BN Edge | Donald MacKay unpacks the bureaucratic black hole in SA trade artwork
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BN Edge | Donald MacKay unpacks the bureaucratic black hole in SA trade

Oct 23, 2026 · 24:37

A tariff investigation in South Africa is meant to take six months. Donald MacKay, whose XA Global Trade Advisors released its latest import duty report this week, told Alec Hogg the average had stretched to 40 months, and that the oldest open case was old enough to start school. He explained why the International Trade Administration Commission was only part of the problem, how a groundnut proces…