Department Of Trade, Industry And Competition

South Africa’s stainless steel industry needs coordinated interventions across the value chain to address weak domestic demand, rising energy and logistics costs, global overcapacity and increasing... 

KwaZulu-Natal provincial government business entity and special economic zone (SEZ) operator Dube TradePort Corporation is advancing plans for TradeZone Phase 3, a major expansion aimed at meeting... 

Industry organisations the Power Line and Substation Association of South Africa, the Manufacturing Circle, the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa and the Association of... 

The local commercial and industrial property sector is being shaped by energy insecurity and water stress, as well as rising environmental, social and governance expectations from tenants and... 

Speaking at the Eastern Cape Export Symposium and Exhibition on August 20, Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau called for support for the implementation of the South African... 

Through its partnership with the University of Cape Town (UCT), software developer Elemental Numerics has completed the commercialisation of its first major software product AlphaFlow, which was... 

Not many people know that South Africa is a rather heavyweight exporter of specialised spacecraft components and subsystems. Situated in Somerset West, Cape Town, 13-year-old NewSpace Systems (NSS)... 

South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has set a target of disbursing R51.5-billion in funding over the coming three financial years having aligned its corporate plan to... 

South Africa’s long-term growth challenge cannot be addressed without confronting the continued weakening of its manufacturing base. Over the past three decades, manufacturing’s contribution to GDP... 

With waste generation increasing and landfill space becoming increasingly limited in South Africa, alongside growing global regulatory requirements, local producers are facing mounting pressure to... 

The United Nations Industrial Organization (UNIDO) is implementing a project – Fostering Low Carbon and Positive Energy Industrial Spaces (LC-PEIS) - with funding from the Government of Flanders.... 

The role of the South African defence industry (SADI) in the national economy was recently unerscored by Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau in a keynote address he delivered at the... 

As mining remains the “backbone of South Africa’s economy”, due care must be exercised when implementing legislative interventions to minimise damage to investor sentiment and avoid curtailing the... 

Electromechanical equipment manufacturer ACTOM has expanded its manufacturing footprint at its Pretoria West industrial campus, in Gauteng, with the launch of the ACTOM Static Energy battery... 

Construction of the first-phase titanium dioxide pigment plant has started. 

South Africa has taken an important step towards strengthening its electric mobility ecosystem with the introduction of the Global Environment Facility (GEF-8) funded project, “Supporting the Just... 

By: Lubabalo Cengani The current structure of the South African economy is deeply rooted in the development of the Mineral Energy Complex (MEC) during the apartheid era. This model focused on... 

Power in Africa is not only an issue of infrastructure, but also an economic issue because industry requires reliable, affordable and sustainable energy. Industrial competitiveness is impossible... 

Electromechanical equipment manufacturer ACTOM has expanded its manufacturing footprint at its Pretoria West industrial campus, in Gauteng, with the launch of the ACTOM Static Energy battery...