International News
Standard Bank highlights economic development prospects of Agoa
By: Schalk Burger 24th July 2024 At the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) Private Sector Forum in Washington DC, in the US, financial services firm Standard Bank Corporate... →
WTO members push to expedite an Okonjo-Iweala second term bid 
By: Bloomberg 23rd July 2024 A sizable portion of World Trade Organization (WTO) members supported a move from a group of African countries pushing for Director-General Ngozi... →
SACP urges rapid action by UN to reverse Israeli occupation of Palestine
By: Thabi Shomolekae 22nd July 2024 The South African Communist Party has called on the UN to reverse the “apartheid settler state’s occupation of Palestine” and stop its genocide of... →
South Africa tells UK carbon border tax will deepen inequality
By: Bloomberg 16th July 2024 South Africa has told the UK that its plans to impose a carbon tax on imported goods will deepen global inequality and hamper Africa’s ability to... →
South Africa plans US mission to lobby against review of ties
By: Bloomberg 15th July 2024 South Africa’s newly formed government will use an upcoming forum on US preferential trade access to push back against a Senate review of ties... →
US lends $99m to Mozambique’s first wind-power project
By: Bloomberg 10th July 2024 The US International Development Finance Corp (DFC) approved a loan of as much as $99-million to help finance Mozambique’s first utility-scale... →
Multilateralism needed more than before, ANC says as it congratulates newly elected world leaders
By: Thabi Shomolekae 9th July 2024 The African National Congress said on Tuesday that multilateralism is under immense pressure but is needed now more than before, albeit in a... →
France's North African doctors consider emigration with rise of far right
By: Reuters 5th July 2024 In the southern French town where Tunisian doctor Tasnime Labiedh works, the far-right National Rally came top with 41% in the first round of... →
