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30 May 2024Daily NewsSupply-side support will be required if South Africa aims to join green industrialisation race (Engineering News)
Stable demand remains a prerequisite if South Africa has any pros...
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29 May 2024Daily NewsClosest election in 30 years as South Africans vote (BBC)
South Africans are voting in the most pivotal election since the racist system of apartheid ended in 1994, which could se...
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28 May 2024Daily NewsSouth 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...
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27 May 2024Daily NewsMultimodal Inland Port Association launched (Engineering News)
The Multimodal Inland Port Association (MIPA), which seeks to address a critical need in South Africa’s logistics ...
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24 May 2024Daily NewsGovernment and Microsoft Agree to a R1.3 Billion Landmark Investment to Empower Black-Owned Businesses and Young Black South Africans in 4IR Technologies (the dtic)
Microsoft and ...
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23 May 2024Daily NewsGas still has a crucial role to play in South Africa’s energy mix (Engineering News)
Gas has an important role to play in South Africa’s energy transition journey, Kearney par...
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22 May 2024Daily NewsEU 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...
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21 May 2024Daily NewsFreight Rate Frustrations (Investec)
It’s no secret that carriers are not able to meet their scheduled transit times. Anchorage delays outside South African ports have improved ...
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20 May 2024Daily NewsMinerals Council, Geoscience, IDC going all out to boost South African exploration (Engineering News)
A collective effort was apparent on Friday when Minerals Council South Africa...
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17 May 2024Daily NewsKenya, Uganda to extend oil pipeline from Eldoret to Kampala (The East African)
Kenya and Uganda have agreed to jointly extend the oil pipeline from Eldoret to Uganda in a deal th...
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14 May 2024Daily Newsdtic seeks to create a competitive medical technology industry with new master plan (Engineering News)
Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel has launched the Medi...
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13 May 2024Daily Newsthe dtic Industrial Policy and Strategy Review Released Alongside R200 Million Investment by Citibank for Black Industrialists - The Department of Trade Industry and Competition (t...
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10 May 2024Daily NewsSouth Africa may curb Shell’s oil exploration over gas-pump exit (Engineering News)
South Africa’s energy ministry signaled it may grant fewer oil exploration permits to Shell...
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09 May 2024Daily NewsECN unveils first gazetted energy policy to foster sustainable development (New National Star)
The Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) on Wednesday unveiled the Gazettes of the Nat...
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08 May 2024Daily NewsAgbiz hopes for more SA agricultural exports with the BRICS+ nations (IOL)
The Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz) has said that while BRICS+ remained a political grouping with ...
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07 May 2024Daily NewsPatel believes industrialist policy needs continued investment to yield full potential (Engineering News)
Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel has called for rap...
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06 May 2024Daily NewsShell confirms plan to divest from SA downstream operations (Daily Maverick)
“Shell has decided to reshape the Downstream portfolio and intends to divest our shareholding in She...
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03 May 2024Daily NewsLower income consumers are being priced out of the car market (Engineering News)
TransUnion Africa CEO Lee Naik says a tough economic environment characterised by cost-of-living c...
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02 May 2024Daily NewsUganda pursues diverse routes to strong economic performance (Trade for Development News)
The agricultural sector plays a dominant role in Uganda’s economy, contributing to a qu...
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30 Apr 2024Daily NewsSouth Africa: Trade statistics for March 2024 (SARS)
South Africa recorded a preliminary trade balance surplus of R7.3 billion in March 2024. This surplus was attributable to expo...
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