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Goldman Sachs has positioned itself as the trade whisperer to United States President Donald Trump holding talks with several African leaders including South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa about trade and improving relations with the US...
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Vol 66 No 9 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
President Cyril Ramaphosa also won a boost from keeping the fractious coalition together on 25 and was able to tell South Africans about a planned meeting with United States President Donald Trump to resolve the rumbling diplomatic differences between the two countries...
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Vol 66 No 8 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
This prospect alarms Godongwana and President Cyril Ramaphosa as it risks a run on the rand and deterring investors...
' A former ANC executive member who worked with Mbalula Mashatile and ANC First Deputy Secretary-General Nomvula Mokonyane at Luthuli House told Africa Confidential that the real contest is now between Mbalula and Mashatile who are vying for the ANC presidency in 2027 when Cyril Ramaphosa steps down after two terms...
That reality will inform President Cyril Ramaphosa's choice of ambassador to Washington to replace the expelled Rasool...
As the new United States administration targets South Africa on policy and the European Union on tariffs it has triggered an opposite reaction – bringing President Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria closer to President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels on a host of diplomatic and security issues...
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South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said on 13 March that the mission would be phased out as diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis intensified...
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Grant projects that were previously funded and in planning or implementation phases have been cancelled Cyril Ramaphosa's government confirmed on 6 March...
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has said that ministers are ‘looking at various interventions to address the immediate needs and ensure the continuity of essential services'...
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Vol 66 No 5 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The outcome of the cabinet meeting might have been different had President Cyril Ramaphosa been chairing it...
In December President Cyril Ramaphosa set out his plans to launch a cost-of-capital commission to address the major disparities on debt faced by developing countries alongside a broader review of the G20's scarcely used Common Framework on debt (AC Vol 65 No 10 No Bretton Woods moment)...