Posts Tagged ‘#SA’
SA Department of Transport Considering New Rules to Encourage Greater Rail Use. Rail Elsewhere is Being Supported
The SA Department of Transport (DoT) is canvasing views on how best to attract freight back to SA’s struggling rail system from road. Road transport has emerged as the country’s…
Read MoreTrouble at SA’s State Enterprises Impacts Ecommerce.
During November, the news started to leak out that the SA Post Office was in dire straights with over R19bn ($1bn) in debts and over 1,100 creditors. The R2.5bn bail…
Read MoreThe SA Competition Commission Delays Publishing the Recommendations of its Market Inquiry on Intermediation Platforms
This Newsletter has reported on this Online Intermediation Platforms Market Inquiry (OIPMI) since it was launched in 2020. On 18 April the Proposed Regulations and Guidelines were supposed to have been published,…
Read MoreSouth Africa to Introduce New Visa Rules for Skilled Workers
Every so often the SA Home Affairs asks the various ministries to identify skills where foreign experts need to be invited to assist, and the ministries in turn ask the…
Read MoreSA’s Chairing of BRICS
As this Newsletter has reported recently, SA took over the chair of BRICS this year. The trade alliance has become increasingly popular, with Saudi Arabia joining, and 4 countries joining…
Read MoreNews From Africa
Logistics – Bad News from SA and Uganda The SA Post Office (SAPO) together with the communications regulator, ICASA, brought a case against PostNet about 5 years ago for ignoring…
Read MoreThe SA Competition Commission Issues its Final Report on the Online Intermediation Platforms Market Inquiry
The SA Competition Commission has published its report and invites comments by next month. EFSA has submitted 4 papers over the period of the Inquiry, one oral and the others…
Read MoreSA is Placed on the Grey List
This Newsletter has covered the attempts by SA to avoid being put on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)’s international Grey List of countries that do not reach the standards…
Read MoreImportant News from the SA Consumer Goods and Services Ombuds
The Consumer Goods and Services Ombuds CGSO) is the official body to which consumers complain on any retail issue – off-line and online. EFSA works closely with the CGSO on…
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