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BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 15: U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping tour Zhongnanhai Garden on May 15, 2026 in Beijing, China. Trump and other U.S. officials are finishing up a visit intended to address the Iran conflict, trade imbalances, and the Taiwan situation while establishing new bilateral boards for economic and AI oversight. (Photo by Evan Vucci-Pool/Getty Images)
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Ian Bremmer on BizNews: AI arms race could blow up Trump-Xi truce

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US-China tensions ease, but an escalating AI race threatens to revive conflict.
Stephen Roach on BizNews: Don’t mess with markets
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Stephen Roach on BizNews: Don’t mess with markets

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Yale's Stephen Roach says Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's yen and bond buying is too small to shift markets already worth trillions daily.
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - AUGUST 18: CPUT students marched to Parliament and handed over a memoradnum stating their demands on August 18, 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa. The protests comes after a controversial draft financial recovery plan that proposed requiring students to pay up to R7,000 for registration in 2027, alongside grievances regarding historical student debt, accommodation costs exceeding NSFAS caps, and the withholding of academic transcripts. (Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)
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Anthea Jeffery: Fixing SA’s broken universities - scrap NSFAS, scrap "free" fees

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Rethinking “free” university education: Fixing NSFAS and improving student funding
John Matisonn: ANC looks to 'President' Nene for salvation; Kganyago, Jonas too
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John Matisonn: ANC looks to 'President' Nene for salvation; Kganyago, Jonas too

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Editor BizNews
4 min read
Nene emerges as a potential ANC successor as Motsepe faces growing resistance
South Africa’s university expansion has come at a steep cost
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Anthea Jeffery: The hidden costs of “free” university education

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Daily Friend
8 min read
Unpaid tuition bills are straining university finances, with North West University owed R1.2 billion and Stellenbosch R700 million.
US President Donald Trump
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Ian Bremmer on BizNews: Trump is sabotaging his own party's re-election chances

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Editor BizNews
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Why the US president is picking fights with his own party ahead of a tough vote.
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