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1 month ago | 
iol.co.za | Mushtak Parker
Mushtak Parker|Published 8 minutes ago 6minThat the detractors of Black majority rule in South Africa should invoke the support and authority of a politician of the likes of Trump is both revealing and outrageous, says the writer.
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1 month ago | 
iol.co.za | Mushtak Parker
Mushtak Parker|Published 1 minute ago 7minThe Trump Doctrine is only as effective if politicians or political groups cower at the antics of a bully, and those in the world who are beguiled by his policies, says the writer Image: AFP Mushtak Parker CALL it what you want, the so-called ‘incumbency curse’ in democracies around the world.
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1 month ago | 
african.business | Mushtak Parker
For a man who sports ‘the badge of honour’ of being the first and hitherto only senior diplomat to be expelled by US President Donald Trump’s administration, former ambassador Ebrahim Rasool cuts a dapper and defiant figure while defending his right to analyse his former host country and preparing his own country for radically new terms of engagement.
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1 month ago | 
african.business | Mushtak Parker
For a man who sports ‘the badge of honour’ of being the first and hitherto only senior diplomat to be expelled by US President Donald Trump’s administration, former ambassador Ebrahim Rasool cuts a dapper and defiant figure while defending his right to analyse his former host country and preparing his own country for radically new terms of engagement.
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1 month ago | 
newafricanmagazine.com | Mushtak Parker
Now that the dust has settled following the astonishing decision in March by the Donald Trump administration to effectively expel the South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool over a speech he made, we are privileged to interview the former ambassador. He discusses with Mushtak Parker the state of relations between South Africa and the United States, the implications for Sub-Saharan Africa and the shifting shape of the global power order.
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2 months ago | 
iol.co.za | Mushtak Parker
Mushtak Parker|Published 9 minutes ago 6minANC MPs celebrate after having the Budget passed in Parliament. The recent VAT reversal is another first for the Treasury, which since the dawn of democracy also saw the postponement of the 2025 Budget Speech, says the writer.
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2 months ago | 
iol.co.za | Mushtak Parker
There is a backlog of unfinished business between the Trump administration and the GNU ranging from South Africa’s continued membership of AGOA, says the writer. Image by: AFPPublished 21m ago | Published 21m agoWHEN you have a supreme disruptor of the global order, then politicians inevitably scurry around conjuring up mitigation, containment, appeasement or retaliation strategies. Inaction, procrastination and negotiation from a position of weakness simply exacerbates the playbook.
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Mar 24, 2025 | 
iol.co.za | Mushtak Parker
Every three minutes, a child dies of tuberculosis (TB), even though treatment is available. In children,under-diagnosis is a major obstacle to effective treatment. TB is the world’s number one infectious disease killer that claimed 1.25 million lives last year which experts stress was preventable.
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Mar 17, 2025 | 
iol.co.za | Mushtak Parker
Finance Enoch Godongwana and National Treasury briefed a joint meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance, Standing Committee on Appropriations, Select Committee on Finance and Select Committee on Appropriations on the 2025 Budget Speech. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is caught between a rock and a hard place – an economic and fiscal playbook that has plagued successive finance ministers going back to the Zuma years of state capture more than a decade ago, says the writer.
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Mar 12, 2025 | 
iol.co.za | Mushtak Parker
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is expected to table his Budget Speech today. Published 9m ago | Published 9m agoTODAY, Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, is expected to table his delayed 2025 National Budget to Parliament. The next few days are crucial for the country’s near future economic dispensation and for the credibility of the GNU.
