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South African budget plans may prove too ambitious

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SOUTH AFRICA

However, the MTBPS relies even more heavily on getting powerful public-sector unions to agree to unprecedented wage freezes over the next three years, putting its credibility in…

South Africa’s Ramaphosa will tout reform impetus

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SOUTH AFRICA

A week previously, new Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) showed a worrying deterioration in deficit and debt ratios. However, President…

EU will push healthcare in African diplomacy

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EU/AFRICA

This has sought to guard against negative perceptions of the bloc and counteract China’s competitive ‘mask diplomacy’. The importance of EU-African health partnerships is set to…

Focus on African wildlife protection will grow

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AFRICA

African illegal wildlife trade.

Key Nigerian oil bill finally looks set to pass

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NIGERIA

Although President Muhammadu Buhari’s government recently touted its imminent passage, it has stalled again and will not pass until the first quarter of 2021 at the earliest. With…

South Africa’s tourism sector set for more turbulence

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SOUTH AFRICA

Tourism has been identified as a priority sector to drive economic recovery in the government’s recent strategy, as well as in the recovery strategies agreed by business and…

The G20 Compact with Africa will aid investment flows

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INTERNATIONAL

G20 turns its focus to Africa

Post-Cotonou agreement will challenge African states

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AFRICA/EU

The treaty includes joint commitments to improving human rights and gender equality. Perhaps more notably, it also implicitly crystallises the EU’s commitment to implementation of…

South African budget prompts cheer and wider divisions

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SOUTH AFRICA

However, cuts to the social grants budget and a continued focus on the planned three-year wage freeze for civil servants has annoyed (among others) the ruling ANC's ‘Tripartite…

West African cocoa commitments face major tests

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WEST AFRICA

West African Cocoa.