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Protesters outside the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition’s offices in Cape Town in August 2025. Archive photo: Matthew Hirsch

Coal, Oil & Gas

No plan to review SA’s coal exports to Israel, says Parks Tau

Matthew Hirsch 20 hours

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Legislation & Regulation

Plain packaging vs branding rights: A legal battle over cigarette pack regulations

Sajidha Gamieldien, Nicole Haworth, and Aimee Du Plessis 19 Feb 2026

South Africa clarifies position on Tanzanian banana imports

Agribusiness

South Africa clarifies position on Tanzanian banana imports

19 May 2025

Agribusiness

Beyond banks: How partnerships are unlocking capital for African agriculture

Jérôme van Innis 10 Apr 2025

Source: Standard Bank/X. Goolam Ballim, Chief Economist and Head of Research at Standard Bank Group.

Finance

African Markets Conference: Leaders call for SSA to drive global economic reset as US steps back

Katja Hamilton 27 Mar 2025

Jérôme van Innis is the co-founder, Pumpkn.io. Source: Supplied.

Agriculture

Jérôme van Innis | Transforming Africa’s agri-sector through innovative financing

Jérôme van Innis 25 Mar 2025

Stealing a song is like stealing a car – Let’s treat music rights as real property

IP Law

Stealing a song is like stealing a car – Let’s treat music rights as real property

Nicholas Maweni, Issued by SAMRO 17 Mar 2025

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Trends

#BizTrends2025: What does IP law look like in 2025 and beyond?

Alicia van der Walt, Tshireletso Tlholoe, and Marcelle Samons 28 Jan 2025

Pivot to profits: Revamping South Africa’s poultry sector

Agro-processing

Pivot to profits: Revamping South Africa’s poultry sector

22 Nov 2024

South Africa must push agricultural exports within Brics

Agribusiness

South Africa must push agricultural exports within Brics

Wandile Sihlobo 23 Oct 2024

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Agro-processing

CRI research ensures sustainable future for southern Africa’s citrus industry

28 Aug 2024

African countries could unlock billions in local and global trade – what’s working and what’s not

Logistics & Transport

African countries could unlock billions in local and global trade – what’s working and what’s not

Bedassa Tadesse 13 Jun 2024

Sentech Africa Tech Week 2024: Shaping Africa's tech future

Digital

Sentech Africa Tech Week 2024: Shaping Africa's tech future

Issued by Topco Media 17 Apr 2024

SA citrus exports predicted to grow despite challenges

Agro-processing

SA citrus exports predicted to grow despite challenges

4 Apr 2024

Dina Biagio, Partner & Patent Attorney, Spoor & Fisher

Trends

#BizTrends2024: Shaping the future of IP law in 2024 and beyond

Dina Biagio 16 Jan 2024

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Climate Change

Trade rules and climate change: Africa stands to lose from proposed WTO policy tools

Olabisi D. Akinkugbe 18 Dec 2023

Source: Supplied. His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Majesty King Charles III open the inaugural Business & Philanthropy Climate Forum.

Markets & Investment

UAE launches groundbreaking COP28 Business and Philanthropy Climate Forum

1 Dec 2023

Citrus exports plummet as SA growers face mounting challenges

Agriculture

Citrus exports plummet as SA growers face mounting challenges

23 Nov 2023

SEIFSA concerned over scrap metal export ban extension

Materials & Equipment

SEIFSA concerned over scrap metal export ban extension

21 Nov 2023

Making cotton sustainable requires science, investment and governance

ESG

Making cotton sustainable requires science, investment and governance

5 Oct 2023

Covid-19

Phaahla urges Brics nations to maintain vigilance against Covid-19

8 Aug 2023

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Agribusiness

SA farmers want WTO dispute declared over EU citrus rules

Nelson Banya 4 Aug 2023

South Africa is exporting more food. But it needs to find new growth frontiers

Agriculture

South Africa is exporting more food. But it needs to find new growth frontiers

Wandile Sihlobo 7 Mar 2023

Source © Bowie15 A panel at the recent inaugural AWAfrica examined the need for Africans to claim their share of the global creative economy

Advertising

Unpacking Africa's limited involvement in the multi-billion dollar global creative economy

7 Mar 2023

SA citrus calls on presidential support in EU orange export battle

Agro-processing

SA citrus calls on presidential support in EU orange export battle

17 Feb 2023

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Corporate & Commercial Law

An update on free trade in Africa

Virusha Subban 17 Nov 2022

Fashion & Homeware

How used clothes became part of Africa's creative economy - and fashion sense

Karen Tranberg Hansen 12 Aug 2022

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Tax Law

Minister suspends anti-dumping duties for frozen chicken imports

2 Aug 2022

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Corporate & Commercial Law

US and Kenya sign strategic trade and investment partnership

Virusha Subban 29 Jul 2022

Learnings from the pandemic: How local SMEs can cushion the blow of the war

SMEs

Learnings from the pandemic: How local SMEs can cushion the blow of the war

5 May 2022

#BizTrends2022: Taking Africa's aviation sector to the skies

Trends

#BizTrends2022: Taking Africa's aviation sector to the skies

Khangi Khoza 6 Jan 2022

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Covid-19

Pandemic lesson: Africa must rely on itself

23 Sep 2021

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Covid-19

Nobel laureates call for waiving of IP Covid-19 rules

14 Sep 2021

SA's rooibos industry receives EU certificate of registration for PDO

Agriculture

SA's rooibos industry receives EU certificate of registration for PDO

24 Aug 2021

Regional status to SA's rooibos tea can turn fortunes for crop

Agro-processing

Regional status to SA's rooibos tea can turn fortunes for crop

Tanisha Heiberg and Mike Hutchings 12 Aug 2021

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IMC Conference

#NedbankIMC2021: Spoofy octopus, the diversity jungle and being true to yourself

Nicci Botha 30 Jul 2021

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Covid-19

Covid-19 vaccine plant in Africa? This is what it would take to build one

23 Jun 2021

World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks as he attends the World Health Assembly (WHA) amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Geneva, Switzerland, 24 May 2021. Christopher Black/World Health Organisation/Handout via Reuters

Pharmaceuticals

WHO setting up hub to make Covid-19 vaccines in South Africa - Tedros

22 Jun 2021

Use the Africa free-trade area to create jobs and enable entrepreneurship for the youth

Logistics & Transport

Use the Africa free-trade area to create jobs and enable entrepreneurship for the youth

Lebo Letsoalo 21 Jun 2021

Could vaccine registration negate the good intentions of the Trips waiver?

Medical Law

Could vaccine registration negate the good intentions of the Trips waiver?

Chyreene Truluck 10 Jun 2021

Protesters gather in Cambridge to demand that AstraZeneca shares blueprints for its Covid-19 vaccine. Luciana Guerra/PA Images via Getty Images

Covid-19

Trips waiver: US support is a major step but no guarantee of Covid-19 vaccine equity

Erin Hannah, James Scott, Silke Trommer & Sophie Harman 13 May 2021

Over 100 countries back Trips waiver on Covid-19 vaccines

Covid-19

Over 100 countries back Trips waiver on Covid-19 vaccines

7 May 2021

US supports waiver of Covid-19 vaccine IP restrictions

IP Law

US supports waiver of Covid-19 vaccine IP restrictions

6 May 2021

Hospital staff in Lagos, Nigeria, administer the AstraZeneca vaccine. AP Photo/Sunday Alamba

Covid-19

How to get Covid-19 vaccines to poor countries - and still keep patent benefits for drugmakers

Dalindyebo Shabalala 16 Apr 2021

Workers at India’s biggest syringe manufacturer ramp up production in September 2020 in race to meet Covid-19 vaccine-driven demand. Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

Why India is banking on health diplomacy to grow African footprint

Dan Banik & Renu Modik 26 Mar 2021

A market place in Ghana’s capital Accra. Developing countries like Ghana risk being left behind in the race to secure Covid-19 vaccines. Christian Thompson/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Covid-19

Dummy's guide to how trade rules affect access to Covid-19 vaccines

Caroline Southey 11 Jan 2021

Vaccine rollout: Here is where South Africa stands

Public Health

Vaccine rollout: Here is where South Africa stands

James Stent 22 Dec 2020

President-elect Joe Biden

Economy

Biden's election bodes well for SA's economy

Raymond Parsons 9 Nov 2020

Fisheries sustainability top agenda at WTO meeting

Fishing

Fisheries sustainability top agenda at WTO meeting

28 Oct 2020

Restrictions in trade to contain Covid-19 have been devastating for Africa's urban poor

Import/Export

Restrictions in trade to contain Covid-19 have been devastating for Africa's urban poor

Astrid R.N. Haas and Victoria Delbridge 27 Oct 2020