African countries have gained an extra week to renegotiate trade terms with Washington, with new US tariffs – including steep hikes for South Africa and Algeria – now due to take effect on 7 August. The latest executive order signed by President Trump introduces a flat 15 percent tariff on most African exports to the…
MTN chairman Mcebisi Jonas. MTN chairman Mcebisi Jonas, who was appointed by president Cyril Ramaphosa in April as South Africa’s special envoy to the US, has become the centre of a political storm within the Government of National Unity (GNU). Tensions escalated after the Democratic Alliance (DA) accused Ramaphosa of continuing to support Jonas in…
United Nations — Ten years ago, I lost more than a job. When my post was abolished, there was no warning, no closure, no golden parachute–just a quiet erasure. Overnight, I went from a UN professional with decades of service to an invisible statistic in a system that eats its own. I wasn’t just de-linked…
