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/ 17 October 2011
SA’s manufacturing sector has been the hardest hit by the global slowdown, but there is hope Pravin Gordhan will announce measures to support it.
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/ 2 September 2011
India’s manufacturing sector skidded to a 29-month low in August after being hit by a string of interest rate hikes and a plunge in exports.
Africa accounts for just 1% of the world’s manufacturing and needs to boost the sector if it wants to reduce poverty, a United Nations report says.
New procurement regulations will empower the Department of Trade and Industry to designate specific industries of critical or strategic importance.
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/ 1 December 2010
South African manufacturing activity swung back into positive territory in November as business activity picked up.
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/ 14 September 2009
Confidence among SA’s manufacturers improved in the third quarter, indicating that the worst of the slump in the sector may be over, a survey shows.
South Africa’s manufacturing output contracted in the year to May, official data showed, indicating the sector remains under pressure.
ANC T-shirt suppliers are all local, the ruling party said on Thursday after reports that it sourced T shirts totalling millions of rands from China.
South Africa’s manufacturing sector showed signs of severe distress as demand plummeted, the Bureau of Economic Research (BER) said on Friday.
The gravity of the current economic crisis demands strong leadership from key players in our economy, President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Saturday.
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/ 24 February 2009
South Africa’s manufacturing sector is not only in a recession, it is dropping at rates last seen before TV had even been introduced into the country.
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/ 11 February 2009
Manufacturing output in South Africa plummeted 7,0% year-on-year in December from the previous month’s revised 6,4%.
November manufacturing data released on Thursday reflects the reality of what could be a fairly fast slowdown in South Africa’s economy.
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/ 11 September 2008
SA’s manufacturing output growth slowed by an unadjusted 3,3% in volume terms year-on-year in July after expanding by a downwardly revised 5,7%.
South Africa’s manufacturing output growth slowed sharply in May, official data showed on Thursday.
South Africa’s manufacturing-sector growth rebounded in April, official data showed on Wednesday, but business confidence dipped, pointing to tougher times ahead.