{"id":43637,"date":"2026-08-24T12:34:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=43637"},"modified":"2026-08-24T12:52:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:52:49","slug":"sa-zimbabwe-deepens-trade-investment-ties","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-zimbabwe-deepens-trade-investment-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"SA, Zimbabwe deepen trade, investment ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>South Africa (SA) and Zimbabwe are looking to deepen trade and investment ties, with leaders from both countries calling for stronger economic co-operation and fewer barriers to doing business.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This follows the SA and Zimbabwe Business Forum held on Friday at the Gallagher Convention Centre, held on Friday under the theme, &#8220;Catalysing economic resilience, strategic trade and investment partnerships for the future&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>SA President Cyril Ramaphosa says bilateral trade has grown significantly, reaching billions of Dollars in 2025, nearly double the level recorded in 2021 but more needs to be done.<\/p>\n<p>SA and Zimbabwe are seeking to deepen trade and investment ties following a Business Forum held at the Gallagher Convention Centre on Friday, bringing together government leaders, policymakers and private sector executives from both countries to explore ways of easing the cost and process of doing business.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The forum followed the SA, Zimbabwe Bi-National Commission held in Pretoria, Gauteng Province, which was co-chaired by Ramaphosa and Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa who addressed the forum, highlighting the long-standing trade relationship between the two neighbouring countries.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Speaking at the forum, Ramaphosa acknowledged that trade between SA and Zimbabwe has been established for generations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":43385,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-43637","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"SA and Zimbabwe are looking to deepen trade and investment ties","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43640,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43637\/revisions\/43640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=43637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}