SA Customs Buzz: Latest on Covid-19 amendments

Business leaders are worried about the impact of load shedding, the state of local ports, crime, and political uncertainty.

The sector has partnered with Sars and the police to fight smuggling, under-invoicing and ‘illegitimate’ freight forwarders.

The latest decision expands the warlike area to cover the previously declared high-risk area.

The SARB’s decision to maintain the repo rate at 8.25% is reflective of its balancing strategy.

The decline in export revenue, which fell by almost a third to $508.4 million, has exacerbated the situation.

This allows them to fill their allocation with the most profitable products. 

The construction of a new 25km wall along South Africa’s border with Mozambique will halt the movement of stolen vehicles and goods.

Over and above a couple of challenges, the world’s most populated country has a growing taste for local fruit.

“What environmentalists call ‘de-growth’ is being achieved by the trashing of our conventional energy and transport systems.”

It’s preferable to having drivers use hard currency for the payment of inland toll fees and cross-border charges.

The first sailing will be on April 9 with the 2 100-TEU Jin Shun He, a container vessel registered in China.