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[Opinion] SA dithers while global trade shifts

Amidst the US-generated trade turmoil, Chinese president Xi Jinping announced last week that “zero-tariff treatment for 100% tariff lines” would be accorded to ...

[News] US tariffs 2025: 31% blow to South African exports

Over the course of the first five months of 2025, United States (US) President Donald Trump and his administration have worked – mostly using the threat of ...

[Opinion] SA’s once-in-a-century opportunity

For a country as reliant on trade and investment from the US and European countries as South Africa, the government’s focus on ideology and past grievances ...

[News] Is South Africa open for business? Labour law challenges

The South African government has often talked a big game about “South Africa open for business”, with President Cyril Ramaphosa and his cabinet setting a 3% ...

[Letter] Messy, but democratic

Anyone who voted for a party other than the ANC in effect helped to block the proposed VAT hike

[Opinion] SA’s Goldilocks moment?

While stating the global economy is at a “critical juncture,” in its latest World Economic Outlook the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slashed its global ...

[Letter] Cash injections won’t save Transnet

Kabelo Khumalo’s article refers (“Rail company boss hails fast-tracking of state reforms”, March 28). I share Traxtion CEO James Holley’s assessment that “it’s ...

[Opinion] A view from Washington, DC

While walking from one briefing to the next in Washington, DC, last week, I received a notification from South Africa’s favourite app. EskomSePush told me ...

[News] South Africa’s geopolitical dance

The repeated injections of geopolitical, trade, and investment uncertainty delivered by the second Trump administration have hit various governments, not least ...

[Letter] Taxpayers under pressure

The National Treasury estimates that 235,542 taxpayers contribute 33.1% of total individual income tax. Of 7,888,615 individual taxpayers, 569,351 contribute ...