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The White House

American leadership is back in the Western Hemisphere, and we’re ready to stand with our regional partners. Putting America First means paying closer attention to our own hemisphere.

Economics

South African agricultural organisations have questioned the sector’s steep decline in last year’s Q3 GDP data. The Bureau for Food and Agriculture Policy, which is renowned for its insight, dug into the matter and reaped a very different number.

Some experts argue that President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the OECD minimum 15% global tax deal could hurt Africa.

Economics

- This year's G20 Summit will be the first held in Africa and Ramaphosa called on leaders to harness the most powerful of human attributes: collaboration.
- "Cooperation has been one of the key markers of human development, touching on many aspects of life – survival, social organization, technological and cultural progress."
- This is a transcript from South Africa President Ramaphosa's special ...

Politics

As Trump's executive orders send bankers scrambling in Davos, the financial world braces for a rollercoaster of trade disruptions and regulatory headaches.

Opinion

This year's annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos takes place this week during what is, by all accounts, the most complex and chaotic period in global economic and political affairs. The theme for this year is "Collaboration for the Intelligent Age".

This is a very appropriate theme, aimed at addressing the increasing polarisation and fragmentation at play in geopolitics and ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has today, 16 January 2025, convened with ministers and senior business leaders to reaffirm the Government Business Partnership’s commitment to achieving their shared ambition of significantly growing the economy.

Regulations

The Employment Equity Amendment Act will take some legal effect on 1 January 2025. Unmitigated, the amendment act will have profound implications for foreign incorporated businesses operating in South Africa.

Education

NEW YORK AND PRETORIA

The University of Pretoria and Fordham University have an exchange program that started after the signing of the collaboration agreement in 2008. This program allows academically gifted South African students, who are financially needy, to visit New York and earn an Advanced Certificate in Emerging Financial Markets and Country Risk Analysis. It also allows Fordham students ...

Regulations

Johannesburg, Friday 06 December 2024 ― The operational inefficiencies and governance failures of the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) are letting down hundreds of thousands of workers, many of whom are now facing a festive season without any income. The UIF is failing in its primary function – paying unemployment benefits - and must be placed under administration, with immediate effect.