Africa should focus on industrialisation. Free trade will follow: Workers in an assembly line Shutterstock The African Continental Free Trade Area is a continental agreement which came into force in May 2019. It covers trade in goods and services, investment, intellectual property rights and competition policy. Of the 55 African Union member states, only Eritrea […]
SA News: SAA on collision course with trade unions in a fight for survival
SAA on collision course with trade unions in a fight for survival: Trade unions were notified on Tuesday that retrenchments are being contemplated. The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) and the South African Cabin Crew Association (Sacca) say … Source: “South Africa” – BingNews
Exotic pet trade highlighted at Crocworld Conservation Centre’s November talks
Exotic pet trade highlighted at Crocworld Conservation Centre’s November talks: Crocworld Conservation Centre on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast welcomes two dynamic speakers to the programme for the November edition of the educational monthly talks. On Saturday, 9 November, Ndivhuwo Shivambu (PMB) and Tinyiko Cavin Shivambu (PMB), PhD candidates in Zoology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal […]
The African free trade zone can’t ignore continent’s security issues | The Conversation
The African free trade zone can’t ignore continent’s security issues: Millions of people have been displaced from countries like Mali. Can a free trade zone create more security? NICOLAS REMENE/EPA-EFE The new African free trade zone came into effect at the end of May 2019. All of the African Union’s (AU) member states are now […]
Africa’s Mukula trees score a victory as trade is put under closer scrutiny | The Conversation
Africa’s Mukula trees score a victory as trade is put under closer scrutiny: Rosewood is coveted for its colour Winai Tepsuttinun/Shutterstock CITES – the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora – has decided to include Mukula trees, one of many rosewood species, in its Annex II listing. Species covered […]
It’s time to break the deadlock over Africa’s ivory trade: here’s how | The Conversation
It’s time to break the deadlock over Africa’s ivory trade: here’s how: African elephant PhotocechCZ/Shutterstock Fierce debates over ivory have dominated the global conference for the international trade in species for 30 years, since the first international ivory ban was instituted in 1989. This is no different at the 18th Conference of the Parties to […]
Historic service delivery-orientated agreement between City of Johannesburg and labour trade unions
Historic service delivery-orientated agreement between City of Johannesburg and labour trade unions: Dear Johannesburg The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the City of Johannesburg and labour trade unions – the Independent Municipal and Allied Trade Union (IMATU) and the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) – announced by Mayor […]
Ghana hopes to benefit from hosting Africa’s free trade area secretariat | The Conversation
Ghana hopes to benefit from hosting Africa’s free trade area secretariat: Parliament House of Ghana Shutterstock Ghana has been chosen by the African Union (AU) to host the secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area. It beat other competing countries including Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar and Senegal to win the bid. As a […]
SA News: South Africa’s Ramaphosa: US-China trade war born from jealousy
South Africa’s Ramaphosa: US-China trade war born from jealousy: JOHANNESBURG: President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday that South Africa cannot allow its economy to be held back by the US-China trade war, which he said was born out of jealousy. Speaking at the … Source: “South Africa” – BingNews Pressure cooker Desperate Egypt, S.A clash: […]
More work lies ahead to make Africa’s new free trade area succeed | The Conversation
More work lies ahead to make Africa’s new free trade area succeed: The port of Mombasa in Kenya, which was the first country, with Ghana, to ratify the African Continental Free Trade Agreement in 2018. Shutterstock At a time when the global trade regime is under attack, the African Union (AU) is celebrating the establishment […]
