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US asks for Mbeki to break tension with SA (opens the original)
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US ambassador to SA Leo Bozell on Monday said the government would do well to appoint former president Thabo Mbeki as a special diplomatic envoy to break the growing bilateral impasse between the two countries. The proposal comes amid escalating friction over trade access, geopolitical alignments, domestic reform expectations and recently imposed visa restrictions on South Africans. Speaking in a wide-ranging interview, Bozell praised Mbeki’s stature as a veteran statesman and master negotiator,
Mbeki best person to break US-SA diplomatic impasse, says Bozell (opens the original)
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In a rebuke of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s handling of diplomatic relations between the two countries, US ambassador to South Africa Leo Brent Bozell III has pointed to Ramaphosa’s predecessor Thabo Mbeki as the person best placed to break the diplomatic impasse. In an interview with Business Day on Monday, Bozell praised Mbeki’s stature as a veteran statesman and master negotiator, arguing that such a high-level intervention is urgently needed to navigate complex negotiations directly with Wash
‘Economic sabotage’: South Africa vows not to surrender to US on domestic policy (opens the original)
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Pretoria has struck a defiant tone as Washington promised harsher consequences if South Africa does not change course on its affirmative action laws. These include land expropriation, which the US claims marginalises minorities. South Africa’s top diplomat, Ronald Lamola, told Business Day that the move by his US counterpart, secretary of state Marco Rubio, to implement visa restrictions on yet-to-be-identified officials bordered on strong-arming it to bend to Washington’s will on domestic polic
ActionSA among parties who double-listed candidates (opens the original)
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The IEC’s official candidate list exposes a chaotic wave of dual-party registrations, with numerous candidates getting listed for multiple political parties across Eastern Cape municipalities. ActionSA finds itself highly affected by these administrative mix-ups, popping up alongside major rivals on a bunch of contested lists — a sure sign of last-minute party-hopping, list errors, and aggressive candidate poaching. The overlapping candidate names touch a long list of rival parties, including th
Why it is hard to believe Rev Frank Chikane was left off the ANC’s Joburg candidate list in error (opens the original)
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By removing seasoned bureaucrat Rev Frank Chikane from eligibility, the ANC’s Joburg region has effectively manipulated the list process ahead of the 2026 local government elections and cleared a path to the mayoralty for the party’s regional chairperson Loyiso Masuku. Masuku, who serves as executive deputy mayor, commands solid support across the regional executive structure after defeating incumbent mayor Dada Morero for the ANC regional chair. Securing a top position on the PR candidate list
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