South Africa: Team SA 'On the Ground' in US, Says Ramaphosa, Warning Against Retaliatory Tariffs

President Cyril Ramaphosa says officials from Pretoria are in the US for tariff negotiations that will take place in 'just a few days'. Read more »

Africa: Trump's Tariff Bullying Shows Signs of Backfiring

India defies US President Donald Trump's bullying. Will African countries do the same? Read more »

South Africa: G20 Side Meetings Offer Opportunities for Expansion of SA's Agri Trade

With leaders and ministers from the world's most powerful economies gathering here, we have a unique and time-sensitive opportunity. Instead of focusing intensely on broad… Read more »

South Africa: Social Grant Recipients Battle to Keep Up With Rising Prices

The Social Relief of Distress grant has not kept up with increasing food prices. And many beneficiaries do not receive their grants because they have been excluded by the Sassa… Read more »

South Africa: Parks Tau's 'Plan A' Turns to New Markets to Outrun Trump's Trade War

SA dangles blueberries and pork in a bid to avert the US tariff blow. Read more »

South Africa: Ramaphosa, Trump Discuss 'Bilateral Trade Matters' in Phone Call As Tariffs Come Into Effect

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni suggested that there was still room to reach a trade agreement between the US and South Africa. Read more »

South Africa: SA Citrus Eyes Record Export of 180m Cartons, but Trump Tariffs May Prune That Estimate

US consumers and citrus growers in the Western and Northern Cape both stand to lose from the Trump administration's looming 30% tariff on South African imports. There are no… Read more »

South Africa: SA-US Trade Tariff Negotiations and the 10-Year Game

I suddenly realised that what we said and did during the Covid pandemic was only going to be judged over a 10-year period. I think the same might apply to how our government… Read more »

South Africa: Chaos and Uncertainty - This Is No Way to Run a Global Trading System

The point of America's trade war is not to reach a final settlement or achieve a new, stable system. Read more »

South Africa: Trump Tariffs Threaten Thousands of Eastern Cape Manufacturing Jobs - - but Mitigating Action Can Be Taken

Thousands of direct and indirect jobs in manufacturing in the Eastern Cape are at risk from the impacts of the new US tariffs. What can be done to mitigate against this? Read more »

South Africa: Home Affairs' Leon Schreiber Stands By Identity Verification Price Hike

Digital access or regressive tax? TymeBank, Capitec and Minister Leon Schreiber weigh in as Department of Home Affairs identity verification fee hike becomes law. Read more »