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From Creamer Media in Johannesburg, this is the Real Economy Report. Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies, in collaboration with the Department of Environmental Affairs, has launched the Electric Vehicle Industry Road Map.
23 May 13
SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES
CDE urges SA to lure relocating Chinese labour-intensive industries
Special economic zones (SEZs) can help South Africa deal with its unemployment challenge by attracting jobs that China and other Asian nations will shed as they relocate some of their labour-intensive industries owing to rising costs, Centre for...22 May 13
Electric vehicles
SA launches plan to develop local electric vehicle industry
Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies, in collaboration with the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), launched an Electric Vehicle (EV) Industry Road Map initiative earlier in the month, which will, through the application of several...By: Natalie Greve
17 May 13
MANUFACTURING
SA manufacturers have turned export attention to Africa - survey
A new Manufacturing Circle survey shows that South African manufacturers are responding to the market opportunities opening up as a result of strong growth in the rest of Africa, which has already emerged as a “prime” export destination.
In...
By: Terence Creamer
16 May 13
TRADE LAW
Licensing Bill will give officials too much power – FMF
Government’s proposed Licensing of Business Bill would provide local government officials with unconstrained discretionary power, creating massive bureaucratic empires and eroding rule of law, Free Market Foundation (FMF) executive director Leon...
15 May 13
TRADE & INDUSTRY
Davies says Azevedo’s WTO election offers new chance for trade deal
Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies says the election of Brazil’s Roberto Azevedo as the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) offers a new opportunity to advance a multilateral trade agreement informed by the mandate...
By: Terence Creamer
15 May 13
Engineering & Manufacturing
Company delivers its largest project yet
Valve manufacturer Atval successfully delivered three 800 mm pinch valves – the largest valves of this type ever manufactured by Atval – to gold miner AngloGold Ashanti’s Siguiri mine, in the Republic of Guinea, in September 2012, enabling...By: Yolandi Booyens
10 May 13
Valves
Designation of valves may increase production, stem imports
Valve manufacturers may have the opportunity to greatly increase production, as the flood of imported valves could be stemmed, owing to a decision by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to designate valves for local procurement. The flood...By: Yolandi Booyens
10 May 13
ECONOMY
SA to boost exposure as investment destination
South Africa is preparing to promote itself as an attractive investment destination as leaders worldwide descend on Cape Town for the twenty-third World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa next week. The WEF on Africa, themed ‘Delivering on...By: Natasha Odendaal
03 May 13
Environmental law
SA fighting to protect Rooibos trademark
Awarding geographical indication (GI) protection to the Rooibos trademark in South Africa could ensure that the country keeps benefiting from its natural resource production, states Spoor & Fisher Consultant and chair of intellectual property law...By: Yolandi Booyens
03 May 13
Electric vehicles
Govt launches plan to develop local electric vehicle industry
Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies, in collaboration with the Department Environmental Affairs (DEA), on Thursday launched the Electric Vehicle (EV) Industry Road Map initiative, which will, through the application of several strategic...
By: Natalie Greve
02 May 13
TRADE
DTI, provinces identify ten potential SEZs
Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies on Friday told the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry that ten potential special economic zones (SEZs) had been agreed upon with eight of South Africa’s provinces. The proposed SEZs would now...By: Natalie Greve
29 Apr 13
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