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SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - JULY 29 (RUSSIA OUT) Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) greets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (L) during their bilateral meeting, on July 29,2023, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. President Putin hosted just 17 African leaders in this years's summit compared with the 43 who attended in 2019 participate in the Russia-African Summit. Talks centred with food security and the war in Ukraine. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)
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Mills and Hartley: The cost of SA's "non" non-alignment

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Daily Friend
8 min read
Ukraine’s war threatens Africa’s food security as Russian attacks cripple grain exports.
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - NOVEMBER 5: A general view of Johannesburg as the sun sets on November 5, 2025 in central Johannesburg, South Africa. Johannesburg, historically known as the City of Gold, is facing challenges including aging infrastructure and administrative inefficiencies. The city center has a significant population of African migrants, some of whom are undocumented. Despite these complexities, Johannesburg is preparing to host the G20 Leaders’ Summit on 22–23 November 2025, which will bring together heads of state and government from around the world. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)
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Frans Cronje's survival guide: How SA families should play the "enclave future"

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The Common Sense
14 min read
How South African middle-class families can build resilience, wealth and optionality in an enclave future.
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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Editor BizNews
4 min read
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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Editor BizNews
5 min read
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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Editor BizNews
8 min read
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
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