# Union federation COSATU says it is deeply concerned by the impact South Africa’s exit from the African Growth and Opportunity Act would have on thousands of agricultural and manufacturing jobs linked to it. The exclusion is over practices inconsistent with the deal’s eligibility criteria. These include barriers that undermine American trade and investment and pose […]
# Die DA sê Suid-Afrika se uitsluiting as bevoordeelde van die Wet op Groei en Geleenthede in Afrika kon vermy word en is totaal onnodig in die konteks van gesonde ekonomiese diplomasie en onderhandeling. Die Amerikaanse handelsverteenwoordiger se kantoor het bevind die regering se praktyke is strydig met die vereistes om deel van AGOA te […]
# Government acknowledges the concern that the United States’ decision to revoke South Africa’s benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act will create for workers, exporters, and businesses. The country is set to lose its duty-free market access next year after Washington determined that Pretoria’s policies are inconsistent with AGOA’s eligibility criteria. Minister of […]
# Amerika beplan om Suid-Afrika en Rwanda van Januarie 2027 af belastingvrye toegang tot die Amerikaanse mark volgens die Wet op Groei en Geleenthede in Afrika te weier. Die Amerikaanse handelsverteenwoordiger, Jamieson Greer, sê president Donald Trump het bevind albei lande se regerings oortree AGOA-vereistes. Hy noem struikelblokke wat handel en beleggings betref, korrupsie en […]
# Solidarity asserts that the United States’ decision to remove South Africa from the African Growth and Opportunity Act programme stems directly from the government’s failure to repair deteriorating diplomatic relations with Washington. According to the Office of the US Trade Representative, South Africa has engaged in practices that are inconsistent with AGOA’s eligibility criteria. […]
# The DA says South Africa’s exclusion as a beneficiary of the African Growth and Opportunity Act next year was avoidable and completely unnecessary in the context of sound economic diplomacy and negotiation. The Office of the US Trade Representative found that the government has engaged in practices which are inconsistent with AGOA’s eligibility criteria. […]
# The US intends to remove South Africa and Rwanda from duty-free access to the American market under the African Growth and Opportunity Act from January 2027. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says president Donald Trump has determined that both countries’ governments have engaged in practices that violate AGOA’s eligibility requirements. He cites barriers to […]
# TLU SA sê samewerking tussen die polisie en boerderygemeenskappe is die sleutel tot die bekamping van misdaad op die platteland. Die landbou-organisasie verwelkom die arrestasie van verdagtes ná gewelddadige aanvalle in die boerderygemeenskappe van Sannieshof en Ventersdorp in Noordwes. Bennie van Zyl van TLU SA sê die inhegtenisnemings toon die waarde van spoedige polisie-optrede, […]
# TLU SA says cooperation between police and farming communities is key to fighting rural crime. The agricultural organisation has welcomed the arrest of suspects following violent attacks in the Sannieshof and Ventersdorp farming communities in North West. TLU SA’s Bennie van Zyl says the arrests show the value of quick police action, good investigations […]
