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14 February 2023
Black Industrialists Profiles
The Black Industrialists Policy aims to increase the participation of black South Africans in operational management, rather than just financial ownership, of enterprises in key sectors and value chains. The programme was launched in 2015 by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition, supported by the Industrial Development Corporation and…
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Trade and Industry
14 February 2023
Small is Powerful: Local green enterprises - how to finance a powerful catalyst for change
- Year 2022
- Organisation Green Economy Coalition
Small businesses are the engines of a fair and green economy. But they lack access to the finance they need to grow. A new report from the Green Economy Coalition (GEC) looks at the barriers that small business face. These include risky and informal money lending arrangements, high bars for accessing credit, regulatory…
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External Publications
13 February 2023
Services and inclusive industrialisation
- Year 2022
- Organisation TIPS
- Author(s) Neva Makgetla with Nokwanda Maseko and Itumeleng Mokoena (TIPS)
Industrialisation cannot take off without adequate services such as logistics, engineering, finance and security, as well as human and social capital development. Moreover, the service sector generates around two thirds of the GDP and employment, and six out of seven jobs for women. An effective industrial policy, then, should incorporate…
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- Services and inclusive industrialisation (1450 Downloads)
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Trade and Industry
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- Year 2022
- Organisation TIPS and UK PACT
- Author(s) Gaylor Montmasson-Clair (TIPS), Muhammed Patel (TIPS) and Peta Wolpe (Independent).
- Countries and Regions South Africa
The just transition agenda aims at ensuring that vulnerable stakeholders are not negatively impacted by the transition, but are better off through it. Three key principles underpin the just transition agenda in South Africa. Distributive justice aims to address the direct impacts of the transition, such as the loss of employment and livelihood. Restorative…
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Climate Change
07 November 2022
Research to support the future of a tagging system for just transition financial flows
- Year 2022
- Organisation TIPS
- Author(s) Sandy Lowitt (TIPS)
- Countries and Regions South Africa
The purpose of this paper is to consider how the multiple projects, programmes, measures, initiatives and investments that have been proposed to support a just transition for affected workers and communities in South Africa can be used to inform i) thinking about appropriate context specific codification and tagging; and ii)…
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Climate Change
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01 November 2022
A South African perspective on climate change: From a just energy transition to climate resilient development
- Year 2022
- Organisation TIPS
- Author(s) Faizel Ismail (Professor and Director of the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town and a TIPS Research Fellow)
- Countries and Regions South Africa
This paper argues that South Africa needs to mainstream climate change into its National Development Plan (and Sustainable Development Goals), by advancing i) climate resilient development through several pathways, including; ii) South Africa’s Nationally Determined Contribution commitment to a low-carbon economy; iii) renewable energy and transition to a low-carbon economy;…
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Trade and Industry
01 November 2022
Enhancing industrial resilience in South Africa: Responses of Industrial Parks to COVID-19 and future pandemics
- Year 2022
- Organisation TIPS and GIZ
- Author(s) TIPS
- Countries and Regions South Africa
Support to Industrial Parks and Special Economic Zones for COVID pandemic prevention and response: Enhancing industrial resilience in South Africa. The research for this project comprised three outputs: Work Output 1: Responses of Industrial Parks to COVID-19 and future pandemicsWork Output 2: Technical support to Industrial Parks on COVID-19 economic…
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Trade and Industry
01 November 2022
Enhancing industrial resilience in South Africa: Technical support to Industrial Parks on COVID-19 economic recovery plans
- Year 2022
- Organisation TIPS and GIZ
- Author(s) TIPS
Support to Industrial Parks and Special Economic Zones for COVID pandemic prevention and response: Enhancing industrial resilience in South Africa. The research for this project comprised three outputs: Work Output 1: Responses of Industrial Parks to COVID-19 and future pandemicsWork Output 2: Technical support to Industrial Parks on COVID-19 economic…
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Trade and Industry
01 November 2022
Enhancing industrial resilience in South Africa: Industrial Park standard operating procedures for disaster risks reduction and response
- Year 2022
- Organisation TIPS and GIZ
- Author(s) TIPS
- Countries and Regions South Africa
Support to Industrial Parks and Special Economic Zones for COVID pandemic prevention and response: Enhancing industrial resilience in South Africa. The research for this project comprised three outputs: Work Output 1: Responses of Industrial Parks to COVID-19 and future pandemicsWork Output 2: Technical support to Industrial Parks on COVID-19 economic…
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Trade and Industry
17 October 2022
Water and Sanitation Industry Master Plan
- Year 2022
- Organisation TIPS
- Author(s) Gaylor Montmasson-Clair, Gillian Chigumira, Daryl McLean, Sandra Makumbirofa
- Countries and Regions South Africa
This Research Report, along with the Policy Report, provides the ‘first draft’ of a proposed Water and Sanitation Industry Master Plan. It puts forward a vision and associated interventions, forming the foundation of a Water and Sanitation Industry Master Plan for South Africa. The reports complement the 2018 Department of…
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- Research Report: Water and Sanitation Industry Master Plan (1409 Downloads)
- Policy Report: Water and Sanitation Industry Master Plan (1573 Downloads)
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Trade and Industry
16 October 2022
Insights into the Wind Energy value chain in South Africa
Overall the push for more electricity generation, particularly renewable energy generation, is likely to result in a significant increase in Wind Energy projects across the country. This is turn will drive demand for components and services needed for development and operations of wind plants. Given this context, and to add…
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- Insights into the Wind Energy value chain in South Africa (4826 Downloads)
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Climate Change
- Year 2022
- Organisation TIPS and WWF South Africa
- Author(s) Kate Rivett-Carnac
- Countries and Regions South Africa
The push for more electricity generation, particularly renewable energy generation, is likely to result in a significant increase in Solar PV projects across the country. This is turn will drive demand for the components and services. Given this context, and to add to the existing body of knowledge on the…
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- Insights into the Solar PV manufacturing value chain in South Africa (4811 Downloads)
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Climate Change
16 October 2022
The state of research on renewable energy value chains in South Africa: Firms and employment characteristics
- Year 2022
- Organisation TIPS and WWF South Africa
- Author(s) Kate Rivett-Carnac
- Countries and Regions South Africa
The Presidential electricity plan announced in July 2022, which is set to relax regulations for private generators and double the size of Bid Window 6 of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme, is intended to drive more renewable energy uptake. This should in turn lead to an increase…
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Climate Change
25 August 2022
Measures to prevent theft of scrap metal
- Year 2022
- Organisation TIPS
- Countries and Regions South Africa
Theft of scrap metal, especially copper cable, imposes costs far beyond the actual value of the material taken. These costs, mostly in the form of disruptions to rail transport and electricity, effectively cut production and foreign sales worth tens of billions of rand a year Scrap metal is also a…
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- Measures to prevent theft of scrap metal (4143 Downloads)
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Trade and Industry
11 August 2022
Designing climate-compatible industrial strategies for South Africa: The textiles value chain
- Year 2022
- Author(s) Nicola Jenkin (Pinpoint Sustainability), Elize Hattingh (TIPS)
- Countries and Regions South Africa
This report delves into the environmental sustainability of South Africa’s textile value chain, with a focus on the manufacturing components of the value chain. The aim is to inform the sector’s path towards climate compatibility. It provides a description of, and introduction to, South Africa’s textiles value chain, with an…
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Climate Change
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19 July 2022
The just transition for the refining and logistics sectors of the South African liquid fuels industry value chain
- Year 2022
- Organisation TIPS and WWF South Africa
- Author(s) D.W. Wright
- Countries and Regions South Africa
Decarbonisation efforts in South Africa have focused on Eskom electricity generation and Sasol petrochemical production. However, given the absolute CO2 emissions associated with these operations, as pressure increases to decarbonise all sectors of the economy to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5⁰C by 2050, it will also be necessary…
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Climate Change
- Year 2022
- Organisation TIPS
- Author(s) Sandra Makumbirofa
- Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Regional value chains have gained increasing popularity in promoting sustained market opportunities, job creation, and sustainable development among countries. With the enactment of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, access to larger economic markets will mean larger economies of scale, development of specialised capabilities, increase in productivity, as…
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Trade and Industry
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- Year 2022
- Organisation TIPS and Just Urban Transitions
- Author(s) Lauren Hermanus (Adapt), Gaylor Montmasson- Clair (TIPS), Muhammed Patel (TIPS) and Peta Wolpe (Independent).
- Countries and Regions South Africa
Improving the governance of the transition to a a low-emissions economy, across spheres of government and sectors, means local risks and opportunities must be foregrounded. In addition, the local government toolbox for advancing a just transition – the policies, regulations, functions and processes – must be characterised and interrogated even as these…
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Climate Change
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19 June 2022
Beyond coal: opportunities to diversify the economies of Emalahleni and Steve Tshwete local municipalities
- Year 2022
- Organisation TIPS and Just Urban Transitions
- Author(s) Gaylor Montmasson-Clair (TIPS), Lauren Hermanus (Adapt), Muhammed Patel (TIPS) and Peta Wolpe (Independent).
- Countries and Regions South Africa
The report unpacks the historical trajectory of coal-dependent economies in Mpumalanga and charts possible futures by analysing potential economic opportunities. It covers the past and present economic structure of coal-based municipalities in South Africa, and unpacks existing assets and liabilities. It then looks forward by diving into possible economic activities that could provide…
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Climate Change
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- Year 2022
- Organisation TIPS
- Author(s) Nicola Jenkin (Pinpoint Sustainability)
- Countries and Regions South Africa
Waste tyres are a problematic waste stream. While figures provided vary, it is estimated that 10.9 million waste tyres enter the waste stream per annum (about 300 000 tonnes), with an estimated 900 000 tonnes stockpiled. An estimated 93 400 tonnes of tyres were collected for processing in 2021 (about…
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Green Economy
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- Year 2021
- Organisation TIPS
- Author(s) Sandy Lowitt , Itumeleng Mokoena (TIPS)
- Countries and Regions South Africa
A just transition finance roadmap aims to articulate a new end vision for the financial ecosystem which perfectly aligns lending and investment actions to idealised government environmental and social policies which support a net zero economy. Once a final vision is articulated, the roadmap provides routes and signposts to arrive…
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- A Just Transition Finance Roadmap for South Africa First Iteration (1908 Downloads)
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Climate Change
- Year 2022
- Organisation TIPS
- Author(s) Faizel Ismail (Director of the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town and TIPS Research Fellow)
- Countries and Regions Africa
Bilateral or regional trade agreements (RTAs) are essentially preferential in nature and a deviation from the World Trade Organization principle of most-favoured-nation or non-discrimination, as they are intended to benefit signatory countries. However, the agreement could be abused by competitive third-countries that use a member country of the RTA (that…
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Trade and Industry
- Year 2022
- Organisation TIPS and WWF South Africa
- Author(s) Farai Chireshe and Tjasa Bole-Rentel (WWF South Africa)
- Countries and Regions South Africa
The potential for biomass supply chains to provide alternative employment opportunities for people currently employed in coal trucking is vast. Side tipper trucker jobs are a low-hanging fruit as they are used both for the transportation of coal and the largest source of sustainable biomass in South Africa, namely invasive…
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Climate Change
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14 February 2022
Regional wool value chain
- Year 2021
- Organisation TIPS
- Author(s) Liako Mofo
- Countries and Regions South Africa
This paper looks at the potential increase in regional gains, particularly in Lesotho and South Africa, through the wool value chain, with the aim of increasing regional productivity and the distribution of wealth through wool production. It also looks into the constraints that domestic, regional and international demand pose for…
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- Regional wool value chain (5859 Downloads)
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Trade and Industry
20 January 2022
Mitigation options for South Africa's petrochemical value chain
- Year 2022
- Organisation TIPS
- Author(s) Muhammed Patel
- Countries and Regions South Africa
This paper seeks to add to the discourse on climate change mitigation in the petrochemical industry in South Africa, through a broad evaluation of the mitigation interventions available. For the purposes of the analysis, the scope is confined to the base and performance chemicals that are produced from the petrochemicals…
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- Mitigation options for South Africas petrochemical value chain (4545 Downloads)
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Climate Change
- Year 2021
- Organisation TIPS for the Presidential Climate Commission
- Author(s) Muhammed Patel (TIPS)
- Countries and Regions South Africa
The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) is a multi-stakeholder body established by the President of the Republic of South Africa to advise on the country’s climate change response and pathways to a low-carbon climate-resilient economy and society. TIPS research for the PCC included the technical report: Technical Report No. 1: A…
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Climate Change
05 January 2022
Governance and the Just Transition
- Year 2021
- Organisation TIPS for the Presidential Climate Commission
- Author(s) Neva Makgetla (TIPS)
- Countries and Regions South Africa
The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) is a multi-stakeholder body established by the President of the Republic of South Africa to advise on the country’s climate change response and pathways to a low-carbon climate-resilient economy and society. TIPS research for the PCC included the technical report: Technical Report No. 1: A…
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Climate Change
05 January 2022
The Just Transition in coal
- Year 2021
- Organisation TIPS for the Presidential Climate Commission
- Author(s) Neva Makgetla (TIPS)
- Countries and Regions South Africa
The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) is a multi-stakeholder body established by the President of the Republic of South Africa to advise on the country’s climate change response and pathways to a low-carbon climate-resilient economy and society. TIPS research for the PCC included the technical report: Technical Report No. 1: A…
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Climate Change
18 November 2021
Policy primers for a South African Just Transition framework
- Year 2021
- Organisation TIPS for the Presidential Climate Commission
- Author(s) Gaylor Montmasson-Clair
- Countries and Regions South Africa
The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) is a multi-stakeholder body established by the President of the Republic of South Africa to advise on the country’s climate change response and pathways to a low-carbon climate-resilient economy and society. TIPS research for the PCC included the technical report: Technical Report No. 1: A…
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Climate Change
10 November 2021
Unemployment and sustainable livelihoods: Just Transition interventions in the face of inequality
- Year 2021
- Organisation TIPS for the Presidential Climate Commission
- Author(s) Nokwanda Maseko
- Countries and Regions South Africa
The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) is a multi-stakeholder body established by the President of the Republic of South Africa to advise on the country’s climate change response and pathways to a low-carbon climate-resilient economy and society. TIPS research for the PCC included the technical report: Technical Report No. 1: A…
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Climate Change