SA takes up citrus black spot issue

SA takes up citrus black spot issue

South Africa has raised the issue of the European Union’s regulations on Citrus Black Spot at the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Committee of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), says the Department of Trade and Industry (dti). This as the EU has threatened to refuse entry...
Productivity stats 2013 released

Productivity stats 2013 released

South Africa’s Productivity Statistics for the year 2013 have been released, and they show a mixed bag of performances in various key industrial sectors of the economy. The main economy sectors include construction, mining and quarrying, finance, insurance and real...
Early-bird success

Early-bird success

South African media group Naspers has done sensationally well out of its investment in the Asian start-up Tencent Holdings. That Hong Kong-listed company has developed into one of China’s three biggest Internet businesses, along with Alibaba and search engine Baidu....
Airbus A350XWB lands in SA

Airbus A350XWB lands in SA

The Airbus A350XWB – which is on a world tour — landed in South Africa at the weekend, where it carried out crucial high airfield performance and auto-landing trials at OR Tambo International Airport. The A350XWB, which carries 369 passengers, is the...
R50bn to revive SA’s railway system

R50bn to revive SA’s railway system

In a big move to revitalise South Africa’s rail system, Transnet has awarded a R50 billion contract for the building of 1 064 modern and technologically advanced locomotives. On Monday, Transnet Group Chief Executive Brian Molefe announced four original global...