LAST WEEK'S TOP STORIES ON FTW ONLINE

New York braces for new storm New York state governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday warned a new storm heading towards his state and neighbouring New Jersey, both still recovering from superstorm Sandy, could lead to new coastal evacuations. Sars intercepts drugs at Ortia The South African Revenue Service (Sars) Customs team at OR Tambo International Airport has prevented more than 17kg of drugs from entering the country over the past few days. ‘Exports to Africa will rise at the expense of EU’ By 2016, South African exports into Africa will have increased significantly but will be offset by an equivalent drop in trade with Europe. SA DC mulls regional ICT strategy A regional ICT strategy is due to be submitted to the SADC Sub- Committee on Customs Cooperation (SCCC) following a meeting of SADC ICT experts in Mauritius last month. Future composition of SA ’s top export destination countries While China did not feature in SA’s top ten export destination countries in 2008, by 2012 this changed dramatically when it became SA’s top export destination, according to credit insurer Coface.