Alexandra Wexler
Africa Corporate Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
@WSJ Reporter, Show Jumper, Duke & Stanford Alum, New Yorker, Joburg Expat, Wife & Mom
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4 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Alexandra Wexler
Tensions with the U.S. continue amid ongoing global uncertaintyUpdated May 29, 2025 10:41 am ET|WSJ ProThe South African Reserve Bank cut its main repo rate by 25 basis points to 7.25% on Thursday, as tensions with the U.S. continue amid ongoing global uncertainty.
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4 weeks ago |
tradingview.com | Alexandra Wexler
South African Reserve Bank Cuts Main Repo Rate to 7.25%ZAGDPJOHANNESBURG--The South African Reserve Bank cut its main repo rate by 25 basis points to 7.25% on Thursday, as tensions with the U.S. continue amid ongoing global uncertainty.
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | Alexandra Wexler
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o returned from an elite boarding school in the 1950s to find his home had been burned to the ground by the British during Kenya’s fight for independence. Ngũgĩ (pronounced Ingoo-ghee) went on to become a prizewinning author, who, rejecting the colonial mindset, dropped his English name, James, and resolved to write only in the language of the Kikuyu people, his mother tongue. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | Alexandra Wexler
Cyril Ramaphosa will visit White House after relations with the U.S. deteriorated over race, Israel and tradeSouth African President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to meet President Trump at the White House on Wednesday as he tries to reset deteriorating relations between the U.S. and Africa’s largest economy. Since returning to office in January, Trump has cut off foreign aid to South Africa and alleged that white South African farmers are victims of a genocide.
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | Alexandra Wexler
SETTLERS, South Africa—Afrikaners, white South Africans long reviled as the architects of a racist state, are now being recast by Donald Trump as the victims of one.
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“Don’t cry despair at those who sold the heritage,” says one of the main characters in Ngũgĩ’s “Wizard of the Crow.” “Smile also with pride at the achievements of those that struggle to rescue our heritage.” https://t.co/5LyBGYLeQC via @WSJ
Chocolate prices have soared. A gargantuan experiment that aims to make cocoa more sustainable is poised to keep them high. https://t.co/NjWrO4ZGiq via @WSJ
Nigeria detained two Binance senior employees and blamed the crypto exchange for crashing the nation’s currency https://t.co/OUxk2Jo63v