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The growth in exports in February declined to just 0.67 per cent against 6.16 per cent in January due to subdued external demand because of Covid-19. Exports stood at $27.93 billion in February. Imports, on the other hand, grew 6.96 per cent at $40.54 billion, the data released by the commerce ministry on Monday showed. The trade deficit gap — between imports and exports — narrowed to $12.16 billion from over $14 billion in January. ‘ Exporters said a dip in exports was mainly on account of container shortages across the country and limited supply disruptions in the last week of Februar...

First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. South Africa has surfaced as a key transit point for bullion smugglers wanting to channel the precious metal to and from one of the world’s most prolific players in the gold industry – Dubai. Piecing together a number of arrests that have led to local police and South African Revenue Service (SARS) investigations, conducted over several years, a picture emerges of just how much of a cog this country has become in illicit gold networks. Indeed, over five years, five sets of arrests have been carried out at airports in South Africa...

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