South Africa still a net food exporter
South Africa remains a net a food exporter, selling 30% more agricultural goods abroad than it imported in 2010, according to the latest South Africa Survey published by the SA Institute of Race Relations.
Africa targets free trade area by 2017
Africa will target the establishment of a continental free trade area by 2017, according to a document issued at the closing of the 18th African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
SAA makes first non-stop flight to China
South African Airways has made its first non-stop flight to China. A specially branded SAA Airbus A340-600 landed in Beijing on Wednesday morning, opening up a strategic transport route between Asia, Africa and South America.
Intra-African trade 'a matter of urgency'
Promoting intra-African trade and investment is a matter of urgency, and businesses will have to pay more attention to African markets in order to become more competitive, President Jacob Zuma told the South Africa-Mozambique Business Forum in Maputo.
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