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Alexander Winning

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Deputy Breaking News Editor, Sub-Saharan Africa at Reuters

Deputy breaking news editor, Sub-Saharan Africa @Reuters. [email protected]

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  • 3 weeks ago | timeslive.co.za | Alexander Winning

    02 June 2025 - 12:51 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. Once approved by the IMF's executive board, Ethiopia will gain access to another $260m (R4.65bn) in financing. File photo. Ethiopia and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a staff-level agreement on the third review of the country's $3.4bn (R60.83bn) loan programme from the lender, the fund said on Friday.

  • 4 weeks ago | zawya.com | Alexander Winning

    Ethiopia and the International Monetary Fund have reached a staff-level agreement on the third review of the country's $3.4 billion loan programme from the lender, the Fund said on Friday. Once approved by the IMF's Executive Board, Ethiopia will gain access to another $260 million in financing. "The (Ethiopian) authorities' policy actions in the first year of the programme have yielded strong results.

  • 4 weeks ago | bizcommunity.com | Alexander Winning

    2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show moreAdvertise your job vacancies The South African rand held most of the previous day's gains in early trade on Friday, 30 May 2025 after the central bank stressed its strong preference for a lower inflation target at a monetary policy announcement. The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) presented detailed modelling of the impact of a 3% inflation target, compared to the 4.5% level it aims for at the midpoint of its current 3% to 6% target range.

  • 1 month ago | thestar.com.my | Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo |Alexander Winning

    JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Facing a barrage of debunked claims from U.S. President Donald Trump that white people were being persecuted in his country, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa remained composed, pushed back politely and even tried to joke with Trump. Ramaphosa may have drawn on his experience as the African National Congress's lead negotiator in talks that led to the peaceful end of apartheid in 1994 during Wednesday's televised confrontation in the Oval Office.

  • 1 month ago | zawya.com | Sfundo Parakozov |Alexander Winning |Mark Potter

    JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's rand slipped on Tuesday after data showed the country's unemployment rate rose in the first quarter of this year. At 1513 GMT, the rand traded at 18.355 against the dollar , about 0.6% weaker than its previous close. South Africa's official unemployment rate - one of the highest in the world - rose to 32.9% from 31.9% in the final quarter of last year. Unemployment has been on the rise since 2016 and has been stuck above 30% for the past five years.

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Alexander Winning
Alexander Winning @winning_alex
23 May 25

Trump's image of dead 'white farmers' came from Reuters footage in Congo, not South Africa: https://t.co/j6cZrqjchp @ReutersAfrica

Alexander Winning
Alexander Winning @winning_alex
30 Nov 21

RT @tito_mboweni: From the Reuters archives. Interesting.. https://t.co/k9kpQVoGji

Alexander Winning
Alexander Winning @winning_alex
27 Nov 21

RT @StephNebehay: .@WHO names new COVID variant #Omicron, cautions against travel measures - my update tonight with ⁦@winning_alex⁩ #SouthA…