International News
G20 agenda eclipsed as Bessent skips South Africa meeting again
By: Bloomberg 14th July 2025 For the second time this year, the world’s most powerful finance ministers gather in South Africa without the presence of the US Treasury... →
Trump presses African leaders to take deported migrants, sources say
By: Reuters 10th July 2025 The Trump administration this week pressed five African presidents to take in migrants from other countries when they are deported by the US, two... →
Trump’s foreign-aid cuts are ending lives — and US influence
By: Bloomberg 10th July 2025 The White House has hailed H.R. 1, aka the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as a “once-in-a-generation piece of legislation” that puts “America First.”... →
Trump sells shift from 'aid to trade' in White House meeting with African leaders
By: Reuters 10th July 2025 President Donald Trump told leaders from five African nations on Wednesday that he was shifting the US approach to the continent from aid to trade... →
Africa sees best trade growth in developing world during the first half of this year
By: Rebecca Campbell 9th July 2025 Africa was the only region in the developing world to register growth in trade during the first half of this year (1H25), UN Trade & Development... →
Trump to host African leaders offering major mining ventures
By: Bloomberg 9th July 2025 US President Donald Trump is scheduled this week to meet the leaders of five African nations that will potentially offer American businesses... →
DBSA, China Development Bank sign $293m loan facility agreement
By: Creamer Media Reporter 9th July 2025 The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and infrastructure investment and financing provider China Development Bank (CDB) have signed a... →
Agri SA calls for greater pragmatism in trade strategy as 30% US tariff looms
By: Marleny Arnoldi 8th July 2025 With the US’s imposition of a 30% import tariff on South African goods to take effect on August 1, industry body Agri SA says the country must... →
