, trade relations b...
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13 Feb 2024Daily NewsUpcoming events: 37th African Union Summit
Theme of the year: “Africa fit for the 21st century: building resilient education systems for increased access to inclusive, qual...
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12 Feb 2024Daily NewsIt’s time for Africa! (SAnews)
The official launch of South Africa’s first shipment and preferential trading under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) on 31 ...
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09 Feb 2024Daily NewsInvestment in infrastructure gains momentum (SAnews)
President Cyril Ramaphosa says investment in infrastructure is gaining momentum, and new and innovative funding mechanisms wil...
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08 Feb 2024Daily NewsInfrastructure deficit continues to hold back African mining (African Business)
These are interesting times for the African mining industry. Interest in the continent’s critical...
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