In his weekly newsletter, the president warned that economic growth without transformation would entrench exclusion, while acknowledging that transformation without growth was unsustainable
Conditions in South Africa’s many informal settlements cause health and environmental problems too
The president said the low growth was a function of the slow transfer of the means of production to black South Africans
But he secured tentative trade talks as negotiations with officials on a pact between South Africa and the US were set to continue
Some of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s delegates told the US president there were excessive levels of crime in South Africa, and asked for his help to curb it
uMkhonto weSizwe party is calling for the nationalisation of mineral resources, land redistribution without compensation and the expansion of the VAT zero-rated basket
Ideological clashes between Cyril Ramaphosa and Donald Trump – not just tariffs or refugees – may prove the biggest threat to restoring tattered trade relations and diplomatic trust
The presidency believes the US president knows his invective against South Africa is devoid of truth
This rendered it immune to high court review, he argues in an application for leave to appeal an order to hand over the reasons for his decision
Our president, a skilled negotiator, can offer to broker a compromise between Israel and Palestine and take awkward asylum seekers off the US president’s hands