South Africa released its pdf Critical Minerals and Metals Strategy (2.23 MB) for public comment on 20 May 2025. It is a polished and insightful document, reflecting the input of ...

A World Bank-linked climate fund has backed South African plans to cut its reliance on coal, unlocking up to $2.6-billion in financing and giving the nation’s energy transition an unexpected boost.

Privatisation of ports in Africa turns them into competitive trade engines – study (Engineering News) Privatisation has redefined African port operations, with major hubs like Tema, in Ghana, Abidjan, ...

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Trudi Hartzenberg is the Executive Director of tralac. She has a special interest in trade-related capacity building. Her research areas include trade policy issues, regional integration, investment, ...

Kyle Perel is currently pursuing a BS, double majoring in International Politics and Business Administration at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA. He spent two months at tralac as a part ...

Climate Investment Funds approve $2.6bn coal-exit plan for South Africa (Engineering News) A World Bank-linked climate fund has backed South African plans to cut its reliance on c ...

Gerhard Erasmus is a founder of tralac and Professor Emeritus of the Law Faculty at the University of Stellenbosch. He holds degrees from the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein (B.Iuris, LL.B) ...

The purpose of the evaluation is to review and assess the effectiveness of Sweden’s support to tralac, in terms of the standard evaluation criteria of OECD/DAC to determine its relevance, ...

Mining is expected to be a major driver of Africa’s development for the next few years. However, in many African jurisdictions, the industry is far from stable and needs to perform a complicated ...

South Africa’s GDP vulnerable of sliding into negative territory after barely growing in the first quarter (Engineering News) South Africa‘s gross domestic product (GDP) incre ...

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