South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the State of the Nation Address yesterday in Parliament, setting out his government’s priorities for 2026 and emphasising the country’s commitment to ...

In 2026, the role of Davos as a neutral platform came to the fore, largely as a result of tensions between the US and Europe. Although the chosen theme, ‘A Spirit of Dialogue‘ did not leap out as ...

ICYMI: IMF finds South African economy resilient, but warns of downside risks (Engineering News) The International Monetary Fund (IMF), as part of its yearly consultation with South Africa, has found ...

In 2025, renewed challenges have emerged, as the global economy has been adapting to a landscape marked by greater protectionism, fragmentation, and heightened policy uncertainty. New trade policies ...

US President Donald Trump signed legislation on Tuesday to revive and extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) for a year. Eckard Naumann, independent economist and associate of ...

South Africa Shares New Plan to Work Better with Neighbouring Countries on Trade, Security, Immigration and Growing the Economy (Nyasa Times) South African President Cyril Ramapho ...

Beatrice Chaytor is an international trade lawyer, called to the Bar in England and Wales as well as Sierra Leone, with over 30 years’ experience in providing advice and support to NGO’s, governments ...

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Ndiitah Nghipondoka-Robiati is Chief Executive Officer, Namibia Trade Forum. Before joining NTF in April 2014, she was a lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of ...

Maria Immanuel is an international trade expert and a tralac Alumna based in Windhoek, Namibia. She makes music and is a Digital trade entrepreneur.

Facing Trump tariffs, Africa’s leading economy says it’s close to China trade deal (ABC News) China and South Africa signed a framework agreement for a new trade deal on Frida ...

Trudi Hartzenberg is the Executive Director of tralac. She has a special interest in trade-related capacity building. Her research areas include trade policy issues, regional integration, investment, ...