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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 in successive aspect of the value chain.
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Other subsector notes
Basic chemicals and pretroleum
Beverages
Capital equipment
Clothing, footwear, leather and textiles
Electronics and precision equipment
Food processing
Furniture and manufacturing activities not elsewhere classified
Glass and non-metalic minerals
Metal and metal products
Other chemicals, rubber and plastics
Transport equipment
Wood and paper
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 large-scale first-tier component manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). It involves related upstream sectors such as plastics, recycling, metals and chemicals, providing inputs for manufacturing components. The industry is dominated by seven large multinational OEMs, which source inputs from first-tier component manufacturers and more minor-scale inputs from second-tier component manufacturers.
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Other subsector notes
Basic chemicals and petroleum refineries
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
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 value chain incorporates first-step processing of sawn wood from timber plantations to produce lumber and biomass. Lumber and biomass undergo further processing to produce paper and pulp and high-quality wood that is used in construction and housing, joinery, furniture and industrial applications. The sawmilling sector is dominated by several large vertically integrated groups with interests in the various aspects of the value chain, from forestry to first and second phase processing and transportation. These groups include Sappi, Mondi and Safcol. In addition, several smaller sawmilling groups and a sizable number of informal sector sawmills, usually referred to as "bush mills”, play a significant role in meeting domestic market demand.
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Other subsector notes
Basic chemicals and petroleum refineries
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
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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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 Development Dialogue webinar aims to provide a platform to hear from and engage with people from Steve Tshwete and Emalahleni. It aims to unpack key concerns, aspirations, visions and the needs of people in Mpumalanga, focusing on what is required to shift the status quo and make a positive change in the region in employment, poverty, energy, health, and the environment.
The second in a series, this event forms 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 and Steve Tshwete. The aim of this event is to unpack one of the issues raised in the first event relating to the future of existing mining jobs and the opportunities that might emerge in other sectors. What are the concerns of local workers and community members? What is a possible way forward? How can we solve some of the hard questions?
Programme
Welcome and introduction by Gaylor Montmasson-Clair (TIPS)
Overview of the project by Hameda Deedat (NALEDI)
Facilitated by:
Thomas Mnguni, Community Activity, groundwork and Melisizwe Tyiso, Researcher, NALEDI
Panel:
Jabu Khambule, Regional Educator, Highveld Region, National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), Emalahleni, Mpumalanga
Thembisile Mbethe, Vukani Environmental Justice Movement in Action (VEM), Emalahleni, Mpumalanga
Sicelo Masina, ex-worker Optimum Coal Mine, Steve Tshwete, Mpumalanga
Sipho Dhlamini, CEPPWAWU, Mpumalanga Regional Secretary
Discussion:
Michael Nkosi, LED Department, Steve Tshwete Local Municipality, Mpumalanga
Anna-Marth Ott, CEO, Middleburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), Steve Tshwete, Mpumalanga
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 in southern Africa with a dramatic slowdown in cross-border trade. The crisis, which exposed weaknesses and deficiencies in the trade facilitation regimes, presents an opportunity for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to address and contribute to greater levels of trade within Africa.
What is the impact of the border closures in response to the pandemic, and its impact on trade and the movement of goods in and out of the southern African development community? How then should the AfCFTA address the long-term problems of weak trade facilitation systems and bring in measures that would advance greater intra-regional co-operation?
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have become common across southern Africa in the past 20 years. In line with experiences in the rest of the world, they have had at best marginal success. Their essential premise is that it should be more efficient and effective to establish an enclave with world-class administration and infrastructure than to address cross-cutting blockages to growth. In east Asia, this approach was able to build on a broader national industrialization trajectory. In southern Africa, by contrast, it has proved unable to offset the main constraints on investment. The case of SEZs underscores the need to develop effective methodologies to test whether policy solutions developed in very different circumstances are viable in southern Africa.
Plastics are ubiquitous across the region and play an important role in multiple industries. Most plastics products are based on a value chain that is grounded in petroleum refining, posing an environmental challenge. Plastic manufacturing in South Africa suffers from the high cost of inputs. Mozambique is endowed with large deposits of natural gas. What then is the potential for the sustainable development of a plastics value chain in southern Africa?
About the policy dialogue
The policy dialogue will begin with a synthesis of research findings produced under the work stream on Regional growth for southern Africa’s prosperity by Saul Levin, TIPS executive director.
Following the synthesis presentation, speakers will dive into the main topics listed below. The discussion will be moderated by Mashudu Masutha, media liaison for South Africa’s Minister of Finance.
The following issues will be explored in the discussion:
- To what extent can SEZs be used as a policy tool for supporting industrialization, and what lessons can we learn from two decades of SEZs in southern Africa;
- The initial responses to COVID-19 in southern Africa saw border closures and lockdowns being implemented. These issues are discussed in the context of trade facilitation in southern Africa and its implications for the AfCFTA;
- Exploration of the upstream plastics sector as a regional value chain (RVC), and the possibilities of supporting the growth of this RVC and ‘future-proofing’ it against a number of headwinds.
Speakers
Saul Levin, executive director at TIPS
Neva Makgetla, senior economist at TIPS
Faizel Ismail, research fellow at TIPS
Liako Mofo, senior economist at TIPS
Register online
Register for the policy dialogue here.