RSA UK Inter Trade
Shipping Emissions
Durban – Shipping emissions are rising high and fast and must be tackled immediately to have a chance of keeping global warming below 2 degrees Celsius, says Oxfam International Policy Advisor on climate change, Tim Gore. [Read more...]
Pretoria – Transnet has signed an agreement with a Chinese-based company that will see it acquiring seven cranes for the Durban port.
The state-owned company signed the agreement with Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co (ZPMC) to buy seven tandem lift ship-to-shore cranes for the Durban container terminal. The cranes will replace the terminal’s ageing infrastructure as part of the parastatal’s interventions to renew the fleet of port handling equipment to boost efficiency and productivity.
Shanghai Cranes
Cameron in South Africa
Pretoria – British Prime Minister David Cameron has committed to double bilateral trade with South Africa by 2015, as he began his first working visit to sub-Saharan Africa to bolster trade links with the continent. [Read more...]
Maritime Sector
Cape Town – Lack of investment in the maritime sector could undermine the benefits of South Africa’s recent joining of the Brazil, Russia, India and China trading block. [Read more...]
Pretoria – South Africa and the United Kingdom have recommitted to the target of doubling bilateral trade between the two countries by 2015.
Following the 9th SA-UK Bilateral Forum, where the South African delegation was led by International Relations Minister Maite Nkoane-Mashabane, the two countries agreed to focus on building trade and investment in the following sectors: infrastructure and engineering; higher education and skills; energy; natural resources; ICT, financial services; and health, as key sectors in reaching this target. [Read more...]
Pretoria – International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane is to lead a South African delegation to the 9th SA-UK Bilateral Forum from Thursday.
The department said the visit comes within the context of strengthening political and bilateral relations between the two countries.
“The forthcoming forum will be an important milestone in the relations between the two countries as its main thrust will be on implementing the ideals expressed in the Joint Declaration as adopted at the end of President Jacob Zuma’s State Visit to the UK in 2010,” it said. [Read more...]
Cape Town – South Africa’s creative sector, like in many developed nations, has the potential to lead in generating economic growth, says Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile.
This minister said this was the collective view in April of over thousand delegates who attended the historic National Consultative Conference on the contributions of the arts, culture and heritage to the New Growth Path.
He said the gathering had agreed that the “creative sector in South Africa has the potential to be a leading sector in generating economic growth, employment and trade as is the case in many advanced economies.” [Read more...]
Pretoria – Alistair Campbell, a British relations expert who served as spokesperson to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, is in South Africa to share his expertise with government communicators. [Read more...]
Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma will host the third Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Summit for Heads of State and Government in Pretoria on Friday.
The SACU Commission is meeting today and the SACU Council of Ministers gathering will take place tomorrow ahead of Friday’s summit. [Read more...]
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