The Road Freight Association (RFA) has thrown its weight behind the proposed R50-billion Port of Gauteng project, calling it a potential “missing link” to revitalise South Africa’s logistics... 

The latest ‘Global Trade Update’ from UN Trade and Development (Unctad), released on October 9, shows that global trade expanded by about $500-billion in the first half of the year, despite... 

Biennial tradeshow Electra Mining Africa 2026 will introduce a host of new features, including a brand new Orange Zone area that will be situated in the Arena at the Expo Centre, more theme days,... 

Less than a year out from Electra Mining Africa 2026 (EMA26), the exhibition is already 90% sold demonstrating the strong industry support for the show, says event organiser Montgomery Group Africa... 

Industrial solutions provider BMG will participate in Electra Mining Africa 2026 (EMA26), once again presenting its “extensive engineering solutions and technical services that have been refined... 

The World Trade Organization (WTO) sharply lowered its 2026 forecast for global merchandise trade volume growth to 0.5% on Tuesday, citing expected delayed impacts from US President Donald Trump's... 

State-owned Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has signed a terminal operator agreement with FFS Tank Terminals to operate and maintain a liquid bulk terminal at the Port of Cape Town for a... 

A postponement from incorporating indirect carbon emissions into the European Union’s (EU’s) calculation of a product’s embedded emissions under its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will... 

The expiry of the US preferential trade framework the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) on September 30 means that South Africa must aggressively pursue alternative trade partnerships... 

African exporters of agricultural and light manufacturing products could face shrinking market access to the US, while the expiry of the US preferential trade framework the African Growth and... 

The lapse of a flagship US trade initiative with Africa that expired overnight is putting scores of businesses on the continent and hundreds of thousands of jobs at risk, raising fears that even a... 

Private sector initiative the Port of Gauteng has released a White Paper to mark the start of Transport Month, setting out a plan aimed at addressing the inefficiencies in South Africa’s freight... 

The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) finds in its latest trade brief that South Africa’s agricultural exports increased by 8% in the second quarter, compared with the second quarter... 

South Africa's trade minister Parks Tau said he was optimistic that the United States' flagship trade initiative with Africa, which expires later on Tuesday, would be renewed. Tau's office said in... 

JSE-listed ASP Isotopes has announced that, effective October 1, Paul Mann, the founder, chairperson and CEO of ASP Isotopes, will become executive chairperson of ASP Isotopes and will be taking a... 

US President Donald Trump's administration supports a one-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), the trade initiative with sub-Saharan Africa that expires on Tuesday,... 

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has announced a €545-million Team Europe package to support Africa's transition to clean energy. The announcement was made by means of a video... 

Considering the global economy thrives on predictability, when certainty evaporates, businesses have to adapt or perish, says Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busi Mavuso. In her latest... 

Mauritius will host the eighteenth US-Africa Business Summit in 2026, says US business organisation the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA). Each year, the summit brings together African heads of... 

The global economy is entering a period of weak growth and systemic disruption, according to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF’s) latest ‘Chief Economists’ Outlook’, published on September 23. The... 

Furniture retailer Coricraft has managed to replace R79.59-million worth of imports with locally manufactured products between the second quarter of 2024 and the second quarter of 2025, creating 23... 

Import duty investigations in South Africa are currently taking an average of 27 months to complete – more than four times the official target of six months, and with the oldest open tariff probe... 

In a show of confidence in South Africa and China’s trade relations and to strengthen bilateral agreements between the two nations, the ninth instance of the South Africa-China Trade and Investment... 

Many African countries are experiencing difficulties and significant financial impacts amid tariff changes imposed by the US, but, while trade diversification initiatives take significant time and... 

African officials and business executives are fretting over the impending expiry of a crucial, duty-free trade programme with the United States at the end of September, without any word from... 

Phakamani Impact Capital, a holding company committed to transforming workforce development, small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) growth and economic upliftment, has disbursed R1-billion on... 

Regardless of whether South Africa achieves a breakthrough in trade negotiations with the US or must navigate continued barriers, the country must look to bolster trade diversification efforts. The... 

The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) reports that an uncertain global trade climate, a restrained real local economic performance and excessive unemployment represent a... 

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Parks Tau are expected to meet on Thursday in a bid to resolve an impasse over tariffs, people with knowledge... 

landmark agreement to curb billions of dollars in subsidies contributing to overfishing came into force on Monday, the World Trade Organization said – a move activists hailed as a step towards... 

As the final day for inspection of Valencia oranges destined for Europe nears on September 20, which will conclude the 2025 export season, the Citrus Growers’ Association of Southern Africa (CGA)... 

With global trade fragmenting, protectionism rising and markets turning inward, agriculture market diversification is not just a good idea, but a commercial imperative, FNB senior agriculture...