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 →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 →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 →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,…
Read more →Transnet's R52 Fuel Levy: A Cut That Cements a Permanent Cost
Transnet's Fuel Neutrality Charge falls to R52 a container on 1 August — but the cut only returns it to its floor,…
Read more →SA Slaps Tile Duties of up to 231% on India and Three Neighbours
SARS has imposed provisional anti-dumping payments of up to 231.62% on ceramic and porcelain tiles from India, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe until…
Read more →Pretoria's Exemption Gambit Against Washington's 12.5% Forced-Labour Duty
A South African delegation asked USTR to spare six export categories from a proposed 12.5% forced-labour duty. The decision will reset exporters'…
Read more →SA Ports Break the 100,000-Container Week — But Cargo Still Stalls Inland
Transnet moved a record 100,158 TEUs in a single week, yet peak-citrus reefer delays and landside bottlenecks mean the quayside win has…
Read more →US Forced-Labour Duty Could Push SA's Export Tariff to 12.5%
Washington's 10% surcharge on South African goods lapses on 24 July, and USTR's proposed forced-labour successor sets 12.5%. Exporters face a higher…
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