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USTR's investigation concluded that 54 economies, including South Africa, did not have an explicit legal prohibition on the importation of goods produced wholly or partly with forced labor.   USTR is proposing a 12.5 ad valorem rate for countries that do not have a forced labor import prohibition or a commitment to undertake such a prohibition.  Nothing would take effect yet - USTR will conduct an ...

Cape Town has been ranked the second-best beach destination in the world for travellers looking for more than a traditional seaside holiday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department plans to drastically slash the number of U.S. embassies and consulates in Africa that can process visas for foreigners seeking to come to the United States.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South African government and advocacy groups for the country’s Afrikaner white minority on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s position that there’s a humanitarian emergency affecting white people in South Africa.

Morocco has overtaken South Africa as Africa’s leading industrial economy, according to a new report by the African Development Bank, marking a major shift in the continent’s economic landscape.

South Africa made critical minerals the cornerstone of a push for a 15-year extension of the US African Growth and Opportunity Act, warning that short extensions undermine investor confidence and disrupt regional manufacturing plans. The AGOA trade deal gives African countries duty-free access to the American market.

Rival lobby groups weaken bid to retain duty-free US trade access

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA), is a civil action organisation that was formed in 2012, to challenge a Government policy on the funding of the Gauteng Freeway project upgrade through an electronic tolling system. OUTA conducted significant research on the e-tolling decision, and established that while these mechanisms have a purpose and place for road infrastructure financing in many ...

Two of the most influential Republican congressional staffers on US-Africa policy are departing this month, just as the Senate confirms the official set to lead the State Department’s Africa bureau.

In 1998 the South African Government removed the arts programs from Government Schools, and many music and arts educators were left without employment. Dr Nhlanhla Brian Thusi was made aware of this and he was very concerned that music education was becoming very elitist and only children who were born into wealthy families would be able to receive music education so he formed a committee of 12 ...