International News
Saudi firm plans hydrogen-powered skyscraper in Egypt's new capital
By: Reuters 14th August 2024 A Saudi-controlled real estate firm says it plans to break ground early next year in Egypt's new capital on a $1-billion, 50-storey office tower... →
Ukraine says Niger's move to cut relations is 'regrettable'
By: Reuters 8th August 2024 Ukraine's foreign ministry said on Thursday Niger's decision to cut diplomatic ties with Kyiv was "regrettable" and that Kyiv saw the move as based... →
S Africa confident of US trade status despite unease over foreign policy 
By: Reuters 30th July 2024 South Africa's trade minister said on Tuesday he is confident his country will maintain preferential trade status with the US despite concerns in... →
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... →
