The US African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has expired and is unlikely to be renewed despite optimistic remarks by Trade and Industry Minister Parks Tau and Ronald Lamola Minister of International Relations and Co-operation (Dispatches 6/10/25 AGOA expiry set to become painful reality & AC Vol 66 No 19 Parks Tau – Ramaphosa's trade troubleshooter)...

Foreign minister Ronald Lamola – once a serious contender to succeed Ramaphosa – condemned Maphwanya accusing him of encroaching on diplomacy...

‘It is not out of cowardice that we have refrained from responding [to the US tariffs] even under very extreme provocation ' said Ronald Lamola Minister of International Relations and Cooperation at a media conference on 3 August...

International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola once backed by Ramaphosa is said to have underwhelmed...

Others include foreign minister Ronald Lamola Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshaveni Minister of Trade and Industry and Competition Parks Tau and special Ramaphosa's special envoy Mcebisi Jonas...

The team includes Mokonyana; Second Deputy Secretary Marapone Ramokgopa; ANC Chair Gwede Mantashe; ANC NEC member Nkenke Kekana; Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola; and Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana...

We hear Chris Landsberg chair of diplomacy at the University of Johannesburg and senior advisor to Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola is leading a team to reshape the country's diplomatic positioning in the US...

But the race remains open with Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi and International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola also being mentioned...