Call for applications for participants to attend APORDE 2021African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics 30th August to 10th September 2021 Online seminar Supported bySouth African Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic), Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) We are pleased to announce that the fifteenth edition of the African Programme on Rethinking…

While the concept of a just transition dates back half a century, only recently has it entered the mainstream discourse. Its scope and application remain a source of debates and disagreements, with the term being already co-opted by various parties. The policy interventions required to effect and finance a just…

The trade balance continued to decline in the first quarter of 2021, down to R96 billion from R103 billion in the fourth quarter of 2020. But year-on-year, the surplus is up 165%. This marks the second consecutive year of a first quarter trade surplus. Overall , South Africa has had a first…

Business Day - 28 June 2021 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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Letter in Business Day - 29 June 2021: Education requires innovation, not redistribution

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Daily Maverick - 12 July 2021 by Avuyile Xabadiya and Shonisani Manyaga

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Daily Maverick - 13 July 2021 by Gaylor Montmasson Clair (TIPS Senior Economist)

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AllAfrica.com - 15 July 2021

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The fundamental importance of the coal value chain to the South African economy means that its dual crises required a consistent, strategic and whole-of-government response. This study aims to provide a holistic analysis of the value chain as the basis for developing more strategic options. It first outlines the scope…

This project for the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition involved a study on the alignment of the quality infrastructure/ technical infrastructure in South Africa. It included four case studies on the quality infrastructure (QI) in other countries: Australia, Brazil, Kenya and the Republic of Korea. Quality Infrastructure in Australia…

This country study forms part of a project for the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition on the alignment of the quality infrastructure/technical infrastructure in South Africa. The project includes four country case studies: Australia, Brazil, Kenya and the Republic of Korea. The case studies for Brazil, Kenya and the…

This country study forms part of a project for the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition on the alignment of the quality infrastructure/technical infrastructure in South Africa. The project includes four country case studies: Australia, Brazil, Kenya and the Republic of Korea. The case studies for Australia, Kenya and the…

This country study forms part of a project for the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition on the alignment of the quality infrastructure/technical infrastructure in South Africa. The project includes four country case studies: Australia, Brazil, Kenya and the Republic of Korea. The case studies for Australia, Brazil and the…

This country study forms part of a project for the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition on the alignment of the quality infrastructure/technical infrastructure in South Africa. The project includes four country case studies: Australia, Brazil, Kenya and the Republic of Korea. The case studies for Australia, Brazil and Kenya…

Engineering News - 23 July 2021 by Terence Creamer

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Download programme: TIPS Forum 2021 Programme Download presentations: Presentations and papers Video recordings of the Forum sessions: TIPS YouTube Media release: Rethinking inclusive industrialisation in response to COVID-19

Creamer Media's Mining Weekly - 26 July 2021

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