In early October 2025, the bloc unveiled its Digital Retail Payments Platform (DRPP), a system that lets businesses in member countries trade directly in their local currencies. No dollar conversions, ...

The Beijing+30 review of the BDPfA in March 2025, paid special attention to several trade-related gaps to ensure women’s full economic empowerment and gender equality in global trade. Much as progress ...

For a long time, Southern Africa’s informal cross-border traders have been moving everything from fresh vegetables, agricultural products to household goods across our borders, contributing ...

The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was hosted in Belém, Brazil, from 10 – 21 November 2025. The “COP” is the UNFCCC’s annual gathering ...

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The government of the Republic of South Africa, and the government of the People’s Republic of China jointly launched the Initiative on Cooperation Supporting Modernization in Africa on November 22, ...

South Africa’s dairy trade this year continued to be driven by movements into the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), although the latest figures show a gradual shift as exports to non-SACU markets ...

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For decades, a trade deal with the United States was a cornerstone of South Africa’s agricultural exports. But with the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) expired and a protectionist wave in ...

The Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Thoko Didiza, told parliamentarians attending the 58th Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC-PF) Plenary Assembly, that South Africa ...

Africa has taken a major step in reshaping how it conducts trade with China after South Africa’s Standard Bank became the first African bank to integrate directly with China’s Cross-Border Interbank ...