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The forestry value chain faces many challenges. These include rising costs for transportation, labour, raw material inputs, energy and imported raw materials, exacerbated by poor road infrastructure that contributes to high maintenance costs and inefficiencies. Increasingly, climate change is an additional stressor that demands transitioning from business-as-usual practices. There is…
- Year 2020
- Organisation TIPS
- Author(s) Shakespear Mudombi (TIPS)
- Countries and Regions South Africa
Published in
Climate Change
13 October 2020
FDI Tracker Q1 and Q2 2020
This report presents investment projects captured in Q1 and Q2 of 2020. Q1 and Q2 have been combined mainly because of the low number of investment projects announced in Q1 2020, combined with general delays in the release of certain data, such as those which inform the investment environment analysis.…
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TIPS FDI Tracker
22 October 2020
TIPS Webinar - Unravelling South Africa's Just Transition: Unpacking the ground-level impacts in the coal value chain
Presentations and reports Muhammed Patel - TIPS Presentation: National Employment Vulnerability National Employment VulnerabilityAssessment (NEVA) and Sector Jobs Resilient Plans (SJRP): Coal value chain Report: Sector Jobs Resilience Plan: Coal value chain Pulane Mafoea Nkalai - Sam Tambani Research Institute Presentation: Energy Mix choices and the protection of workers’…
- Date Tuesday, 03 November 2020
- Venue Webinar
Published in
Development Dialogue Seminars
23 October 2020
Jobs bloodbath, tourism gutted
Business Times (Sunday Times) - 4 October 2020 by Hilary Joffe
Read online at Business Live
Published in
TIPS In the News
23 October 2020
TIPS Tracker: The economy and the pandemic
Engineering News - 5 October 2020
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TIPS In the News
Engineering News - 6 October 2020 by Marleny Arnoldi
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TIPS In the News
Engineering News - 9 October 2020 by Irma Venter
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TIPS In the News
23 October 2020
Master plans could change save-the-big-firms-first policies
Business Day - 12 October 2020 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)
Read online at Business Day.
Published in
TIPS In the News
23 October 2020
Climate change and trade risk
This research project for the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition examines the vulnerability of South African trade to evolving climate change legislation. It aims to shed light on the trade-related risks faced by South Africa as a result of the global transition to a low-carbon economy. From a trade…
- Year 2020
Published in
Projects
27 October 2020
A chrome export tax: An important intervention to support industrial development in South Africa
The introduction of a chrome export tax, announced by Cabinet on 21 October 2020, will bring immediate benefits to the ferrochrome industry, and also presents an opportunity for South Africa to support the development of the downstream industry. In the context of a post-COVID-19 recovery plan, industrial development is a…
- Year 2020
- Author(s) Saul Levin (TIPS)
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Policy Briefs
The European Union (EU) is a significant export destination for South African products. Between 2010 and 2019, exports to the EU averaged between 16% and 19% of South African exports. The main exports to the EU over this period were motor vehicles and metals. South African exports to the EU…
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Climate Change
South Africa’s top exports to South Korea are iron ore, coal, ferroalloys and vehicles. Exports to South Korea accounted for about 2% of South Africa’s exports over the 2010 to 2019 period. South Korea has committed to a low-carbon energy policy and has set greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets of…
Published in
Climate Change
29 October 2020
Climate change and trade risk: South Africa's trade with Russia
South Africa chiefly exports agricultural products and metals to Russia. Exports to Russia account for 0.4% of South Africa’s global exports. Russia is the world’s fourth largest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Russia continues to invest in coal mining without any substantial climate change commitments. The country lacks a clear…
Published in
Climate Change
29 October 2020
Climate change and trade risk: South Africa's trade with Japan
Exports to Japan accounted for 5% of South Africa’s exports between 2010 and 2019. Production processes in Japan have been characterised by high fossil fuel use, especially following the Fukushima nuclear accident which saw nuclear power being substituted by fossil fuels. Japan’s climate change mitigation is centered on carbon capture…
Published in
Climate Change
29 October 2020
Climate change and trade risk: South Africa's trade with India
South Africa’s top exports to India are coal, manganese, chemical wood pulp, platinum and spark-ignition engines. India is a key export partner of South Africa, accounting for 5% of exports over the 2010 to 2019 period. India’s transition towards increased consumption of domestic thermal coal and reduced thermal coal imports,…
Published in
Climate Change
29 October 2020
Climate change and trade risk: South Africa's trade with China
Exports to China have fluctuated between 9% and 12% of South Africa’s exports between 2010 and 2020. South Africa’s main exports to China comprise metal products. China is the largest emitter of greenhouse gas (GHG), for both production and consumption. This stems mainly from coal-based electricity generation and mining. While…
Published in
Climate Change
03 November 2020
Sector Jobs Resilience Plans
The National Climate Change Response White Paper requires the development of Sector Jobs Resilience Plans (SJRPs). These plans aim to protect vulnerable groups that may lose their jobs or livelihoods as a result of climate change impacts, related either to physical effects or to the transition to alternatives.The proposals for…
- Year 2020
Published in
Projects
04 November 2020
TIPS Webinar - Unravelling South Africa's Just Transition: Unpacking the energy-level impacts
Presentations and reports Mandy Rambharos - Eskom Presentation: Eskom Just Energy Transition Richard Halsey - Project90by2030 Presentation: Remaking our energy future Report: Remaking Our Energy Future: Towards a Just Energy Transition (JET) in South Africa Nthabiseng Mohlakoana - Centre for Complex Systems in Transition Presentation: Unravelling South Africa's Just Transition: Unpacking…
- Date Tuesday, 17 November 2020
- Venue Webinar
Published in
Development Dialogue Seminars
05 November 2020
Employment trends in the South African economy
The Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) data for the second quarter of 2020 was published by Statistics South Africa on 29 September. The most important findings are the relatively heavy hit that the COVID-19 pandemic inflicted on lower-level workers, especially informal workers who are typically engaged in low paying and…
- Year 2020
- Author(s) Lesego Moshikaro (TIPS)
Published in
Policy Briefs
09 November 2020
South Africa records growth in exports to China
Africa Logistics - October 2020
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TIPS In the News