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Engineering News - 17 July 2023 by Sandy Lowitt (TIPS Research Fellow)
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TIPS In the News
20 July 2023
Seizing the moment: South Africa’s opportunity to build renewable energy and battery value chains
Business Report - 19 July 2023 by Gaylor Montmasson-Clair (TIPS Senior Economist and SAREM Facilitator)
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TIPS In the News
22 July 2023
Uncertain responses: Contrasting industrial policy during the COVID-19 pandemic and loadshedding
South Africa’s official responses to two far-reaching crises – the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 and escalating loadshedding in 2022 – underscored a profound, albeit unacknowledged, ambivalence about industrial policy. That reality emerged even though the democratic state has consistently called for economic reconstruction. This policy brief summarises the divergent strategies, and…
- Year 2023
- Author(s) Neva Makgetla (TIPS)
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Policy Briefs
22 July 2023
FDI Tracker Q1 2023
A total of 11 FDI projects were recorded in the first quarter of 2023. The pledged investment value for the quarter is attributable to only three projects and amounts to R47.8 billion. Tracking captured 50 364 employment opportunities with numbers reported for two projects. Terragrn’s agroforest project accounts for 50 000 of…
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TIPS FDI Tracker
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TIPS In the News
26 July 2023
Tariff surge on basic foods intensifies inequalities
Business Day - 25 July 2023 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)
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TIPS In the News
05 August 2023
SA's new copyright bills could sink Agoa
Business Times (Sunday Times) - 30 July 2023 by Khulekani Magubane
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TIPS In the News
ESI Africa - 2 August 2023
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TIPS In the News
05 August 2023
Grid expansion is a major opportunity to develop small business capacity, says Stellenbosch researcher
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TIPS In the News
10 August 2023
Responding to the European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM): South Africa's vulnerability and responses
CBAM is a key policy tool that forms part of the European Green Deal (EGD) to reduce net GHG emissions across Europe and abroad. Within this context, CBAM can be defined as a carbon border tax on embedded GHG emissions of carbon-intensive products imported into the EU. The main intent…
- Year 2023
- Organisation TIPS
- Author(s) Seutame Maimele
- Countries and Regions South Africa
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Climate Change
Localisation has become an increasingly important part of South Africa’s industrial policy as articulated by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition. At its core, it is a strategy to identify and support sectoral priorities for industrialisation. Those functions are also central to the well-known import-substitution and export-oriented models. The…
- Year 2023
- Organisation TIPS
- Author(s) Neva Makgetla (TIPS)
- Countries and Regions South Africa
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Trade and Industry
14 August 2023
Just Transition Tagging Tool
Request for Proposal to Convert the TIPS Manual Just Transition Project Evaluation Tool into a Real Time, On-line Digital Tool TIPS is seeking a service provider to automate the existing framework evaluation process using a real time, online digital tool. The aim of the project is that anyone can input their…
- Year 2023
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Projects
Presentations A Framework For Financing Investments in A Just Transition - Sandy Lowit, TIPS Research Fellow A Transition for Whom? - Anda David, Senior Researcher Agence Francaise de Development (AFD) Research Full Report with Annexures: A Just Transition Transaction Framework: A Framework for Financing Investments in a Just Transition…
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Launches
16 August 2023
South Africa Imported $1.1 Billion (4.4 GWh) Of Lithium-Ion Cells & Batteries In First 6 Months Of 2023!
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TIPS In the News
16 August 2023
Solar’s expansion can deepen inequality
Business Day - 8 August 2023 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)
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TIPS In the News
16 August 2023
Energy market is opening up, let’s make it work for all
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