Southern Africa critically depends on increased exports to drive economic growth and job creation. Logistical inefficiencies, however, are hampering exports, with cross-border freight delays adding costs and unpredictability to the supply chain,…
This paper examines how changes at the intensive margin (established exporters exporting existing products to established markets) and the extensive margin (new exporters, products or markets) contribute to South Africa’s export growth and how these…
The United States of America is a longstanding and important trading partner of South Africa, not only because it absorbs large volumes of South Africa’s metal, mineral, manufactured and agricultural exports but also because it is a major source of…
Many of the technological advances that have gripped the world’s attention in recent years are nothing short of amazing - not only because of the novelty and convenience that they bring but because of the speed with which they are lapped up by a…
The TRADE (an acronym for Trade and Development) research focus area of North-West University (NWU together with the Tutwa consulting group, the agricultural business chamber of South Africa (Agbiz), the Johannesburg chamber of commerce and industry…