US administration launched unprecedented tariff actions against African trading partners in 2025, driven by trade imbalance calculations. This ‘tariff shock’ was uneven and fluctuated significantly ...

Intersectional analysis reveals distinct ‘barrier profiles’ by gender, age, and geography, impacting MSME engagement with regional trade like AfFTA ...

In a statement released Tuesday, the association’s national chairperson, Dr Thadeus Musoke Nagenda, criticised the ongoing enforcement of the Trade Order, proposed tax measures for the 2026/2027 ...

Protocols have been negotiated and adopted but are not yet in force. They deal with Competition Policy, Investment, Intellectual Property Rights, Women and Youth in Trade and Digital Trade. The ...

The Fuel Industry Association of South Africa (FIASA) has confirmed that fuel imports for the period from April to June will increasingly be sourced from regions outside of the Gulf and that there is ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for deeper trade ties, strengthened democratic partnerships and a more equitable multilateral system at the Spain–South Africa Business Forum during his working ...

New Transnet Container Fee Signals Rising Costs for South Africa’s Trade Lifeline (Joburg ETC) South Africa’s already strained logistics system is about to feel another pinch. From next month, ...

A Chinese policy to give tariff-free treatment to goods from all African nations except for Eswatini, which formally recognizes Taiwan, would not have much of an economic impact on the African kingdom ...

South Africa’s recent accession to African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) Establishment Treaty as its 54th sovereign member could not have come at a more opportune moment. The global economy, ...

The Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, will on Monday officiate the launch of Invest South Africa’s One Stop Shop (OSS) in the Northern Cape. The OSS initiative is aimed at ...

Bonani Nyhodo is an employee of the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) with over 20 years of experience working in the agricultural policy space. He holds a Master of Science (MSc) in ...