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Southern Africa: Zimbabwe Reconsiders Its Dependence On South Africa
New Frame, 22 July 2021
Economists and business leaders in Zimbabwe believe it would be foolish for the country to waste a good crisis and now is the time to reduce its reliance on South African imports… Read more »
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Zambia: Govt's Desire to Make Zambia Food Secure Impressive
Times of Zambia, 23 July 2021
Government must be commended for continuing to deliver agriculture inputs on time especially to farmers being supported through the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP). Read more »
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South Africa: What's Behind the Rioting That Rocked South Africa?
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 22 July 2021
Coronavirus has decimated the economy, with the first hard lockdown in 2020 causing 3 million job losses within months Read more »
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Zimbabwe: South Africa Riots Wake-Up Call for Industry
The Herald, 21 July 2021
VIOLENT demonstrations that unfolded in South Africa over the last two weeks, which resulted in the death of more than 200 people while businesses were torched, looted, attacked… Read more »
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Namibia: Minister Blames Supermarkets for Over-Reliance On South Africa
Namibian, 16 July 2021
Namibia largely depends on South Africa for most goods due to supermarkets stocking mostly South African goods. Read more »
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Namibia: Namibia to Feel the Pinch of South Africa's Unrest
Namibian, 14 July 2021
FROM January to May this year, Namibia has imported N$17,1 billion worth of goods from South Africa, data from the Namibia Statistics Agency show. And this is expected to be… Read more »
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Mozambique: South African Rioters Loot and Torch Mozambican Trucks
AIM, 14 July 2021
The Mozambican Association of Road Transport Operators (Fematro) has claimed that lorries owned by Mozambican businesses, ferrying goods from neighbouring South Africa, have been… Read more »
Neighbours Reconsider Dependence On South Africa After Unrest
When former president Jacob Zuma was arrested on July 7, 2021 and jailed for refusing to appear at an inquiry into high-level corruption during his nine years in office, his supporters took to the streets to demand his release. The protests quickly evolved into widespread looting as rioters blocked major highways and set fire to chemical plants, farms and food storage facilities. The violence claimed more than 200 lives and caused billions of rands worth of damage.
However, this hasn't affected South Africa alone as it is sub-Saharan Africa's most developed economy, and plays a key economic and political role on the African continent and especially to its neighbouring countries. Now SADC countries are asking various experts and government technocrats responsible for enhancing their countries' production capacities, whether the possibility of becoming less reliant on South Africa for the importation of goods and services is a possibility.
InFocus
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Amnesty International has called on the South African government to investigate the the deaths of hundreds of people killed during a week-long series of riots and looting in the ... Read more »
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As chaos unfolds on the streets of South Africa, analyses abound of what the drivers of the unrest are. Some point to criminality, others to a political assault on the government ... Read more »
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Amid the explosive cocktail of ingredients which contributed to the outbreak of looting and burning in South Africa this week, new fault-lines running through a society divided by ... Read more »
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This past week, chaos erupted on the streets of KwaZulu-Natal province, spilling over to economic capital Gauteng province. While many experts attribute these actions to poverty, ... Read more »
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Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat has called for the urgent restoration of order, peace and stability in South Africa and the full respect for the ... Read more »
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