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Monday, 02 August 2021
UN in SA launches 'Raise the Game for Climate Action' campaign
SABC - 29 July 2021 - Interview with TIPS Senior Economist Gaylor Montmasson-Clair
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TIPS In the News
Monday, 02 August 2021
1,000 businesses shut in 6 months: 'Lack of new businesses even more worrying'
CapeTalk - 28 July 2021 (The Money Show talks to Saul Levin (TIPS) about the latest stats for business closures)
Listen to show online
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TIPS In the News
Monday, 02 August 2021
Freeze new coal plants, or SA's economy will bear the cost - report
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TIPS In the News
Monday, 02 August 2021
Gas guzzlers are here to stay
Sunday Independent - 30 July 2021 by Edwin Naidu
Read online at IOL.
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TIPS In the News
Monday, 02 August 2021
Cul-de-sac for electric cars in SA?
Sunday Independent - 31 July 2021 by Edwin Naidu
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TIPS In the News
Monday, 02 August 2021
One last chance to decarbonise or forgo the EU market
Business Day - 1 August 2021 by Gaylor Montmasson-Clair (TIPS Senior Economist)
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TIPS In the News
Tuesday, 03 August 2021
The WTO TRIPS waiver should help build vaccine manufacturing capacity in South Africa
The current global health crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic has refocused our attention on the shortcomings of the TRIPS Agreement and the patent system in dealing with global health crises. This time around, developing countries must ensure that the TRIPS waiver succeeds in creating the momentum needed to build manufacturing…
- Year 2021
- Organisation South Centre
- Author(s) Faizel Ismail (Professor and Director of the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town and a TIPS Research Fellow)
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External Publications
Tuesday, 10 August 2021
Toward a contribution to a just transition finance roadmap in South Africa
This working paper begins the process of framing a just transition narrative in the context of the South African financial system. It provides a brief overview of the current financial system in South Africa focusing on the structural fit of the finance system to the real economy, specifically in relation…
- Year 2021
- Organisation TIPS
- Author(s) Sandy Lowitt (TIPS)
- Countries and Regions South Africa
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Climate Change
Friday, 13 August 2021
SA-TIED policy dialogue - Strengthening regional economic development in southern Africa
On 19 August, the SA-TIED programme will host its final in a series of policy dialogues to enhance engagement on pertinent economic and social issues facing southern Africa. This policy dialogue will be hosted under the work stream on Regional growth for southern Africa’s prosperity and will discuss strengthening regional economic development.COVID-19 has created a trade crisis…
- Date Thursday, 19 August 2021
- Time 14.00-15.15
- Venue Online via Zoom
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Development Dialogue Seminars
Friday, 13 August 2021
People's Voices: Key priorities and challenges for a Just Transition in Emalahleni and Steve Tshwete - What does mining closure mean for workers, their jobs and livelihoods?
This webinar by TIPS and the National Labour and Economic Institute (NALEDI), supported by groundwork, is part of a larger project funded by UK PACT that intends to facilitate the co-development of a coherent just transition plan for affected communities in Mpumalanga, with a particular focus on Emalahleni…
- Date Thursday, 26 August 2021
- Venue Webinar
- Organisation TIPS and the National Labour and Economic Institute (NALEDI), supported by groundWork
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Development Dialogue Seminars
Friday, 13 August 2021
Consider inequality when diagnosing the insurrection
Business Day - 26 July 2021 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)
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TIPS In the News
Friday, 13 August 2021
Medupi: How govt's damage control became the poster child of Eskom debt
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TIPS In the News
Friday, 13 August 2021
Getting back to where we were in the crisis before the crisis requires economic reconstruction
Engineering News - 5 August 2021 by TIPS
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TIPS In the News
WEBINAR RECORDING: TIPS and the National Labour and Economic Institute (NALEDI), supported by groundWork, hosted this Webinar on Thursday, 26 August 2021. A copy of the recording is available here .
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Announcements
Tuesday, 17 August 2021
Wood and paper 2021
Wood and paper refer to the processing of wood, including milling and pulping, and the production of final products such as plywood, furniture and paper. Printing and publishing are dealt with separately because they differ substantially from the wood and paper sections of the value chain. The wood and paper…
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Manufacturing Industries and Subsectors
Tuesday, 17 August 2021
Transport equipment 2021
The transport equipment subsector comprises of the manufacture of motor vehicles, bodies for vehicles and tractors, trailers and semi-trailers, parts and accessories for motor vehicles, building and repairing ships and boats, aircraft, railway and tramway locomotives, and motorcycles and bicycles. The value chain stretches beyond the direct supply chains between…
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Manufacturing Industries and Subsectors
Tuesday, 17 August 2021
Printing and publishing 2021
Printing and publishing subsector includes the production of printed material, including recorded media. It excludes the associated pre-production services such as content production and advertising and graphic design that are crucial in its value chain. The subsector is dominated by a few large vertically integrated players that have significant stake…
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Manufacturing Industries and Subsectors
Tuesday, 17 August 2021
Other chemicals, rubber and plastics 2021
Other chemicals refers to the chemicals subsector excluding basic chemicals, petrochemicals and primary plastics. The other chemicals, rubber and plastics value-chain starts from the upstream sectors that provide feedstock for chemicals processing. These chemicals are further processed to produce inputs into second phase processing such as polymers, which are inputs…
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Manufacturing Industries and Subsectors
Tuesday, 17 August 2021
Glass and non-metalic minerals
The glass and non-metallic minerals industry includes both glass products that are used in various sectors such as automotive, and mineral products such as cement, bricks, ceramics and similar products, which are used principally in the construction industry. In 2019, cement accounted for 60% of turnover the industry’s turnover. Ceramics…
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Manufacturing Industries and Subsectors