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South AfricaTransportation and storage

Contents [hide] Cable theft has had a profound and detrimental impact on South Africa’s rail network. This issue has been a persistent problem for many years, with serious consequences for...

ConstructionSouth Africa

Contents [hide] As covered in the WOW report on the Tile Industry in South Africa, the advantages of vertical integration in the tile industry relate to the fundamental principles of...

Agriculture forestry and fishingElectricity gas steam and air conditioning supplySouth AfricaWater supply sewerage waste management and remediation activities

Food security is one of the strategic inputs and essential elements of policy development and on the first level on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Agribusiness is big business for governments...

Agriculture forestry and fishingManufacturingSouth Africa

Contents [hide] The Manufacture and Wholesale of Agricultural and Forestry Machinery as described in the report published in June, is a subset of the wider agricultural and agro-industrial sector. There...

ManufacturingSouth Africa

Contents [hide] The WOW report on the Manufacture of Sugar in South Africa provides commentary on how societal attitude to the commodity has evolved over the years. One can draw...

ManufacturingSouth Africa

Contents [hide] Introduction The manufacture of spices industry in South Africa creates a positive trade balance, with exports consistently exceeding imports. The graph below, taken from the WOW report, illustrates...

Arts entertainment and recreationSouth Africa

Contents [hide] Introduction For many years, the liquor industry in South Africa was dominated by South African Breweries, later to become SABMiller, which was bought by AB InBev in 2016....

Real estate activitiesSouth Africa

Contents [hide] Introduction Given the number of research organisations and publications, one would be stating the obvious by emphasising the importance of the real estate industry to the South African...