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Call to invest in maritime industry

Cape Town – Lack of investment in the maritime sector could undermine the benefits of South Africa’s recent joining of the Brazil, Russia, India and China trading block. The warning was sounded by the South African Maritime Safety Authority (Samsa) chief executive, Tsietsi Mokhele, on Monday. He was speaking at an all-important two-day International Investors […]
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Davies maps route for free trade area

Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies

Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies

Cape Town – The first phase of setting up a free trade area across 26 countries in Africa is expected to come into effect in three years, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said on Monday.

Briefing the media in Parliament, following Sunday’s meeting in Sandton to set up a free trade area between the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) and the East African Community (EAC), Davies said member countries had agreed to carry out negotiations in two phases – with the first to be concluded within 36 months. [Read more…]

Entrepreneurs must seize the initiative

Eastern Cape Entrepreneurs

Eastern Cape Entrepreneurs

East London – Aspirant young Eastern Cape entrepreneurs have been encouraged to take advantage of various government initiatives being offered to assist them. [Read more…]

SA, UK commit to increasing trade

Pretoria – South Africa and the United Kingdom have recommitted to the target of doubling bilateral trade between the two countries by 2015. Following the 9th SA-UK Bilateral Forum, where the South African delegation was led by  International Relations Minister Maite Nkoane-Mashabane, the two countries agreed to focus on building trade and investment in the […]
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SA to meet UK for trade talks

Pretoria – International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane is to lead a South African delegation to the 9th SA-UK Bilateral Forum from Thursday. The department said the visit comes within the context of strengthening political and bilateral relations between the two countries. “The forthcoming forum will be an important milestone in the relations between […]
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Deal to boost trade and investment

Free trade deal could boost trade, investment in Africa.

Cape Town- A grand free trade agreement among African states – under discussion next weekend –could boost intra-continental trade and investment.

The Southern African Development Community (SADC), the East African Community (EAC) and the Common Market for East African States (Comesa) are to meet in Pretoria on June 11 and 12 to discuss the idea of a tripartite free trade agreement (FTA) first mooted three years ago. [Read more…]

Zuma to host SACU Summit

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma will host the third Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Summit for Heads of State and Government in Pretoria on Friday. The SACU Commission is meeting today and the SACU Council of Ministers gathering will take place tomorrow ahead of Friday’s summit.The summit is expected to receive a progress report from […]
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Seek out private tenders, small businesses told

Durban – Small construction businesses must start looking at the private sector for tenders. This was just one piece of guidance on offer at the 2011 Construction Indaba.

The two-day meeting, initiated by the eThekwini Municipality’s Business Support Tourism and Markets Unit, is aimed at assisting small businesses to become self-sustaining entities. [Read more…]

UK relations expert to interact with govt communicators

Pretoria – Alistair Campbell, a British relations expert who served as spokesperson to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, is in South Africa to share his expertise with government communicators. Campbell was invited by the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) and will interact with government communicators at the two-day Government Communicators’ Forum (GCF), which […]
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UK communicator shares ideas with SA

Pretoria – Former secretary to UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, Alastair Campbell, has shared some of his trade secrets with South African communicators. Campbell, who says he has been called names like “Hitler” and “Rasputin” by the UK media, was secretary to the former Prime Minister during three elections. However, Campbell says he had terrible […]
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