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China has joined Germany and Russia in publicly challenging Washington's exclusion of South Africa from the G20, as foreign ministers from the world's leading economies gather in Atlanta. Beijing says South Africa remains an important member of the grouping and should continue participating in its activities. The intervention adds to growing diplomatic pressure on the Trump administration, which has refused to invite Pretoria to meetings under its G20 presidency, including December's leaders' summit in Miami.
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Peter Bruce retweeted
South African series are always so enthralling. Need to find a way to make it 5 matches in the future. 3 has never been enough.
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Iran is executing athletes. Several more are now on death row. Please, please retweet as the only thing that has shown any potential to deter the regime is international scrutiny and pressure theguardian.com/global-devel…
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Democratic Alliance (DA) Metsimaholo caucus leader Michael Thulani Mbana has been shot dead in the Free State.
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I have been too nervous to watch.
My standard for the top five batsmen is that they must each face a bare minimum of 50 deliveries. Delighted to see this milestone achieved.
Peter Bruce retweeted
Hi @Bruceps -- in the piece I mentioned, I am saying that if South Africa were excluded from AGOA, the country would face an additional Most Favoured Nation tariff of around 3.4% on top of the existing tariffs the current U.S. Administration added to various countries.
Currently, some South African products enter the U.S. market at 12.5% tariffs (Liberation Day tariff). Without AGOA, these tariffs would rise to 15.9%, slightly reducing the competitiveness of South African agricultural products in the U.S. market.
Still, one could argue that while this would be a challenging path, IT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE AS CATASTROPHIC as we have faced in the past, when it faced much higher U.S. tariffs and still managed to compete.
For example, in 2025, those of us in the South African farming sector faced tariffs of around 30%. Still, exports to the U.S. were strong. South Africa’s agricultural exports to the U.S. in 2025 totalled US$504 million, down 3% from the previous year.
Read my whole @BDliveSA column here: businessday.co.za/opinion/20…
I agree with Peter. My column in @BDliveSA tomorrow expands on this issue, focusing more on the agricultural matter and what the new tariff levels would be in the absence of AGOA preferential access, and what they would mean for SA farm product exports to the U.S. The picture is not catastrophic at all.
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"BALANCE AND REASON"
Folks, I can’t wait for you to read this new work, “Balance and Reason”.
It will be in all major bookstores nationwide starting around November 9, or earlier in some areas. It will also be on ebook platforms from then on.
The cover and back give you a glimpse of what it’s about, and I’ll share more as we roll it out.
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I agree with Peter. My column in @BDliveSA tomorrow expands on this issue, focusing more on the agricultural matter and what the new tariff levels would be in the absence of AGOA preferential access, and what they would mean for SA farm product exports to the U.S. The picture is not catastrophic at all.
Peter Bruce retweeted
I agree with @Bruceps . My column in @BDliveSA tomorrow expands on this issue, focusing more on the agricultural matter and what the new tariff levels would be in the absence of AGOA preferential access, and what they would mean for SA farm product exports to the U.S. The picture is not catastrophic at all.
The threat of losing US trade preferences is being overplayed, writes Peter Bruce @Bruceps ebx.sh/hKUlOH
Peter Bruce retweeted
The threat of losing US trade preferences is being overplayed, writes Peter Bruce @Bruceps ebx.sh/hKUlOH
Peter Bruce retweeted
The threat of losing US trade preferences is being overplayed, writes Peter Bruce @Bruceps ebx.sh/CSQqLj
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I have always said that March, Loot and Kill is just a xenophobic hate group. They have no legitimate concerns. Hate is their only agenda. Their leader lies every single day and makes up statistics to fuel the xenophobic hate
A foreign national was beaten to death by a crowd of about 50 people in Durban, South Africa, police say. The unidentified man is said to have been approached by the roadside before being assaulted by a group. He was pronounced dead at the scene. bbc.in/3TQx82n
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By a mile the greatest sporting story of the week (that no one actually watched)
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Thabo Mbeki, who suspended Vusi Pikoli, defended Jackie Selebi, and tried to get Sisi Khampepe to recuse herself blustered (carefully) under oath about prosecutorial independence, but @karynmaughan has all the receipts. news24.com/opinions/fridaybr…
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It is very hard to overstate how important a battered but determined press has been in connecting open justice, accountability, and the battle against state capture. Litigation here by @amaBhungane, @News24 and @dailymaverick continues that track record.
A win for open justice and access as the SSA capitulates at the Pretoria High Court. The media and public now have access to a major state capture trial. news24.com/investigations/ss…
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Had it not been for the media and civil society, the public would have had no knowledge that this trial was proceeding or how it is being conducted. Well done to our co-applicants, @News24 @dailymaverick @amaBhungane and our spectacular legal team.
A win for open justice and access as the SSA capitulates at the Pretoria High Court. The media and public now have access to a major state capture trial. news24.com/investigations/ss…