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5 days ago | leadertelegram.com | S'thembile Cele

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — South Africa’s government is engaging U.S. authorities about the Trump administration’s plan to resettle white Afrikaners to ensure the program doesn’t provide an opportunity for fugitives to flee. A group of about 100 Afrikaners, an ethnic group descended mainly from Dutch and French settlers, are scheduled to travel to the U.S. on a chartered flight next week, according to two South African government officials. kAm$@FE9 p7C:42 92D?’E 366?

5 days ago | newsobserver.com | S'thembile Cele

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks during a joint news conference at the Union buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, on March 16, 2023. (Phill Magakoe/AFP/Getty Images/TNS) TNS JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - South Africa's government is engaging U.S. authorities about the Trump administration's plan to resettle white Afrikaners to ensure the program doesn't provide an opportunity for fugitives to flee.

5 days ago | bloomberg.com | S'thembile Cele

Cyril Ramaphosa and Donald Trump(Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s government is engaging US authorities about the Trump administration’s plan to resettle White Afrikaners to ensure the program doesn’t provide an opportunity for fugitives to flee. A group of about 100 Afrikaners, an ethnic group descended mainly from Dutch and French settlers, are scheduled to travel to the US on a chartered flight next week, according to two South African government officials.

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Ntando Thukwana |S'thembile Cele

Cyril Ramaphosa(Bloomberg) -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled the second phase of a reform program aimed at firing up an economy that’s grown by an average of less than 1% annually over the past decade, with measures planned to fix dysfunctional municipalities and drive the adoption of digital technologies. Implementation of the program will be overseen by Operation Vulindlela, a unit that was established in 2020 and answers to the Presidency and the National Treasury.

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | S'thembile Cele

Enoch Godongwana(Bloomberg) -- South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will return to parliament on May 21 to present his third attempt this year at getting a budget passed. Godongwana is revising his spending plans after a dispute within the governing coalition over a proposed tax increase forced him to backtrack. That left the National Treasury with a 75 billion-rand ($4 billion) shortfall to plug over the next three years.