To overcome gender-biased stereotypes and preconceptions in the workplace, concerted efforts to embrace diversity and inclusion should be a non-negotiable hallmark of corporate strategy, highlights... 

Amid the operational challenges of the country’s transport sector, freight forwarding solutions company Tswalanang Logistics highlights the necessity of creating educational opportunities and... 

Efforts to facilitate the greater participation of women in key sectors of the economy, such as the transport sector, are viewed with the utmost importance by women-led investment firm Identity... 

African policy leaders must support robust growth in the cold chain for the success of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and to boost prosperity, food supply chain resilience and... 

Trade and investment relations will be key themes during President Cyril Ramaphosa State visit to the People’s Republic of China from September 2 to 5, Minister in The Presidency Khumbudzo... 

The families of Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham, two South African engineers who have been imprisoned in Equatorial Guinea for 558 days, this week attended a session of Parliament to appeal to the... 

South Africa’s agriculture exports decreased by 0.1% year-on-year in the second quarter of the year to $3.37-billion. This followed a 6% year-on-year growth rate in the first quarter of the year. 

Construction, engineering and contract mining group Aveng has outlined plans to split its Australian and South African operations into two separate and independent entities. This demerger, which... 

ASX- and JSE-listed Renergen says it has been cleared of any wrongdoing following an investigation into allegations levelled at the company over the past few months regarding potential... 

Trade finance institution the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) plans to double its financing of intra-African trade from $20-billion in 2021 to $40-billion by 2026, Afreximbank Global Trade... 

South Africa must develop industrial policies that build the international competitiveness of its export industries, including by enabling small businesses that could be exporting much more,... 

Construction and mining group Aveng has alerted shareholders that they can expect an earnings a share and headline earnings a share profit for the financial year ended June 30, compared with the... 

JSE-listed energy company Sasol has reported that its financial results for the year ended June 30 were negatively impacted on by challenging market conditions, including continued pressure from... 

Cabinet has questioned the imposition by the European Union (EU) of what it describes as “stringent” restrictions on South Africa’s citrus exports, which are now the subject of a formal dispute... 

Persistently high youth unemployment rates and some of the highest levels of inequality globally have led financial institution Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) to rank South Africa twenty-ninth out of 31... 

South African private sector activity remained subdued in July amid weaker sales and increased supply-side pressures, a survey showed on Monday. The S&P Global South Africa Purchasing Managers'... 

South Africa's scrap metal sector is overinvested, international trade consultancy XA Global Trade Advisors director Donald Mackay says. "I think we've got a very weird situation, as scrap metal... 

Tanzania on Thursday launched a 541 km modern standard gauge railway running between its administrative and commercial capitals, built by a Turkish firm as part of a government drive to improve... 

The importance of export growth as an automotive industry strategy is crucial to mitigate the numerous risks associated with South Africa's low growth environment. "We see export growth as a really... 

South African earthmoving equipment manufacturer and supplier Bell Equipment has successfully taken delivery of 55 new backhoe loaders, imported from multinational JC Bamford (JCB), in India, this... 

South Africa’s decaying water, electricity and logistics infrastructure presents a R100-billion a year repair and refurbishment investment opportunity that could provide much-needed stimulus for... 

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) will support local industries to increase their manufacturing capacity and volumes, enhance their competitiveness and identify suitable... 

South Africa recorded a trade surplus of R24.23 billion in June, revenue service figures showed on Wednesday. 

South Africa's trade minister said on Tuesday he is confident his country will maintain preferential trade status with the US despite concerns in Washington over its foreign policy including a... 

Significant alterations to existing scrap metal regulations and outright bans – albeit temporary – on the trade of certain scrap metals should not be made without access to transparent and accurate... 

Law firm EY research has revealed that about 73% of investors say that companies largely fail to create enhanced reports encompassing environmental, social and governance (ESG) and financial... 

Retailer the Shoprite Group is wheeling renewable electricity at its home office in Brackenfell, Cape Town, marking its third site to implement this energy solution. The retailer becomes one of the... 

At the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) Private Sector Forum in Washington DC, in the US, financial services firm Standard Bank Corporate and Investment Banking client coverage head Anne... 

The Citrus Growers’ Association of Southern Africa’s (CGA’s) Orange Focus Group (OFG) has revised its forecast export figures for Navel and Valencia oranges further downward owing to extreme...