A Saudi Bid for Cape Town's Fruit Quay Carries Chinese Equity
Saudi operator RSGT is weighing a 25-year Duncan Dock concession. COSCO owns a fifth of it — and nine of Cape Town's…
Read more →ITAC Targets China and Saudi Plasterboard as the 6809.11 Net Closes
ITAC has opened an anti-dumping probe into gypsum plasterboard from China and Saudi Arabia, leaving importers on 6809.11 with a contingent duty…
Read more →The Rand's Best Level in a Year Is Borrowed From Washington
The rand hit R16.17 to the dollar on 14 August, its strongest in over a year — trimming every import invoice. The…
Read more →The Rand's Five-Month High Is a Gift From the Fed — Spend It Deliberately
The rand hit 16.1350 on 12 August, its strongest since March. For importers it is the best landed-cost window of the year…
Read more →The Western Cape's Fishing Future Is Being Decided on Land
Courts, a penguin settlement and one ecolabel now shape Cape fishing more than stock assessments — and the ecolabel governs the 67%…
Read more →Three Dates Will Decide What South Africa Pays to Ship in 2027
A carbon vote in October, AGOA's expiry on 31 December and a 2.8m TEU delivery wave in 2027 matter more to your…
Read more →A New War Reopened the Cape Window South Africa Was Told Was Closing
In June we reported carriers were returning to Suez and South Africa's Cape windfall was ending. A Houthi blockade of Saudi Arabia…
Read more →Starlink's Biggest Effect on South Africa Came From a Service It Cannot Sell Here
Comment on the "Starlink bill" closes on 21 August. The bill never mentions Starlink — and Kenya's subscriber numbers show what the…
Read more →Transnet Stakes Its Reform on the Branch Lines It Let Decay
Transnet has invited private capital to fix 9,098km of loss-making branch line — the least glamorous, most consequential step yet in South…
Read more →New SARS Customs Codes for Copper, Abalone, Batteries — Comment by 18 August
SARS's "technical" tariff amendments re-code copper scrap, abalone, lithium cells and steel from 1 January 2027 — comment closes 18 August. Here's…
Read more →SARB Holds at 7% — and Hands Importers the Rand Risk
The Reserve Bank held the repo rate at 7% on 23 July as the rand slid to R16.82 and June inflation hit…
Read more →Transnet's Fuel Charge Falls to R52 a Box — But It's Now a Moving Target
Transnet's container fuel surcharge drops to R52 for August, back where it started — proof the "short-term" levy is now a permanent,…
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