South Africa Prepares Trade Deal Meant to Ease Tensions With Trump
Lawmakers were warned that the United States is planning more punitive actions against the country. Officials hope a new ...
The Economist7d
South Africa’s government is looking fragile
B udget announcements are rarely memorable events in South Africa. But the statement on March 12th by Enoch Godongwana, the ...
Lost fynbos seeds from underground ‘time capsules’ in South Africa can grow again – new study
Hundreds of ancient fynbos species could regrow and restore a former pine plantation on Cape Town’s Table Mountain, but only ...
ABC News11d
South Africa says Zelenskyy will visit in April as part of its ongoing talks with Ukraine and Russia
South Africa says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit in April for talks on finding “a path to peace” with Russia CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will ...
Reuters12d
South Africa rejects 'megaphone diplomacy' as Trump backs funding cut
WASHINGTON/JOHANNESBURG, March 7 Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that his country is stopping all federal funding to South Africa, but South Africa responded by saying it ...
Consilium5d
EU-South Africa trade
In 2023 South Africa traded €206.9 billion worth of goods of which 21% was with the EU. The EU is South Africa’s top source ...
The Nation5d
Why Trump Is Threatened by South Africa
Cape Town—Last May, The Heritage Foundation called for the United States to cut aid to South Africa “until the country aligns with American values,” a claim repeated by Marco Rubio in his ...
The New Yorker28d
Make South Africa Great Again?
Earlier this month, President Trump issued an executive order to freeze all U.S. aid to South Africa and to grant refugee status to white Afrikaners who want to leave the country. According to the ...
South Africa’s finance minister wanted to raise VAT: the pros and cons of a tricky tax
The reason for the abrupt cancellation was the failure of the minister to get cabinet approval for the proposal to raise value added tax (VAT) from 15% to 17%. VAT is the second biggest contributor to ...
International Monetary Fund8d
Boosting Growth and Prosperity in South Africa
South Africa is well-positioned to confront significant longstanding challenges that have been holding the economy back: declining real per-capital income, persistent unemployment, pervasive poverty, ...
The New York Times29d
South Africa Is a Warning
to South Africa, sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest economy, where he had heard that an enterprising young person could make a prosperous life. There, he told me, he was granted asylum as a member of ...
ANC Moots Smaller South Africa VAT Hike With EFF Linkup, ST Says
South Africa’s biggest political party plans a 0.75 percentage-point increase in value-added tax in a revised national budget this month, warning it will approach groups outside the ruling coalition ...