Tag: Global economy

Yes, there are problems at SA ports, but World Bank report not entirely accurate (Engineering News) The newest World Bank Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) report, which pla...

South African food inflation continued a downward trend in April (Engineering News) In April, for the second month in a row, year-on-year (y-o-y) South African food and non-alcoho...

EU carbon levy: SA heads for clash with bloc (Daily Maverick) The EU insists that its plan to put a price on the carbon emissions of some imports from 2026 is intended purely to c...

South Africa initiates second dispute complaint regarding EU citrus fruit measures (WTO) South Africa is challenging the EU’s prohibition on the importation of South African cit...

South Africa calls for greater engagement with Turkish businesses (Daily Sabah) Top South African trade official emphasized Monday the vital importance of bilateral trade relation...

Patel welcomes VW’s R4 billion investment in SA (SAnews) Volkswagen South Africa’s (VWSA) investment of R4 billion in their assembly plant in Kariega, in the Eastern Cape, has...

South Africa puts biggest trade partner in its crosshairs over R20 billion and 100,000 jobs (BusinessTech) South Africa said it has taken a preliminary step toward filing a compla...

South Africa seeks to secure global plastics pollution treaty by balancing competing interests (Engineering News) South Africa will seek to secure a legally binding global plastic...

Protectionism and shipping disruptions threaten agri trade (Farmer’s Weekly) Solid business partnerships will become increasingly important to navigate market threats, according...

$10-billion Namibian green hydrogen project receives major German boost (Engineering News) Namibia’s first gigawatt scale green hydrogen project – the $10-billion Hyphen devel...

SADC boosts support towards Namibia in developing a CBM National Strategy (SADC) The Southern African Development Community (SADC), in collaboration with the Namibia Revenue Agenc...

The results of the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) – held between the 26th of February and midnight on the 2nd of March in Abu Dhabi – ...

The 2024 tralac Annual Conference was held in Lusaka, Zambia, on 16-17 May. The topics discussed at tralac’s annual conferences usually cover, in broad terms, trade and integrat...

Infrastructure finance expert commends incoming amendments to PPP framework (Engineering News) As government garners public comment on key proposed amendments to legislation gover...

Patel meets with EV manufacturers, investors during visit to China (Engineering News) Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel and a high-level delegation recently c...

Automotive 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 ...

The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) has begun in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and will run until the 29th of February 2024. The list of topics and delivera...

Settling on funding solutions for expedited grid infrastructure set as a Just Energy Transition Investment Plan priority (Engineering News) Finalising funding solutions for the ex...

Onus 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 ...

MC13 ends with decisions on dispute reform, development; commitment to continue ongoing talks The WTO’s 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) took place from 26 February to 2 March...