<iframe width="560" height="315" src="/" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> OverviewThis webinar, organised in partnership with Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS), will provide participants with a first look at findings from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) report South Africa's Energy Fiscal Policies:…

Engineering News - 31 January 2021 by Marleny Arnoldi

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Business Day - 31 January 2022 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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  Presentations   Towards a Green Economy Barometer for South Africa (Elize Hattingh, Researcher, TIPS)   Green Economy Tracker South Africa Launch (Chris Hopkins: GEC Economic Policy Lead)   South Africa's recovery efforts from a green economy perspective (Georgina Ryan, National Treasury)   South Africas Recovery and Stimulus Package…

South Africa’s merchandise exports reached a new high in the second quarter of 2021 amounting to R520 billion, an 80.2% increase from the same period last year and a 26.3% increase from the previous quarter (Q1 2021). Although the large year-on-year increase in export values is partially reflective of a…

The Import Localisation and Supply Chain Disruption study is a quarterly report that seeks to identify goods from the list of imports identified in the Import Tracker report that South Africa could possibly viably manufacture. Each quarter focuses on five manufactured items from the list of imports in the corresponding quarter's Import Tracker report. The five products in this report are:  Product 1: Processing units for automatic data-processing machines, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units, output units (excluding those of heading 8471.41 or 8471.49 and…

This paper looks at the potential increase in regional gains, particularly in Lesotho and South Africa, through the wool value chain, with the aim of increasing regional productivity and the distribution of wealth through wool production. It also looks into the constraints that domestic, regional and international demand pose for…

Fin24 - 1 February 2022 by Lameez Omarjee

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Business Day - 1 February 2022 by Denene Erasmus 

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Fin24 - 1 February 2022 by Lameez Omarjee

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Business Day - 8 February 2022 by Gray Maguire 

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Business Day - 14 February 2022 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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Engineering News - 17 February 2022 by Marleny Arnoldi 

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This policy brief investigates the issues of rules of origin (RoO), their implications in a free trade area, and their role in promoting industrialisation and forging regional value chains (RVCs) under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, with the main focus on the cotton and textile and clothing…

Daily Maverick - 23 February 2022 by Gaylor Montmasson-Clair, Lauren Hermanus, Muhammed Patel and Peta Wolpe

 

Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) will host its Annual Forum on Monday and Tuesday, 1-2 August 2022. The theme is Towards a Just Transition: The Role of Industrial Policy. The Forum seeks to facilitate knowledge sharing and deepen the understanding of the dynamics of moving towards a Just Transition. It will consider…

South Africa continued to maintain a strong trade balance in the third quarter of 2021, with a surplus of R102 billion, down 11% from the third quarter of 2020. High mineral prices continue to be the main driver for the high surplus, although these prices are beginning to fall. In…

The potential for biomass supply chains to provide alternative employment opportunities for people currently employed in coal trucking is vast. Side tipper trucker jobs are a low-hanging fruit as they are used both for the transportation of coal and the largest source of sustainable biomass in South Africa, namely invasive…

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Research undertaken in 2021 generated an evidence base of just transition project characteristics and financing needs in South Africa. The Mpumalanga sample of 26  projects covered a range of economic diversification interventions. Projects with novel technology opportunities related to land, water rehabilitation and agricultural dominated the sample.  All the projects were…