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, ...

David Christianson is a consultant. He has previously been a political scientist, NGO researcher and development banker. He entered business journalism in 1997 and was Diageo African Business Writer ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. The AfCFTA Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade is an international legal instrument and an ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. After Trump’s re-election in November 2024, the White House stated that “reciprocal ...

The Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Mr Parks Tau, says South Africa continues to benefit from a wide network of preferential and non-preferential trade agreements covering 90 countries, ...

SA citrus exports hit record 203 million cartons in 2025 (SAnews) South Africa’s citrus industry has delivered a record-breaking performance in the 2025 export season, delivering 203.4 million 15kg ...