Contributions
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Nairobi and Pretoria are seeking a partnership with real economic substance
President Ruto’s South Africa visit shifts focus from ceremony to citizens: freer trade, mobility and AfCFTA must deliver real opportunities for entrepreneurs, youth and communities in both nations.
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Between caution and confidence
Ramaphosa’s SONA signalled cautious progress: growth returns, reforms take hold and loadshedding eases. Now South Africans want proof that stability delivers jobs, relief and real opportunity.
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Trump’s Stage, Ramaphosa’s test
President Ramaphosa’s U.S. visit turned political theatre as Trump revived false claims of a “white farmer genocide” in South Africa — a myth disproven by data but still popular with his conservative base.
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DA vs ANC: VAT Strains the GNU
Tensions in South Africa’s Government of National Unity rise as the ANC pushes a VAT hike opposed by the DA, exposing deeper coalition strains and raising doubts about the GNU’s true balance of power.
