Speaking at the Crystal Ball Africa 2026 forum held at the Labadi Beach Hotel on January 22, the veteran legal strategist and analyst warned that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is ...

Godongwana warns trade war could undermine South Africa’s investment drive in Davos (IOL) Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has cautioned that an escalating global trade war could pose a serious ...

A delegation of South African Ministers will showcase the country’s economic progress, reform momentum and investment potential at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland next week. The ...

World Bank’s South African GDP growth forecast shows local reforms working – GCIS (Engineering News) The World Bank’s outlook projects that GDP growth in South Africa will increase to 1.4% this year ...

SA–China trade gap widens as Chinese vehicle imports surge (EWN) Recent trade data shows vehicle imports from China rising sharply over the past year, as Chinese automakers expand their footprint in ...

The US House of Representatives has passed a three-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), offering a potential lifeline for the US’s flagship trade initiative with the ...

Trudi Hartzenberg is the Executive Director of tralac. She has a special interest in trade-related capacity building. Her research areas include trade policy issues, regional integration, investment, ...

According to Article 23 of the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), entry into force occurs 30 days after the 22nd instrument of ratification is deposited with ...

Govt progressing MTDP, digitalisation – but constraints persist (Engineering News) Government has recorded progress under the prevailing Medium-Term Development Plan (MTDP) 2024 ...

Maria Immanuel is an international trade expert and a tralac Alumna based in Windhoek, Namibia. She makes music and is a Digital trade entrepreneur.

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 ...