In the quarter to June 2025, the bloc’s trade balance deteriorated by 334 percent, reversing earlier gains and returning to a familiar but undesirable trend. This saw the bloc go from a historic ...

A new study, titled ‘South Africa’s Energy Sector Investment Requirements to Achieve Energy Security and Net Zero by 2050‘, assesses the investments required to achieve electricity security in South ...

At the end of the fourth 2025 G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting, held in Washington in mid-October 2025, the meeting was not able to produce a consensus communiqué.

At the end of the fourth 2025 G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting, held in Washington in mid-October 2025, the meeting was not able to produce a consensus communiqué.

South African Export Councils Optimistic About Increasing Trade with China (the dtic) Two South African export councils say their participation in the China International Import Expo (CIIE) will ...

According to the report, the programme, formally launched on August 20, 2025, is part of a new regional strategy to build “borderless value chains” across West Africa and strengthen linkages between ...

South Africa’s cabinet approved an Integrated Resources Plan (IRP 2025) in mid-October. The masterplan for the country’s energy development going forward contains some astounding numbers. The IRP ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. This paper discusses the Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade as the legal instrument adopted ...

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Remittance flows to African countries continued to grow in both absolute and relative terms in 2024. A recent World Bank blog argued that ‘remittances have continued to outpace other types of external ...