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

Julius Malema(Bloomberg) -- A controversial South African politician, previously criticized by US President Donald Trump, was denied entry to the UK on the grounds that he had aired extremist views, including support for Iran-backed Hamas and Hezbollah. Julius Malema received notification this week that his application for a UK visa had been rejected. He leads the Economic Freedom Fighters, South Africa’s fourth-biggest political party, which advocates the nationalization of land, mines and banks.

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

South Africa's president Cyril Ramaphosa and US President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office in Washington, DC, on May 21. (Bloomberg) -- South Africa will resume trade talks with the Trump administration on the sidelines of the US-Africa Business Summit next week, with less than a month to go before Washington’s reciprocal tariffs are set to come into effect.

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | S'thembile Cele

South Africa will resume trade talks with the Trump administration on the sidelines of the US-Africa Business Summit next week, with less than a month to go before Washington’s reciprocal tariffs are set to come into effect. The negotiating teams will aim to thrash out the details of South Africa’s proposed framework agreement, which includes ramping up liquid natural gas imports, a joint fund for the exploration of critical minerals and duty-free US quotas for the auto and steel industries.

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

Shoppers in Pretoria, South Africa. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg(Bloomberg) -- Lowering South Africa’s inflation target would drive economic growth and international competitiveness, said the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, echoing the country’s central bank. “Reduce the inflation target and consider reducing the band around it,” was one of the key recommendations in the OECD’s 2025 survey of Africa’s most industrialized economy, released Thursday in Johannesburg.

4 weeks ago | waikatotimes.co.nz | S'thembile Cele |Ntando Thukwana