Exporters have urged the parastatal and trade unions to resolve their wage dispute swiftly to avoid devastating consequences.

Panicking exporters fear that the shutdown of South Africa’s ports could have a devastating impact on produce headed abroad.

Word on the ground is that facilities in Zambia can’t cope with spill-over traffic from bottlenecking at Beitbridge.

Tough times lie ahead, but commercial farmers are helping to soften the blow for emerging citrus growers.

Vessels are waiting up to two weeks for inspections to depart with grain exports from the region.

At the end of this week the rate could be less than $2000 per 40-foot box.

More than a third of the country’s exporters are already not profitable.

Over 127 000 people in the W Cape are employed because of goods exported through the Port of Cape Town.

SA’s exports to France have increased from about R8.7 bn in 2020 to R11.6 bn in 2021.

A look back at last week’s top stories.

The parastatal has urged union leaders to “seriously consider” its wage increase proposal.

Plans are in place to increase the number of emerging miners that have access to rail and port capacity.