LAST WEEK'S TOP STORIES ON FTW ONLINE

Davies still confident
of agri-exports after
Obama ultimatum
letter
South Africa will be able
to resolve the outstanding
African Growth and
Opportunity Act (Agoa)
issues within 60 days,
according to Minister of
Trade and Industry, Dr Rob
Davies.
SA exporter seals
R28m deal in Cuba
Cape Town-based boatbuilding
company, Matrix
Yachts, has sealed a
R28-million deal with
an international tourism
company based in Havana,
Cuba.
Logistics major lands
R20m distribution
contract
Logistics major Imperial
Fast ‘n Fresh has secured a
three-year contract for the
distribution of Nulaid eggs.
Business in a flap about
latest Agoa threat
South African business
people have expressed
concern that millions of
rands of agricultural exports
and over 100 000 jobs could
potentially be lost, should
South Africa’s inclusion in
the African Growth and
Opportunity Act (Agoa) fall
through.
New tugboat marks
a milestone
The launch of the first
of nine new tugboats at
the Durban premises
of contractor, Southern
African Shipyards,
marked a milestone in
Transnet National Ports
Authority’s R1.4-billion
tug building contract.