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Industry Study: Steel and Related Products
TIPS industry studies provide a comprehensive overview of key trends in leading industries in South Africa. They aim to provide background for policymakers and researchers, and to strengthen our understanding of current challenges and opportunities in each industry as a basis for a more strategic response.
This study provides an overview of the South African steel industry - looking into crude steel production and steel products.
Industry study: Food Processing
TIPS industry studies provide a comprehensive overview of key trends in leading industries in South Africa. They aim to provide background for policymakers and researchers, and to strengthen our understanding of current challenges and opportunities in each industry as a basis for a more strategic response.
This study explores key trends in the food processing industry across several critical dimensions, including growth, exports, job creation, small business development, income distribution, ownership representation, and geographic disparities.
FDI Tracker Q3 2024
In the third quarter of 2024, 16 projects were added to the Tracker. Investment amounts to R17.3 billion, from six projects that reported values. Investment was registered across mining, manufacturing, utilities and services. A total of 1300 potential employment opportunities were recorded from three projects. Monitoring further updated 17 pre-existing projects.
TIPS hosted its Annual Forum 2025 in July The theme was the AfCFTA, regional integration and industrial development. Visit the the TIPS Forum website for more information. Videos, of the sessions as well as the presentations and papers are available here.
Development Dialogue | Public Employment Programmes and the Social Economy: Building Pathways of Support to Livelihood and SME Development
At present, less than 10% of the unemployed actively looking for work are absorbed into the labour market each year. What about the 90% who will not make it? What are our strategies to support the economic inclusion of this large group of people – who are mainly young? This Development Dialogue focused on lessons – and opportunities – from the Presidential Employment Stimulus, which has supported over two million jobs and livelihood opportunities since its inception in 2020. It looked at the role such publicly funded employment programmes can play in support of complementary livelihoods, self-employment and enterprise development pathways for those marginalised from other employment opportunities in our economy - and what that means for how such programmes are designed.