Trump’s midterm defeat gives China, Canada, India and Africa’s largest economy fresh leverage in US trade talks
The November 3 midterm elections saw Republicans lose their majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives, with Democrats securing victories in Republican strongholds, including Texas, Kansas and South Carolina
Over a year after Trump’s land row, Ramaphosa targets 2.5 million hectares for Black South African farmers
In his weekly newsletter published on Monday, October 12, Ramaphosa said the land would be transferred with title deeds under the government’s Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy, aimed at bringing more farmers into commercial agriculture and addressing racial inequalitiesthat persist more than three decades after apartheid ended
View: Trump’s $500M private investment push into Africa
For years, the case for US investment in Africa has run into the same wall: Companies and financiers argued the regulations, infrastructure, and technical capacity needed to make projects bankable simply weren’t there