Proudly SA CEO Eustace Mashimbye has called on the new minister of trade, industry & competition, Parks Tau, to nudge his peers in the public sector to actively procure from local manufacturers.

Localisation, viewed by critics as a form of protectionism, is a pillar of the government’s plan to revive distressed local industries such as sugar, poultry and steel...

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