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Duma Gqubule

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South Africa accounts for 54% of all exports to the US under Agoa — a trade law which gives eligible African countries duty-free access to the US market for thousands of products including clothing, agricultural goods, crafts and manufactured items.
TRADE

End of Agoa: No doom and gloom

Economists suggest the US decision to remove South Africa from the duty-free benefits of Agoa is not catastrophic, urging the country to diversify exports, while labour…

  • Brian Sokutu
7 min read
Feeling the blows: The South African Property Owners Association’s 60th annual convention. With local government elections on 4 November, most delegates wanted to know how much more pain property owners must absorb before change arrives. Photo: Sapoa
PROPERTY

Your vote is written on the walls

At the 60th annual Sapoa convention, economists and property leaders debated how stagnant growth, failing infrastructure, and coalition politics are impacting South Africa's…

  • Ash Müller
7 min read
Cheap labour: March and March is not only about undocumented immigrants. It is about a state and an economy that allowed this to become normal and workers to be exploited. Photo: March and March/Facebook
SOUTH AFRICA

The ‘Othered’ red herring of false narrative

A debate on xenophobia in South Africa highlights the debunking of a bogus statistic claiming international migrants commit 60% of crimes. Experts reveal that migrant crime rates…

  • Duma Gqubule
6 min read
ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION

Economic transformation in the country is unfolding at a snail’s pace

South Africa faces slow economic transformation, highlighted by a 32.7% unemployment rate and just 6.9% black ownership in its 60 largest listed companies. Speakers at the Top…

  • Brian Sokutu
5 min read