Cape Town – South Africa and the UK are looking to increase economic and trade ties by focusing on exporting high-value-added goods to Britain, the Minister of International Relations and Co-operation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane says. Briefing media at the Taj Hotel in Cape Town, following a bi-lateral meeting with UK foreign secretary William Hague, Nkoana-Mashabane said [...]
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SA, UK focus on trade
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Shipping emissions must be curbed
November 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Durban – Shipping emissions are rising high and fast and must be tackled immediately to have a chance of keeping global warming below 2 degrees Celsius, says Oxfam International Policy Advisor on climate change, Tim Gore. Emissions from the shipping and aviation industries are still uncapped despite the fact that ships are already responsible for [...]
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Transnet buys cranes for Durban Port
September 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Pretoria – Transnet has signed an agreement with a Chinese-based company that will see it acquiring seven cranes for the Durban port. The state-owned company signed the agreement with Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co (ZPMC) to buy seven tandem lift ship-to-shore cranes for the Durban container terminal. The cranes will replace the terminal’s ageing infrastructure [...]
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SA, UK to double trade
July 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Pretoria – British Prime Minister David Cameron has committed to double bilateral trade with South Africa by 2015, as he began his first working visit to sub-Saharan Africa to bolster trade links with the continent. Speaking after a meeting with President Jacob Zuma at the Union Buildings on Monday, Cameron further pledged an addition £52 [...]
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Call to invest in maritime industry
June 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Cape Town – Lack of investment in the maritime sector could undermine the benefits of South Africa’s recent joining of the Brazil, Russia, India and China trading block. The warning was sounded by the South African Maritime Safety Authority (Samsa) chief executive, Tsietsi Mokhele, on Monday. He was speaking at an all-important two-day International Investors [...]
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SA, UK commit to increasing trade
June 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Pretoria – South Africa and the United Kingdom have recommitted to the target of doubling bilateral trade between the two countries by 2015. Following the 9th SA-UK Bilateral Forum, where the South African delegation was led by International Relations Minister Maite Nkoane-Mashabane, the two countries agreed to focus on building trade and investment in the [...]
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SA to meet UK for trade talks
June 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Pretoria – International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane is to lead a South African delegation to the 9th SA-UK Bilateral Forum from Thursday. The department said the visit comes within the context of strengthening political and bilateral relations between the two countries. “The forthcoming forum will be an important milestone in the relations between [...]
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SA arts, culture sector can lead in economic growth
June 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Cape Town – South Africa’s creative sector, like in many developed nations, has the potential to lead in generating economic growth, says Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile. This minister said this was the collective view in April of over thousand delegates who attended the historic National Consultative Conference on the contributions of the arts, [...]
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UK communicator shares ideas with SA
March 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Pretoria – Former secretary to UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, Alastair Campbell, has shared some of his trade secrets with South African communicators. Campbell, who says he has been called names like “Hitler” and “Rasputin” by the UK media, was secretary to the former Prime Minister during three elections. However, Campbell says he had terrible [...]
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UK relations expert to interact with govt communicators
March 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Pretoria – Alistair Campbell, a British relations expert who served as spokesperson to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, is in South Africa to share his expertise with government communicators. Campbell was invited by the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) and will interact with government communicators at the two-day Government Communicators’ Forum (GCF), which [...]
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