TIPS - News - Results from #120

Boots and helmets make way for aprons and caps

Business Day - 11 July 2023 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

SA’s commodity dependency contributes to inequalities

Business Day - 27 June 2023 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

How Eskom has left ‘smart cities’ in the dark

Mail & Guardian 26 June 2023 - by Hluma Ralane

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The employment shift since the pandemic — and what to do about it

Business Day - 13 June 2023 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

Various South African sectors keeping close eye on future of Agoa agreement

Mercury - 21 June 2023 by Kuben Chetty (KwaZulu-Natal Politics and Opinions Editor)

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South Africa could be 'graduated' out of Agoa

Business Times (Sunday Times) - 18 June by Khulekani Magubane (Financial reporter)

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AfCFTA holds promise for SA exports, but implementation roadblocks remain

Engineering News - 9 June 2023 by Simone Liedtke

Small business lagging in South Africa

Engineering News - 1 June 2023 by Tasneem Bulbulia

For more about the Development Dialogue on Small business in the economy read here

South Africa's energy challenges are multitude but not insurmountable

ESI Africa - 18 May 2023 by Yunus Kemp

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How winter affects solar output in every province in SA

News24 - 18 May 2023 by William Bredrode

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Carbon border adjustment scheme raises anxiety among SA exporters

Engineering News Cover Story - 12 May 2023 by Schalk Burger

TIPS Policy Brief available here: The European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and implications for South African exports

Imports of solar panels and inverters surge in South Africa as power crisis grows

CleanTechnica - 11 May 2023 by Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai

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SA can’t turn back the clock on national power system

Business Day - 2 May 2023 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

Consider competing interests in transition to green energy, experts urge

Business Day - 24 April 2023 by Michelle Gumede, Industrial Reporter

For more about the Development Dialogue on Loadshedding and the implications for industrial policy read here

Loadshedding hindering industrialisation

Engineering News - 24 April 2023 by Tasneem Bulbulia

For more about the Development Dialogue on Loadshedding and the implications for industrial policy read here

State-owned companies cost a fortune

Business Day - 18 April 2023 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

SA’s green steelmaking ‘a matter of utmost urgency’

Business Day 19 April 2023 - by Michelle Gumede

For more about the Steel sector decarbonisation roadmap workshop read here

South Africa’s green direct reduced iron export potential highlighted as industry mulls decarbonisation options

Engineering News - 18 April 2023 by Terence Creamer

For more about the Steel sector decarbonisation roadmap workshop read here

Investment drive: R1 trillion and counting. So why do we feel worse off?

Mail & Guardian - 12 April 2023 by Sarah Smit

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Managing rents in local commodity value chains

Business Day - 4 April 2023 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

State of small businesses in South Africa shows how important they are to the country

The Citizen - 26 March 2023 by Ina Opperman

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SA still has a legacy small business deficit compared with peers – TIPS

Engineering News - 17 March 2023 by Marleny Arnoldi

Germany to pump R300m into green industries in coal-heavy Mpumalanga

News24 - 16 March 2023 by Lameez Omarjee

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Mpumalanga gets R300m just energy transition boost

Business Day 15 March 2023 - by Denene Erasmus

€15m Just SA launched in bid to unlock Mpumalanga transition projects

Engineering News - 14 March 2023 by Terence Creamer

Infrastructure backlog, waning service delivery driving people to cities – TIPS

Engineering News - 6 March 2023 be Schalk Burger

Manufacturing, mining and agriculture drive provinces’ real economic growth

Business Day - 6 March 2023 by Thuletho Zwane

Huge blow for exports in South Africa: report

BusinessTech - 5 March 2023

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R27 billion in exports under threat

City Press - 5 February 2023 by Dimakatso Leshoro

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