AgriFocus: New cold treatment opens up market opportunities in India
Thabile Nkunjana of the National Agricultural Marketing Council on the 10-year journey to establish the trade corridor and the infrastructure needed to support commodity exports.
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New fast payment system for South Africa, China, Russia and India on the cards
Members of the BRICS group of nations are discussing potential linkages between their respective fast payment systems and central bank digital currencies.
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Africa-China relations | African Countries | agriculture | Belt and Road Initiative | Brics | SAFM Market Update
China-Africa trade agreement brings R3.5trn consumer market to SA
‘This is a very positive signal from China, which is demonstrating confidence in the future of China-Africa collaboration’ – Coco Ke Liu from HLB International.
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Brics, the GNU and the erasure of African consciousness
Brics and the wider multipolar shift have opened a new political field in world affairs. They have weakened the old monopoly through which Washington, London, Brussels and their allies dictated the terms of finance, diplomacy and legitimacy. South Africa has entered this field with confidence. Its officials speak of strategic diversification, sovereign options, South–South cooperation…
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Abu Dhabi | Bahrain | Beit Shemesh | Brics | Opinion | Thought Leader
Middle East conflict reaches SA’s doorstep
South Africa sits eight-thousand kilometres from the firestorm engulfing the Middle East, yet the shockwaves of the escalating Israel–US–Iran conflict are already reshaping Pretoria’s diplomatic posture, straining its consular services and exposing the vulnerability of its citizens abroad. What began as a coordinated US–Israeli strike that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has now…
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei | Beijing | Brics | china | International | Iran
China calls for immediate ceasefire
After US attacks Iran.
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Brics | National Water Resource Infrastructure Agency | Opinion | President Cyril Ramaphosa | Thought Leader
The Sona love letter to SA’s agric sector
The South African farming sector is resilient. We have faced numerous challenges in the past and the sector has powered through — with high costs for farming family businesses and agribusinesses at times — but powered through nonetheless. We pride ourselves on being a sector that is among the top 40 global agricultural exporters, the…
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Chinese, Iranian and Russians in naval drills off SA coast
The United Arab Emirates is also participating.
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Brics | Government | trump | USA
Government responds to latest threat to South Africa and US relations
Deputy Defence Minister Bantu Holomisa shrugged off criticism of South Africa hosting naval exercises with BRICS countries, asking, “What’s the big deal?”
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Africa | Brics | G7 | GDP | Paris Agreement targets
Trade is shaping new global power relations …
What this means for Africa.