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Tuesday, 11 July 2023
TIPS Imports localisation and supply chain disruption study - Fourth Quarter 2022
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: Potassium chloride for use as fertiliser (excluding that in tablets or similar forms, or in packages with a gross weight of <= 10kg) Product 2: Disodium carbonate Product 3: New pneumatic tyres, of rubber, of a kind…
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Imports Localisation
Tuesday, 11 July 2023
Boots and helmets make way for aprons and caps
Business Day - 11 July 2023 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)
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TIPS In the News
Monday, 17 July 2023
State localisation procurement decision is irrational
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TIPS In the News
Tuesday, 18 July 2023
Opinion: How South Africa could seize the moment and build renewables and battery value chains
Engineering News - 18 July 2023 by Gaylor Montmasson-Clair (TIPS Senior Economist and SAREM Facilitator)
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TIPS In the News
Wednesday, 19 July 2023
Opinion: Does this count as a just transition investment?
Engineering News - 17 July 2023 by Sandy Lowitt (TIPS Research Fellow)
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TIPS In the News
Thursday, 20 July 2023
Seizing the moment: South Africa’s opportunity to build renewable energy and battery value chains
Business Report - 19 July 2023 by Gaylor Montmasson-Clair (TIPS Senior Economist and SAREM Facilitator)
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TIPS In the News
Saturday, 22 July 2023
Uncertain responses: Contrasting industrial policy during the COVID-19 pandemic and loadshedding
South Africa’s official responses to two far-reaching crises – the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 and escalating loadshedding in 2022 – underscored a profound, albeit unacknowledged, ambivalence about industrial policy. That reality emerged even though the democratic state has consistently called for economic reconstruction. This policy brief summarises the divergent strategies, and…
- Year 2023
- Author(s) Neva Makgetla (TIPS)
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Policy Briefs
Saturday, 22 July 2023
FDI Tracker Q1 2023
A total of 11 FDI projects were recorded in the first quarter of 2023. The pledged investment value for the quarter is attributable to only three projects and amounts to R47.8 billion. Tracking captured 50 364 employment opportunities with numbers reported for two projects. Terragrn’s agroforest project accounts for 50 000 of…
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TIPS FDI Tracker
Wednesday, 26 July 2023
Patel signals subtle shift in South Africa’s trade policy
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TIPS In the News
Wednesday, 26 July 2023
Tariff surge on basic foods intensifies inequalities
Business Day - 25 July 2023 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)
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TIPS In the News
Thursday, 27 July 2023
SA’s low carbon taxes will send money to EU coffers
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TIPS In the News
Saturday, 05 August 2023
SA's new copyright bills could sink Agoa
Business Times (Sunday Times) - 30 July 2023 by Khulekani Magubane
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TIPS In the News
Saturday, 05 August 2023
Webinar: The South African Renewable Energy Masterplan (SAREM)
ESI Africa - 2 August 2023
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TIPS In the News
Saturday, 05 August 2023
Grid expansion is a major opportunity to develop small business capacity, says Stellenbosch researcher
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TIPS In the News
Saturday, 05 August 2023
Industrial policy changes needed, TIPS forum hears
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TIPS In the News
Saturday, 05 August 2023
Research institute explains why SA’s Green Finance Taxonomy is not being used
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TIPS In the News
Saturday, 05 August 2023
South Africa Now Has Over 10 GW Of Wind & Solar Generation Capacity
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TIPS In the News
Thursday, 10 August 2023
Responding to the European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM): South Africa's vulnerability and responses
CBAM is a key policy tool that forms part of the European Green Deal (EGD) to reduce net GHG emissions across Europe and abroad. Within this context, CBAM can be defined as a carbon border tax on embedded GHG emissions of carbon-intensive products imported into the EU. The main intent…
- Year 2023
- Organisation TIPS
- Author(s) Seutame Maimele
- Countries and Regions South Africa
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Climate Change
Monday, 14 August 2023
Localisation and industrial policy: Scopes, debates and instruments
Localisation has become an increasingly important part of South Africa’s industrial policy as articulated by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition. At its core, it is a strategy to identify and support sectoral priorities for industrialisation. Those functions are also central to the well-known import-substitution and export-oriented models. The…
- Year 2023
- Organisation TIPS
- Author(s) Neva Makgetla (TIPS)
- Countries and Regions South Africa
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Trade and Industry