The prices people get for cattle slaughtered on Eid-ul-Azha are “not reasonable” and the latest government decision aims to ensure that they get the fair price, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi says.

Tanners and leather exporters opposed the commerce ministry's plan to allow rawhide exports, on the grounds that it might cause a scarcity for the local industry. “We have set up expensive machineries ...

The situation has indeed improved from the grim picture of the past two years. In recent years, there has been a marked decline in the rawhide collection as stocks from previous years drove down ...

The government should lift import duty on rawhide and wet blue leather to help local footwear and leather goods manufacturers, who face supply dearth of quality finished leather, says a top official ...

More than an hour's drive from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital, on a winding road through mountains and high plateaus, sits a modern leather-processing factory owned by Chinese investors. China-Africa ...

Max Pienaar should bottle the air around his Durban shop and flog it to the inlanders. Sea-crisp, java-rich and leathery, the scent of Savior Brand Co is an unexpected extra. Pienaar deals in "fine ...