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The Real Economy Bulletin: Trends, Developments and Data – Second Quarter 2020

The Real Economy Bulletin is a Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) review of quarterly trends, developments and data in the real economy, together with an analysis of the latest growth and employment figures from the main manufacturing industries and key data in Excel format. Download the data in Excel format The Real Economy Bulletin…
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How Digitization and Innovation can Make the Post-COVID World a Better Place

There is huge potential for digitization and innovation to add value to society and to contribute to public health, the environment and biodiversity. A successful digital transformation will involve empowering people to work in new ways, including reskilling and upskilling. Cross-sector collaboration will play a pivotal role in allowing us to ‘build-back better’ from the…
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Attorney General Report On COVID-19 Relief Funds

Auditor-general (AG), Kimi Makwetu, today reported that the relief package redirected by government as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, “landed in a weak control environment”. After the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in South Africa, the government announced a R500 billion package for the health response and the relief of social and economic distress…
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Apply for the South Africa Women Entrepreneurs Climate Change Awards

Indalo Inclusive South Africa in partnership with The Innovation Hub-Climate Innovation Centre South Africa, Gender CC Southern Africa and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is launching the first South Africa Women Entrepreneurs Climate Change Awards (SiAWECCA). The South African Women Entrepreneurs Climate Change Awards (SiAWECCA) are South Africa’s first women entrepreneurship awards focused on showcasing…
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Disaster Management Tax Relief Bill and Disaster Management Tax Relief Administration Bill

DISASTER MANAGEMENT TAX RELIEF BILL [B 11B—2020] & DISASTER MANAGEMENT TAX RELIEF ADMINISTRATION BILL [B 12B—2020] The above-mentioned Bills are currently being considered by Parliament.  These Bills were passed by the National Assembly on 26 August 2020 and are now with the National Council of Provinces for approval before they are sent to the President…
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