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Thursday, 25 August 2022

Measures to prevent theft of scrap metal

  • Year 2022
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Theft of scrap metal, especially copper cable, imposes costs far beyond the actual value of the material taken. These costs, mostly in the form of disruptions to rail transport and electricity, effectively cut production and foreign sales worth tens of billions of rand a year Scrap metal is also a…
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Published in Trade and Industry
Thursday, 11 August 2022

Designing climate-compatible industrial strategies for South Africa: The textiles value chain

  • Year 2022
  • Author(s) Nicola Jenkin (Pinpoint Sustainability), Elize Hattingh (TIPS)
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
This report delves into the environmental sustainability of South Africa’s textile value chain, with a focus on the manufacturing components of the value chain. The aim is to inform the sector’s path towards climate compatibility. It provides a description of, and introduction to, South Africa’s textiles value chain, with an…
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Tuesday, 19 July 2022

The just transition for the refining and logistics sectors of the South African liquid fuels industry value chain

  • Year 2022
  • Organisation TIPS and WWF South Africa
  • Author(s) D.W. Wright
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Decarbonisation efforts in South Africa have focused on Eskom electricity generation and Sasol petrochemical production. However, given the absolute CO2 emissions associated with these operations, as pressure increases to decarbonise all sectors of the economy to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5⁰C by 2050, it will also be necessary…
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Published in Climate Change
Tuesday, 05 July 2022

Promoting intra-SADC trade through regional industrial value chains: A case study of import opportunities for South Africa

  • Year 2022
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Sandra Makumbirofa
  • Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Regional value chains have gained increasing popularity in promoting sustained market opportunities, job creation, and sustainable development among countries. With the enactment of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, access to larger economic markets will mean larger economies of scale, development of specialised capabilities, increase in productivity, as…
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Sunday, 19 June 2022

Local government toolbox for a just energy transition in South Africa

  • Year 2022
  • Organisation TIPS and Just Urban Transitions
  • Author(s) Lauren Hermanus (Adapt), Gaylor Montmasson- Clair (TIPS), Muhammed Patel (TIPS) and Peta Wolpe (Independent).
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Improving the governance of the transition to a a low-emissions economy, across spheres of government and sectors, means local risks and opportunities must be foregrounded. In addition, the local government toolbox for advancing a just transition – the policies, regulations, functions and processes – must be characterised and interrogated even as these…
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Sunday, 19 June 2022

Beyond coal: opportunities to diversify the economies of Emalahleni and Steve Tshwete local municipalities

  • Year 2022
  • Organisation TIPS and Just Urban Transitions
  • Author(s) Gaylor Montmasson-Clair (TIPS), Lauren Hermanus (Adapt), Muhammed Patel (TIPS) and Peta Wolpe (Independent).
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
The report unpacks the historical trajectory of coal-dependent economies in Mpumalanga and charts possible futures by analysing potential economic opportunities. It covers the past and present economic structure of coal-based municipalities in South Africa, and unpacks existing assets and liabilities. It then looks forward by diving into possible economic activities that could provide…
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Wednesday, 04 May 2022

Industrial usage opportunities for products derives from waste tyres in South Africa

  • Year 2022
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Nicola Jenkin (Pinpoint Sustainability)
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Waste tyres are a problematic waste stream. While figures provided vary, it is estimated that 10.9 million waste tyres enter the waste stream per annum (about 300 000 tonnes), with an estimated 900 000 tonnes stockpiled. An estimated 93 400 tonnes of tyres were collected for processing in 2021 (about…
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Tuesday, 26 April 2022

A Just Transition finance roadmap for South Africa: A first iteration

  • Year 2021
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Sandy Lowitt , Itumeleng Mokoena (TIPS)
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
A just transition finance roadmap aims to articulate a new end vision for the financial ecosystem which perfectly aligns lending and investment actions to idealised government environmental and social policies which support a net zero economy. Once a final vision is articulated, the roadmap provides routes and  signposts to arrive…
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Monday, 14 March 2022

A developmental regionalism approach to the AfCFTA and Rules of Origin for the cotton, textiles and apparel regional value chain

  • Year 2022
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Faizel Ismail (Director of the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town and TIPS Research Fellow)
  • Countries and Regions Africa
Bilateral or regional trade agreements (RTAs) are essentially preferential in nature and a deviation from the World Trade Organization principle of most-favoured-nation or non-discrimination, as they are intended to benefit signatory countries. However, the agreement could be abused by competitive third-countries that use a member country of the RTA (that…
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Monday, 28 February 2022

Exploring alternative options for coal truckers in a biomass supply chain

  • Year 2022
  • Organisation TIPS and WWF South Africa
  • Author(s) Farai Chireshe and Tjasa Bole-Rentel (WWF South Africa)
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
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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Monday, 14 February 2022

Regional wool value chain

  • Year 2021
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Liako Mofo
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
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…
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Thursday, 20 January 2022

Mitigation options for South Africa's petrochemical value chain

  • Year 2022
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Muhammed Patel
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
This paper seeks to add to the discourse on climate change mitigation in the petrochemical industry in South Africa, through a broad evaluation of the mitigation interventions available. For the purposes of the analysis, the scope is confined to the base and performance chemicals that are produced from the petrochemicals…
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Wednesday, 05 January 2022

Technical Report No. 1: A Review of local and international policy debates

  • Year 2021
  • Organisation TIPS for the Presidential Climate Commission
  • Author(s) Muhammed Patel (TIPS)
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) is a multi-stakeholder body established by the President of the Republic of South Africa to advise on the country’s climate change response and pathways to a low-carbon climate-resilient economy and society.  TIPS research for the PCC included the technical report: Technical Report No. 1: A…
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Published in Climate Change
Wednesday, 05 January 2022

Governance and the Just Transition

  • Year 2021
  • Organisation TIPS for the Presidential Climate Commission
  • Author(s) Neva Makgetla (TIPS)
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) is a multi-stakeholder body established by the President of the Republic of South Africa to advise on the country’s climate change response and pathways to a low-carbon climate-resilient economy and society.  TIPS research for the PCC included the technical report: Technical Report No. 1: A…
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Published in Climate Change
Wednesday, 05 January 2022

The Just Transition in coal

  • Year 2021
  • Organisation TIPS for the Presidential Climate Commission
  • Author(s) Neva Makgetla (TIPS)
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) is a multi-stakeholder body established by the President of the Republic of South Africa to advise on the country’s climate change response and pathways to a low-carbon climate-resilient economy and society.  TIPS research for the PCC included the technical report: Technical Report No. 1: A…
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Published in Climate Change
Thursday, 18 November 2021

Policy primers for a South African Just Transition framework

  • Year 2021
  • Organisation TIPS for the Presidential Climate Commission
  • Author(s) Gaylor Montmasson-Clair
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) is a multi-stakeholder body established by the President of the Republic of South Africa to advise on the country’s climate change response and pathways to a low-carbon climate-resilient economy and society.  TIPS research for the PCC included the technical report: Technical Report No. 1: A…
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Published in Climate Change
Wednesday, 10 November 2021

Unemployment and sustainable livelihoods: Just Transition interventions in the face of inequality

  • Year 2021
  • Organisation TIPS for the Presidential Climate Commission
  • Author(s) Nokwanda Maseko
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) is a multi-stakeholder body established by the President of the Republic of South Africa to advise on the country’s climate change response and pathways to a low-carbon climate-resilient economy and society.  TIPS research for the PCC included the technical report: Technical Report No. 1: A…
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Published in Climate Change
Wednesday, 10 November 2021

Finance and the Just Transition

  • Year 2021
  • Organisation TIPS for the Presidential Climate Commission
  • Author(s) Sandy Lowitt (TIPS)
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) is a multi-stakeholder body established by the President of the Republic of South Africa to advise on the country’s climate change response and pathways to a low-carbon climate-resilient economy and society.  The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) is a multi-stakeholder body established by the President of…
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Wednesday, 03 November 2021

The European Green Deal: Context, challenges and opportunities for South African SMEs operating in the green economy

  • Year 2021
  • Organisation TIPS, tralac, Trade Advisory
  • Author(s) TIPS, tralac, Trade Advisory
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
The European Green Deal (EGD) is a is a set of policy initiatives by the European Commission with the overarching aim of making Europe climate neutral by 2050. These policy initiatives aim to make all sectors of the European Union’s economy fit to contribute to the European Union reaching its…
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Saturday, 23 October 2021

Regional value chains and industrialisation: the Southern African experience

  • Year 2021
  • Organisation UNCTAD
  • Author(s) Saul Levin and Neva Makgetla (TIPS)
Transforming Southern Africa: Harnessing regional value chains and industrial policy for development  Chaper 1: Regional value chains and industrialisation: The Southern African experience by Saul Levin and Neva Makgetla This technical report brings together a series of contributions from leading economists and experts on the challenges and the opportunities faced…
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Published in External Publications
Saturday, 23 October 2021

Supporting light and small-scale manufacturing in the townships for inclusive industrialisation

  • Year 2021
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
This report highlights the myriad interventions available to township firms to develop a more equitable industrial landscape that supports firm growth and employment growth. Many of these response measures aim to address the constraints facing small businesses and industrial development in townships. Gaps however remain. Economic geography is a key…
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Thursday, 14 October 2021

Water and sanitation sustainability in South Africa: Past, present, and future

  • Year 2021
  • Organisation TIPS and GEC
  • Author(s) Shakespear Mudombi (TIPS)
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
This paper provides a barometer of the country’s transition to sustainable development, paying special attention to water, as well as its Siamese twin "sanitation”. It has three main themes, namely: the water gap; household water and sanitation access; and governance and funding issues in the sector.
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Tuesday, 10 August 2021

Toward a contribution to a just transition finance roadmap in South Africa

  • Year 2021
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Sandy Lowitt (TIPS)
  • Countries and Regions 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…
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Tuesday, 03 August 2021

The WTO TRIPS waiver should help build vaccine manufacturing capacity in South Africa

  • 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)
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…
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Sunday, 25 July 2021

Quality Infrastructure in the Republic of Korea

  • Year 2021
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Dr Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke
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…
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Published in Trade and Industry
Sunday, 25 July 2021

Quality Infrastructure in Kenya

  • Year 2021
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Dr Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke
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…
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Sunday, 25 July 2021

Quality Infrastructure in Brazil

  • Year 2021
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Dr Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke
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…
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Sunday, 25 July 2021

Quality Infrastructure in Australia

  • Year 2021
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Dr Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke
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…
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Thursday, 22 July 2021

The coal value chain in South Africa

  • Year 2021
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Neva Makgetla, Muhammed Patel (TIPS)
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
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…
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Monday, 05 July 2021

A policy toolbox for just transitions

  • Year 2021
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Gaylor Montmasson-Clair
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
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…
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