Ministers from across the globe gather for the G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) side event at the G20 Fourth Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting in Durban on 16 July 2025. Finance Minister Enoch Godogwana says the Compact with Africa initiative, which was launched in 2017 under the chairmanship of South Africa, has grown into…
Cattle in an enclosure. Red Meat Industry Services (RMIS) CEO Dewald Olivier has called for the improved containment of infectious diseases in the agriculture industry. This follows a fresh outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the Moqhaka local municipality near Kroonstad, Free State. The Department of Agriculture earlier this month announced the successful containment of…
Coca-Cola soda is shown on display during a preview of a new Walmart Super Center prior to its opening in Compton, California in the United States. Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Coca-Cola had agreed to use cane sugar in its beverages in the United States after his discussions with the company. “I have been speaking…
DP Paul Mashatile arrives at Shunyi Centre in Beijing Deputy President Paul Mashatile has addressed the opening ceremony of the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing. Mashatile is on a working visit to China. The visit is aimed at strengthening bilateral relations and economic cooperation. Mashatile says that South Africa is committed to strengthening…
Person transacts with a card machine A second consecutive increase in economic transactions was noted in June by BankservAfrica’s Economic Transactions Index (BETI). The BETI measures the value of all electronic transactions cleared through BankservAfrica on a monthly basis at seasonally adjusted real prices. The value of economic activity ticked up in June to an…
Governor of the South African Reserve Bank Lesetja Kganyago attends a seminar titled “The Evolving Art of Monetary Policy in Emerging Markets” during the 2025 annual IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 25, 2025. US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on South Africa could cause around 100 000 job losses, with the agriculture…
Residents of Rustenburg and surrounding villages in the North West have been left stranded as employees of Bojanala Bus Services went on strike. Democratic Municipal and Allied Workers Unions of South Africa (Demawusa) members embarked on a protected strike last month, demanding that the employer implement fair labour practices. However, the employer decided to dismiss…
Nvidia’s planned resumption of sales of its H20 AI chips to China is part of US negotiations on rare earths, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Tuesday, and comes days after its CEO met President Donald Trump. “We put that in the trade deal with the magnets,” Lutnick told Reuters, referring to an agreement Trump…
Employees work on a production line manufacturing tools B20 Head of Secretariat in South Africa, Anthony Costa has emphasised the need for a predictable and rules-based international trading system, as new tariff policies continue to reshape the global trade landscape. Costa has acknowledged that while institutions like the World Trade Organisation are in need of…
An Uber logo is shown on a vehicle. The E-hailing Partners Council says some e-hailing companies’ decision to increase the commission taken from operators and drivers has negatively affected their salaries. Dozens of e-hailing operators have embarked on a protest at Uber’s head office in Parktown, Johannesburg. The disgruntled operators say they are unhappy about…
