CleanTechnica – 6 January 2023 by Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai

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City Press – 8 January 2023 by Riana De Lange

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Engineering News – 13 January 2023 by Terence Creamer (Creamer Media Editor)

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A total of 12 projects were recorded over the second quarter of 2022.  The pledged investment value for the period is R8.6 billion captured from eight projects, the values of remaining four projects are not yet available. Monitoring identified one investment, the Ardagh Group’s Consol Glass expansion project that could…

Local Green Entrepreneurs (LGEs) are increasingly responding to climate change and conscious consumer demands for green products, technologies and services across all economic sectors. Small Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) in South Africa are actively contributing to lowering carbon emissions by reducing their water usage, becoming more energy efficient, adopting…

Business Day - 10 January 2023 by Hajra Omarjee 

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Business Day - 10 January 2023 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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Business Day - 24 January 2023 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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News24 - 24 January 2023 by Lameez Omarjee

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Business Day - 30 January 2023 by Denene Erasmus

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Business Day - 7 February 2023 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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Letter in Business Day - 7 February 2023: Ride out temporary price swings by Wandile Sihlobo (Department of agricultural economics, Stellenbosch University)

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Reports from Solar Power Africa 2023 conference

South Africa's current solar procurement progress is "not-enough"

ESI Africa - 9 February by Nasi Haka

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Solar Power Africa: 2050 is too far a target for net zero

 ESI Africa - 10 February by Nasi Haka

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Industrialisation cannot take off without adequate services such as logistics, engineering, finance and security, as well as human and social capital development. Moreover, the service sector generates around two thirds of the GDP and employment, and six out of seven jobs for women. An effective industrial policy, then, should incorporate…

Small businesses are the engines of a fair and green economy. But they lack access to the finance they need to grow. A new report from the Green Economy Coalition (GEC) looks at the barriers that small business face. These include risky and informal money lending arrangements, high bars for accessing credit, regulatory…

The Black Industrialists Policy aims to increase the participation of black South Africans in operational management, rather than just financial ownership, of enterprises in key sectors and value chains. The programme was launched in 2015 by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition, supported by the Industrial Development Corporation and…

In 2019, the European Union (EU) introduced the Fit for 55 policy package. The policy package aims to reduce the EU’s net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. It includes the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), a carbon border…

TIPS Senior Economist Gaylor Montmasson-Clair took part in the Presidential Climate Commission webinar - see articles

EU carbon border tariffs could knock $16bn off Africa’s yearly GDP

Engineering News - 15 February 2023 by Terence Creamer

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EU's carbon penalties are coming, here's what SA needs to do

News24 - 15 February 2023 by Lameez Omarjee

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Where is the outcry over ‘deeply unjust’ EU carbon border tax?

Business Day - 17 February 2023 by Denene Erasmus

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Business Day - 21 February 2023 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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South Africa’s New Energy Vehicle Transitional Roadmap - Thought Leader Discussion Document: The Route to the White Paper naamsa | The Automotive Business Council has released its electric vehicles strategy, which calls for clear signals from government.  Dowload a copy of read online:  The report builds directly on work by Trade…

The REB Provincial Review analyses developments in the real economy and in development policies and projects at the provincial level. Main Bulletin: The Real Economy Bulletin Provincial Review 2022 Introduction: Much like elsewhere, production in South Africa is centred on a few provinces. In 2021, Gauteng remained the largest provincial economy, accounting for a third of the national GDP and over a quarter of the national population. KwaZulu-Natal is the second largest economy, accounting for 16% of the national GDP and 19% of the total population, followed by the Western Cape, which accounted for 14% of the national GDP and 12% of…