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SA accused of frustrating customs union plans In what he described as a possibly belated April Fool’s joke, Michael Poverello’s blog reported that South Africa had been accused of frustrating plans to create a regional customs union – and, instead, preferring to bolster the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu), where it holds sway. SA to reap benefits of East African oil and gas finds SA’s budding energy service industry is aiming to reap the benefits of new natural gas and oil finds along Africa’s east coast, where geographical proximity gives it the edge over other hubs in Europe, Singapore and Dubai, said a Reuters report carried by the Mozambique Investor. KZN looks into establishment of chemicals hub The establishment of a chemical industrial park in KZN was high on the agenda when Trade & Investment KwaZulu- Natal (TIKZN), in partnership with the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), hosted an information-sharing seminar for the KZN chemical industry in Durban recently. SA strikers haven’t tried this one … yet Workers at a collapsed division of a French logistics company went on hunger strike yesterday to push for their demands. Tyre levy on its way as recycling plan is gazetted Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has gazetted the Integrated Industry Waste Tyre Management Plan (IIWTMP) of the Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa (Redisa) for immediate implementation.