South Africa and China have signed the China-Africa Economic Partnership Agreement, a landmark deal granting South African exports duty-free access to the Chinese market and boosting investment into the country.
The agreement was signed in Beijing by Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Parks Tau and China’s minister of commerce, Wang Wentao, during the joint economic and trade commission meeting.
The framework covers trade, investment, new energy, and multilateral cooperation, with both countries committing to expand bilateral trade, including South African agricultural products like citrus and rooibos tea.
Tau said the next step is to focus on implementing the agreement to…
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Van der Merwe is approached by SANRAL one day who want to build a new highway through his donkey farm. Van is really concerned with how his donkeys can get from one side of the farm to the other without having to cross the highway and risk being injured or killed. He is promised that they will build bridges the highway so that his donkeys can cross under the highway. Van agrees and gives them the go-ahead.
The highway is built and a year later the same rep goes to the farm to go see how Van and his donkeys are. He eventually finds Van under one of these bridges chipping away at the roof of the tunnel with a hammer and chisel.
\”Mnr Van de Merwe, what are you doing damaging the highway bridge?\”