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	South Africa
Population:	63.2m
GDP:	$403.04bn
Debt:	72.24% of GDP (2024)

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Vol 66 No 6 |

Targeted by Trump – Africa and Europe draw closer

17th March 2025

Washington’s tariffs, visa bans and aid cuts are pushing Brussels and Pretoria into a stronger partnership

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...

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Vol 66 No 6 |

SOUTH AFRICA

Budget bargaining rumbles after finance minister tables revised tax plan in parliament

17th March 2025

Centre-right Democratic Alliance is using its muscle in coalition to assert dissenting economic agenda

After a majority in parliament failed to back Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s amended budget on 12 March he still has more drafting to do to get it over...

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Vol 66 No 6 |

Southern African militaries call time on their ill-fated Kivu operation

17th March 2025

The failure of the SADC mission sounds alarms about the future of multilateral attempts to resolve conflict on the continent

By agreeing that its deployment will be ‘terminated’ as part of a ‘phased withdrawal’ at a summit on 13 March, the Southern African Development Community has at last...

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Vol 66 No 6 |

Trump administration pulls plug on green energy deal

10th March 2025

International support for South Africa’s renewable plans will on the agenda at EU summit

In line with his opposition to renewable energy projects, President Donald J Trump’s decision to revoke and rescind the United States International Climate Finance Plan will mean cancelling...

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Vol 66 No 5 |

SOUTH AFRICA

Tax and spend row opens new schism in coalition

3rd March 2025

The Government of National Unity’s credibility is on the line as finance minister Godongwana prepares to return to parliament with an amended budget

When finance minister Enoch Godongwana told the cabinet on 19 February of his plan to raise value added tax to 17% from 15% just hours before he was...

Vol 66 No 4 |

SOUTH AFRICA
UNITED STATES

Ramaphosa’s G20 and growth plans sideline Trump threats over funding

7th February 2025

An internal coalition spat was resolved just hours before the President’s State of the Nation address

The government’s determination to hit its 3% GDP growth target and to push its policy agenda as it chairs the G20 this year dominated President Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech...

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Vol 66 No 4 |

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EUROPEAN UNION

Brussels offers hand of friendship

18th February 2025

The hostility of the Trump presidency towards Ramaphosa’s government, has given Europe an opportunity to strengthen its ties with Pretoria

EU High Representative on Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas will hold talks with President Cyril Ramaphosa and ministers on 19 February, ahead of a G20 foreign ministers meeting the...

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Vol 66 No 3 |

SOUTH AFRICA
UNITED STATES

Trump wages economic war over land bill

5th February 2025

The White House has halted funding to Pretoria but Ramaphosa has downplayed the move’s impact as speculation grows about Musk’s influence

South Africa is the first African country to be specifically targeted by the new United States President, Donald J Trump. On 3 February, Trump announced the halt of...

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Vol 66 No 3 |

SOUTH AFRICA

Land law poses first major test to coalition

28th January 2025

The ANC faces a careful balancing act as Ramaphosa signs the controversial ‘expropriation without compensation’ bill

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to sign a controversial Expropriation Bill into law is likely to be the first major test to his governing coalition. Signed on 23 January,...

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Vol 66 No 2 |

SOUTH AFRICA

The country looks north as the party goes south

22nd January 2025

A fresh bout of optimism about the prospects for economic recovery isn’t helping the venerable ANC

From key note addresses to international investor conferences, nation-boosting speeches to the UN General Assembly to grassroots rallies in the township, President Cyril Ramaphosa knows how to tailor...

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