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Here are SA’s top 10 imports of 2020 – and why rice surged after hard lockdown

Business Insider - 24 December 2020 by Luke Daniel

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Second wave, cuts to Covid relief are ‘main threats’ to economic recovery

Engineering News - 10 December 2020 by Simone Liedtke

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Facing up to the Covid-19 depression

Business Day - 7 December 2020 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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Financing instruments need to be overhauled for a successful just transition

Engineering News - 3 December 2020 by Marleny Arnoldi

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Covid-19 stems ‘white’ gold rush

Mail & Guardian - 30 November 2020 by Sarah Smit

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SA motor industry needs to put foot on electric vehicles

Daily Maverick - 29 November 2020 by Alexander Parker

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Achieving a just and green transition in South Africa: Taking stock before moving forward

Daily Maverick - 29 November 2020 by Muhammed Patel and Gaylor Montmasson-Clair

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Govt study into local lithium-ion battery value chain almost complete

Engineering News - 27 November 2020 by Irma Venter

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Vanilla plans will fail to bring about an equitable and dynamic economy

Business Day - 23 November 2020 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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SA economy: the good, the bad and the ugly

Financial Mail - 19 November 2020 by Claire Bisseker

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South Africa is tackling the climate emergency by supporting small businesses

Global Center on Adaptation - 17 September 2020 by Andrew Wright

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Eskom punishes without understanding why municipalities can’t pay

Business Day - 9 November 2020 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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NEWS ANALYSIS: Energy transition holds risk and opportunity

Business Day - 9 November 2020 by Lisa Steyn

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What to expect from this week’s unemployment numbers

Business Tech - 9 November 2020

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The corporatisation of food in South Africa

Mail & Guardian - 9 November 2020 by Tshiamo Malatji

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Just transition away from coal lies in diversified municipal economies, says TIPS

Mining Weekly - 6 November 2020 by Marleny Arnoldi

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Battery metals beneficiation holds ‘enormous potential’ for South Africa

Mining Weekly - 6 November 2020 by Simone Liedtke

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New data shows the make-up of South Africans with jobs

Business Tech - 5 November 2020

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Chrome ore miners issue dire warnings over planned tariff

Business Day - 5 November 2020 by Allan Seccombe

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As many as 120,000 jobs at risk in SA in shift to renewable energy

Business Day - 5 November 2020 by Gemma Gatticchi

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Energy Transition Threatens 120,000 South African Coal Jobs

Bloomberg- 4 November 2020 by Gemma Gatticchi

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Toolbox of measures needed to arrest slippage of domestic chrome competitiveness

Mining Weekly - 27 October 2020 by Donna Slater

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The frustrating power of small groups

Business Day - 26 October 2020 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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South Africa records growth in exports to China

Africa Logistics - October 2020

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Master plans could change save-the-big-firms-first policies

Business Day - 12 October 2020 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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Auto industry’s EV roadmap aims to accelerate sales and production

Engineering News - 9 October 2020 by Irma Venter

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South Africa’s exports to China were surprisingly better in the 'pandemic quarter'

Engineering News - 6 October 2020 by Marleny Arnoldi

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TIPS Tracker: The economy and the pandemic

Engineering News - 5 October 2020

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Jobs bloodbath, tourism gutted

Business Times (Sunday Times) - 4 October 2020 by Hilary Joffe

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South Africa in a low-carbon world: Trade green or trade not

Daily Maverick - 29 September 2020 by Gaylor Montmasson-Clair

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