Without AGOA President Cyril Ramaphosa's government would continue to face 30% duties on US exports...
The confrontation over Pretoria's security ties with Tehran – specifically its participation in South African-hosted naval exercises – underlines the erosion of civilian control over the military and the weakening authority of President Cyril Ramaphosa...
Despite Washington's hostility hosting Africa's first G20 summit was a fillip for President Cyril Ramaphosa as he faced resistance – which is unlikely to abate – from a vocal minority in the ruling African National Congress (ANC)...
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President Cyril Ramaphosa's government handed over the G20 presidency to the US in November...
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Vol 66 No 24 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Political sentiment in South Africa is among the most febrile on the continent – if that is any comfort to President Cyril Ramaphosa...
President Cyril Ramaphosa cites University of Stellenbosch projections that reforms under Operation Vulindlela – now in its second phase – could raise long-term growth by up to 3...
Winning a sort of victory in the teeth of United States opposition South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa rescued Africa's first G20 on 22-23 November pushing through a leaders' declaration reaffirming a commitment to multilateral cooperation and the energy transition...
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Vol 66 No 24 |
- AFRICA
- FINANCE
His report commissioned by President Cyril Ramaphosa as part of South Africa's G20 presidency reflects African governments' frustrations over credit restructuring and borrowing costs that have pushed many towards debt distress (Dispatches 23/6/25 Stiglitz panel calls for debt relief as wealthy states block African UN plan)...
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Vol 66 No 23 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
In May President Cyril Ramaphosa's Government of National Unity proposed a 10-year LNG import agreement with the United States as part of a broader trade package aimed at securing lower tariffs and trade concessions...
The Lobito Corridor from Angola to Zambia's copperfields was the first example cited by EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the Global Gateway Forum in Brussels in October a two-day event attended by South Africa's president Cyril Ramaphosa and Rwanda's president Paul Kagame demonstrating that large-scale infrastructural investments attract interest...
Vol 66 No 22 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Business once supportive of President Cyril Ramaphosa has grown disillusioned with his failure to honour promises of zero tolerance for corruption and economic reform...