Industry organisation the Citrus Growers' Association of Southern Africa (CGA) says all available data project that exports are in line with the five-year average, which means there will be... 

Industrial equipment supplier Atlas Copco’s pump dewatering specialist arm Integrated Pump Rental (IPR) has delivered its first pumps for a ballasting project in the maritime industry. The pumps... 

With increasing pressure being placed on South Africa’s municipal dumps amid growing waste generation, promoting a circular economy could provide valuable solutions while potentially creating new... 

With the world finding itself in turbulent territory with respect to trade relations, independent political and economic analyst JP Landman identifies three necessary actions to improve South... 

South Africa, facing the prospect of ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) closing two steel mills crucial to the local manufacturing industry, has begun a review of import tariffs on the metals and is... 

Most midtier markets in sub-Saharan Africa are expected to see a slight uptick in their growth rates this year, economic and financial research company BMI sub-Saharan Africa country risk senior... 

Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa’s (AMSA’s) purported petition to government for R3.1-billion to bail out its struggling long-steel operations would be a waste of money, unless accompanied... 

Global trade started this year on stable ground, but challenges are mounting and the latest Global Trade Update by United Nations Trade and Development (Unctad), which covers data through to early... 

To create growth, South Africa needs to invest in infrastructure and infrastructure must be front and centre in the debate over the Budget, says business formation Business Leadership South Africa... 

There has been a deluge of more than 100 executive decisions taken by US President Donald Trump following his re-election in November, including the imposition of import tariffs on traditionally... 

The newly established Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager (TRIM) has confirmed that it received 98 applications for slots being made available across the network to private train operating... 

The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) finds in its latest Trade Conditions Survey for February that respondents are positive following the “best conditions since the middle of... 

Germany-based specialty chemicals company LANXESS is making headway in enhancing its innovation and customer service capabilities, having inaugurated its India Application Development Centre (IADC)... 

After visiting manufacturing and engineering company JA Engineering’s facilities in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni, on March 13, Gauteng Finance and Economic Development MEC Lebogang Maile said he was upbeat... 

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is worried about a “possible bloodbath of job losses” across multiple sectors, including steel, transportation, ferrochrome and mining, on the back of... 

President Donald Trump is unleashing sweeping import tariffs that he says will reverse the decline of America’s steel towns. But the US isn’t the only nation rushing to protect its factory... 

Rapid changes in global geopolitics mean that this week’s Budget speech will takes place in an entirely different context, Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busisiwe Mavuso said in her weekly... 

South Africa’s Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has initiated a process to appoint a private operator for the multipurpose terminal at the Port of Durban’s Maydon Wharf precinct. A request... 

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday laid out the Trump administration's ambitions to reshape international trade relations withtariffs, roll back financial regulations on American... 

South Africa’s current account deficit shrank by more than expected in the fourth quarter, aided by an improvement in the trade surplus. The gap on the current account – the broadest measure of... 

Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen stresses that South Africa’s citrus industry stands to lose a lot if the US decides not to extend the country’s benefits under the African Growth and... 

In response to the World Bank’s recent recommendation that South Africa relax its increasingly stringent and highly prescriptive broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE) laws to attract... 

The Border Management Authority (BMA) has temporarily suspended operations at five ports of entry, namely Stockpoort, Makgobistad, Bray, Groblersbridge and Pontdrift, owing to severe flooding... 

Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busisiwe Mavuso has noted the dichotomy between the prestige that comes with South Africa hosting the Group of 20 (G20) summit in 2025 and the... 

South Africa’s expected expulsion from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) need not be a death sentence to the country’s export prospects, African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)... 

The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) is warning that absent a sustained recovery in domestic demand there is a risk that South Africa’s persistently weak... 

South Africa wants to reach a broad-ranging agreement with the US on diplomacy and trade amid strained ties between the two nations, President Cyril Ramaphosa said. A dispute over Pretoria’s land... 

Automotive and marine engine block casting company Atlantis Foundries has unveiled its 13.5 MW embedded solar generation project, which will help to improve energy security and cost efficiency and... 

The Business 20 (B20) South Africa Summit, which is being hosted in Cape Town this week, provides “an unprecedented opportunity [for South Africa] to engage with the world and build our...