by gbsaadmin | Oct 17, 2014 | Business, Events, Featured, News, Trade
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...
by gbsaadmin | Sep 30, 2014 | Business, Featured, Jobs, News
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...
by gbsaadmin | Aug 26, 2014 | Business, Featured, Jobs, News
The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) has urged the public not to use false agents and intermediaries when registering their companies at the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC). Briefing the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry on Monday,...
by gbsaadmin | Aug 11, 2014 | Asia, Business, Featured, News, Views
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....
by gbsaadmin | Aug 4, 2014 | Business, Featured, News, Tourism
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...
by gbsaadmin | Mar 17, 2014 | Business, Featured, Jobs, News
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...