Botswana bans importation of baked goods
The government of President Mokgweetsi Matsisi has taken its next step towards indigenising job creation through economic opportunities with the announcement from Gaborone yesterday that Botswana has placed a ban on the importation of baked goods.
Angola implements restrictive import measures
The Angolan government announced on Monday that it would no longer allocate foreign exchange currency for the import of a range of products, including vegetables, legumes and industrial processing, as the country’s local production already satisfies the demand.
Major step forward for Tambo Springs development
Construction of the bulk of the infrastructure has commenced at the Tambo Springs Logistics Gateway.
Could crew change crisis have contributed to Wakashio incident?
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has spoken out against the recent arrest of members of the Wakashio crew following the grounding of the Japanese-owned vessel along the Mauritius coast last week.
DEVELOPING STORY: Sars looking into allegations of manipulated declarations
The SA Revenue Service (Sars) has undertaken to look into a matter of alleged mis- or under-declaration of imported goods reportedly affecting a local manufacturer of doors and window frames.
SA’s lockdown easing reopens door for Zambia’s copper exporters
Zambia Chamber of Mines CEO Sokwani Chilembo has welcomed the easing of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions in South Africa, remarking that it will hopefully reinvigorate copper exports to China.
Coldest winter in decades bodes well for agriculture
It may be a far cry from the sub-zero record temperature of -18.6 recorded on the farm Buffelsfontein near Molteno in the Eastern Cape in 1996, but the country’s best barometer of cold weather, Bothaville, is experiencing its coldest winter in decades.
Covid-19’s positive impact on Transnet
Not allowing a good crisis to go to waste, Transnet has put in place several interventions that have impacted positively on the state-owned transport and logistics company.
Air cargo data confirm staggering rate increases
The latest findings of World Air Cargo Data (World ACD) confirm the extreme volatility in the air cargo market, with its latest set of market data supporting the notion that "we have seen weekly changes hitherto unknown".
BORDER BEAT: Demonstrations force shutdown of DRC-Zambia border
The notoriously problematic border crossing of Kasumbalesa between Zambia’s Copperbelt Province and the province of Haut-Katanga in the south-western Democratic Republic of the Congo has shut down again.
