Mar 2024 1st edition

Mining industry has potential to drive economic growth, job creation

From the desk of the president
Last week, I launched the first export shipment of goods produced by South African companies destined for other African countries under the preferential trade provisions of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) from the Durban port.

We can expect many more products and many more shipments to follow as South African companies sell South African made goods into the massive African free trade area. Exports to AfCFTA countries already account for nearly a quarter of South Africa’s global exports. This figure will now increase quite dramatically.

South African companies have a great opportunity to take advantage of the AfCFTA by exporting their goods into th