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South Africa continues to push for long extension to Agoa well ahead of 2025 expiry 
By: Terence Creamer 26th June 2024 With the expiry of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act 15 months away, South Africa is continuing to call for an early and substantial extension... →
‘Second wave’ of Operation Vulindlela set to prioritise ‘green and digital’ growth
By: Terence Creamer 25th June 2024 The ‘second wave’ of government’s Operation Vulindlela initiative is poised to be widened to include additional structural reforms to those that... →
Blue carbon markets: Africa must carefully balance risks and rewards
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 25th June 2024 Africa’s productive blue carbon ecosystems offer climate mitigation solutions, but countries must guard against the exploitation of local... →
Defusing CBAM
By: Terence Creamer 21st June 2024 South Africa is strenuously opposing the European Union’s (EU’s) Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) that, under its evolving design and... →
City of Tshwane pushing ahead with plan to procure 1 000 MW by 2026
By: Terence Creamer 19th June 2024 The City of Tshwane is signalling its intention to proceed with plans to procure and/or revive 1 000 MW of electricity generation capacity by 2026... →
First Korea-Africa Summit: another missed opportunity for Africa
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 14th June 2024 African delegates arrived in Seoul last week without a collective plan. But did they need one? Kenyan President William Ruto is taking some ribbing... →
Rising number of minor conflicts increases likelihood of increased future major conflicts – think tank
By: Thabi Shomolekae 13th June 2024 International think tank Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) founder Steve Killelea said on Thursday that because more countries are becoming... →
DA calls for scrapping of punitive water tariffs in NMB as dams overflow
12th June 2024 The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s (NMBM) stubborn refusal to remove punitive water tariffs, despite most dams overflowing, is completely... →
