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Bracing: Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has warned that if the conflict is not resolved soon, it could have serious implications for South Africa. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
AMERICAN MILITARY BASES

Mideast war: Treasury rallies to cushion blow

As Iranian conflict rattles oil markets and raises economic risks for South Africa, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is building a scenario plan to assess the implications for…

  • Hasina Kathrada
7 min read
Iranian ambassador Mansour Shakib Mehr. (X)
AMERICAN MILITARY BASES

Iran’s envoy in South Africa defends retaliatory attacks on US bases in the Middle East

Ambassador Mansour Shakib Mehr said Tehran’s actions ‘are directed at military bases used against us’

  • Hasina Kathrada
4 min read
A man rides his moped past a billboard bearing portraits of slain leaders, Ismail Haniyeh of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Iranian Quds Force chief Qasem Soleimani, and Hezbollah senior commander Fuad Shukr on the main road near the Beirut International Airport on August 3, 2024. (Photo by Ibrahim AMRO / AFP)
CEASEFIRE NEGOTIATIONS

Foreign nationals told to leave Lebanon amid rising regional tensions, fears of war

Saudi Arabia and France are the latest of several countries calling on their citizens to leave

  • Laure Al Khoury
  • Talek Harris
5 min read