Janet Wilhelm
Replace top-down delivery with citizen participation
Business Day - 24 April 2018 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)
Muhammed Patel
Muhammed Patel joined TIPS in 2017. He holds a Masters in Economics from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where his thesis focused on the relationship between income and health in South Africa. Muhammed’s background spans work in industrial development, and competition and regulatory economics. While completing his Master’s degree, Muhammed worked as a junior researcher at the School of Development Studies conducting research on the manufacturing sector of eThekwini. He also lectured undergraduate economics students over this time. In 2015, Muhammed joined competition and regulatory consultancy Genesis Analytics, where he spent two years working on competition and regulation cases. Notably, his work focused on the telecommunications and energy sectors.
Social pacts are hard work, not a bunch of nice words
Business Day - 10 April 2018 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)
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Using land as an emotive symbol will not fix problems
Business Day - 27 March 2018 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)
SA must cater for new settlement patterns around cities
Business Day - 13 March 2018 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)
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Case study on the agricultural inputs regional value chain in Southern Africa: South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia
This research report aims to identify opportunities to develop the regional value chain in agricultural inputs, and the opportunities within that value chain for regional trade. It also aims to detail policy initiatives to be undertaken by the South African Department of Trade and Industry to capitalise on those opportunities in order to promote regional integration and growth and development supported by expanding regional value chains.The study covers the following countries: South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia. The research aims to answer the following questions:
- What is the current profile of the agricultural inputs sector in each country?
- What are the key factors driving demand for different categories of agricultural inputs across the four countries?
- What are the main factors that constrain demand for agricultural inputs in each country, and in aggregate across the region?
- What is the current structure of the regional value chain in these inputs? How is it organised?
- How well is the chain functioning?
- What and where are the opportunities to improve the functioning of the regional value chain?
- What does this analysis imply for the dti’s regional development policy?
Basic chemicals and petroleum refineries 2017
The basic chemicals and petroleum refineries industry comprises polymers, bulk petrochemicals and intermediates, other basic industrial and inorganic chemicals, and fertilisers. It forms part of the broader chemicals industry, which also encompasses household chemicals, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and products of plastic and rubber, most of which are downstream from basic chemicals and petroleum refineries.
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Beverages
Capital equipment
Clothing, footwear, leather and textiles
Electronics and appliances
Food processing
Furniture and manufacturing activities not elsewhere classified
Glass and non-metalic minerals
Metal and metal products
Other chemicals, rubber and plastics
Printing and publishing
Transport equipment
Wood and paper
Beverages 2017
The beverages industry comprises alcoholic and soft drinks excluding fruit juices, which are classed under fruit and vegetable processing. Soft drinks were around a fifth of beverages turnover.
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Other subsector notes
Basic chemicals and petroleum refineries
Capital equipment
Clothing, footwear, leather and textiles
Electronics and appliances
Food processing
Furniture and manufacturing activities not elsewhere classified
Glass and non-metalic minerals
Metal and metal products
Other chemicals, rubber and plastics
Printing and publishing
Transport equipment
Wood and paper
Capital equipment 2017
Capital equipment comprises machinery and equipment used in production. While it does not equate to a standard statistical category, it largely falls under machinery and electrical equipment. Machinery refers to the production of machine tools, engines, pumps, handling equipment, armaments and similar complex equipment; electrical machinery covers electric motors and transformers as well as cables and lights. These categories exclude transport equipment, appliances and precision equipment, for instance for medical use. The line between these classes of equipment has however become increasingly blurred as digital controls grow in importance.
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Other subsector notes
Basic chemicals and petroleum refineries
Beverages
Clothing, footwear, leather and textiles
Electronics and appliances
Food processing
Furniture and manufacturing activities not elsewhere classified
Glass and non-metalic minerals
Metal and metal products
Other chemicals, rubber and plastics
Printing and publishing
Transport equipment
Wood and paper