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Trade-related reforms will be at the center of the agenda as G20 Trade Ministers gather for a critical meeting July 19 in Sydney. These reforms are vital – not only to the G20’...

The issue of export duties with regards to the signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the Southern African Development Community (SADC) EPA Group and the Europ...

Facts have emerged that the January 1, 2015 take-off date for the use of a single currency under the West African Monetary Zone is no longer realizable. The development was confir...

The Second meeting of the BRICS Business Council took place yesterday, 15 July 2014, on the occasion of the Sixth BRICS Summit in Fortaleza, Brazil. The meeting was Chaired by Mr ...

Zimbabwe is emerging from years of a myriad challenges mainly caused by illegal sanctions imposed by Western countries as punishment for embarking on the land reform programme. No...

The Fifth Joint Statistical Publication of the BRICS Countries is the result of annual joint efforts of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of Brazil, Russia, India, China and Sout...

Government will soon construct one-stop border posts at Victoria, Kazungula and Katima Mulilo border posts in Southern and Western provinces to enhance revenue collection in the co...

The local economy is expected to grow by 5,4% this year compared to 4,4% in 2013, the Bank of Namibia says in its economic outlook for 2014-2016. “Growth will be supported by do...

The BRICS alliance (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) launched the New Development Bank (NDB) and Contingency Reserve Arrangement (CRA) during its sixth summit, instit...

The June 2014 issue of the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) quarterly knowledge publication, eVALUation Matters, was released on July 11. This issue focuses on the transpor...

Britain will expand funding for a programme to help coal-rich South Africa develop a carbon trading market in an attempt to rein in its rising greenhouse gas emissions. The Britis...

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have suggested that there is a need to have a system of ensuring that policies on oil and gas are carried on even after the current government’...

Despite a slight deceleration in 2013 due to lower oil revenues, Angola’s economy appears to be back on track with real GDP growing by 4.4%, according to the World Bank’s lates...

The European Union welcomes the agreement reached on 9 July 2014 on a new United Nations convention to strengthen transparency in investor-state disputes. The Convention on Transp...

This statistical release on Documented immigrants in South Africa, 2013 (P03051.4) presents information on immigrants into South Africa that were issued with temporary and permanen...

Fortaleza, 14 July 2014 The Ministers responsible for trade of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa met in Fortaleza, Brazil, on 14 July 2014, on the eve of the Sixth BRI...

Document prepared ahead of the Seventh Conference of African Ministers in Charge of Integration (COMAI VII), taking place from 14-18 July 2014 in Ezulwini, Swaziland ...

The divide among WTO members over the implementation of the new Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) has continued to persist in recent weeks, despite an end-July deadline to agree o...

It is in the hands of the continent to initiate its own strategies to promote intra-Africa trade and industrialisation, writes Zwelethu Madasa. On November 20 each year the intern...

Sadc countries should standardise their labour practices to enhance regional economic integration and improve the lives, Vice President Joice Mujuru has said. She made the remarks...