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President Cyril Ramaphosa has noted the correspondence from President Donald Trump on the unilateral imposition of a 30% trade tariff against South Africa. The President has further noted that South Africa is one of a number of countries to have received this communication on 7 July 2025.

Call for Submission

The Sustainable Business COP30 (SB COP) is a private sector initiative led by the Brazilian National Confederation of Industry (CNI) to promote global private sector leadership in advancing the positive climate agenda. As part of this mission, they are looking for examples of private sector cases in any of the SB COP focus areas - Energy Transition, Circular Economy and Materials, Bioeconomy, Food ...

Foreign Policy

Published by Dow Jones Risk Journal, June 30, 2025 and reprinted with kind permission.

For global companies operating in the US and Europe, managing diversity, equity and inclusion programs has become contentious and challenging.

B20

At the midpoint of 2025, I am pleased to share significant progress in our collective mission to shape actionable, inclusive and impactful policy recommendations for the G20. This month has been marked by robust engagement, critical milestones and a reaffirmation of Africa's role in driving global economic dialogue.

Foreign Policy

For US citizens living abroad, opening and maintaining a US bank account has been a BIG problem. Many US citizens still need and want US banking services to manage US based investments, receive their Social Security benefits, maintain US credit - the list goes on. ACA provides a solution with the ACA-Members/SDFCU Account, developed by ACA in cooperation with the State Department Federal Credit ...

Business

Cape Town, South Africa, 11 June 2025 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/-ETHICORE – the industry leading pan African international government and public affairs firm headquartered in South Africa, has been named one of Africa’s Top 10 Best Agencies by PRovoke Media – the global authority on the strategic communications, public affairs and reputation management.

Foreign Policy
The Liberian-flagged Oris Emergy, an oil/chemical tanker, moored at Lobito Port. Picture: ELIZABETH FRANTZ/Reuters

Project will link Zambia’s Chingola region to Angola’s Benguela railway offering an export route for copper and agricultural goods

Politics

Against a backdrop of tariffs and travel bans, the 2025 US-Africa Business Summit in Luanda, Angola, shared some home truths.

Foreign Policy

The US Department of Justice has issued new guidance regarding enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in a June 9 memorandum from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. The memorandum formalizes a shift in FCPA enforcement priorities by directing prosecutors to focus on misconduct that causes identifiable harm to US interests, prioritize cases involving individual wrongdoing, and ...

Regulations
Freepik

In a new policy white paper, the government makes several far-reaching proposals to restrict the employment of foreign citizens. Critics warn that instead of protecting jobs, the policy will do damage.