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Antony Sguazzin @antonysguazzin.bsky.social · 14h

Afrikaners are thriving in South Africa despite US President Donald Trump's false assertion that they are being subjected to genocide
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Afrikaners Are Doing Fine, Despite What Trump Says

Welcome to Next Africa, a twice-weekly newsletter on where the continent stands now — and where it’s headed. Sign up here to have it delivered to your email.Donald Trump’s assertion that White Afrikan...

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Antony Sguazzin @antonysguazzin.bsky.social · 1d

Chad has stripped wildlife nonprofit African Parks of the right to manage two of its conservation areas including one partly funded by billionaire Rob Walton
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Chad Ends Elephant Rescue Effort With Buffett-Backed Nonprofit

Chad has ended its 15-year partnership over the management of key wildlife reserves with conservation nonprofit African Parks, which drew funding for the project from the Rob Walton Foundation and age...

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Antony Sguazzin @antonysguazzin.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump says Afrikaners subject to a genocide. Yet within view of the seat of South African government they celebrated the birthday of an apartheid icon and displayed memorabilia celebrating white rule.
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A Celebration of an Afrikaner Icon Belies Trump’s Genocide Claim

Afrikaners rank among wealthiest South Africans, hold top posts.

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Antony Sguazzin @antonysguazzin.bsky.social · 2d

South Africa is on a campaign to downgrade its relationship with Taiwan in a sign of how the chip hub is increasingly being squeezed on the global stage www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Chinese Pressure Shreds Taiwan’s Relationship With South Africa

Just months after Oliver Liao arrived in Pretoria as Taiwan’s de facto ambassador, South Africa began a campaign to downgrade its relationship with the island — thrusting him into the epicenter of a g...

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Antony Sguazzin @antonysguazzin.bsky.social · 9d

ArcelorMittal may get a bid of about $490 million for its struggling South African unit from a group led by the state-owned Industrial Development Corp.
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ArcelorMittal May Get $491 Million IDC Bid for South Africa Unit

South Africa’s top development finance institution is working with financial advisers on a possible bid of about 8.5 billion rand ($491 million) for control of ArcelorMittal SA’s business in the count...

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Antony Sguazzin @antonysguazzin.bsky.social · 12d

outh Africa will press ahead with changes to its credit laws to make lending to smaller firms easier after earlier withdrawing the regulations
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South Africa Relents to Banks’ Call for Credit-Law Changes

South Africa will press ahead with changes to its credit laws to make lending to smaller firms easier, heeding a call by the top banking lobby group that had criticized the government’s withdrawal of ...

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Antony Sguazzin @antonysguazzin.bsky.social · 12d

Business leaders in South Africa say a partnership with government avoided a potential economic collapse
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Business Leaders Says Partnership Avoided South Africa’s Failure

Leaders from some of South Africa’s biggest companies said a partnership with the country’s government has helped the economy avoid “potential failure.”

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Antony Sguazzin @antonysguazzin.bsky.social · 12d

South Africa's government has turned to business as it tries to turn around the fortunes of its ailing economic hub, Johannesburg
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South Africa Asks Business to Help Rescue Ailing Johannesburg

South African business leaders said they’ve been discussing with the government whether they can help revive the country’s biggest and richest city.

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Antony Sguazzin @antonysguazzin.bsky.social · 19d

Are the icy relations between the US and South Africa beginning to thaw?
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Flickers of a Trade Truce Spark Hope in Pretoria

Welcome to Next Africa, a twice-weekly newsletter on where the continent stands now — and where it’s headed. Sign up here to have it delivered to your email.

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Antony Sguazzin @antonysguazzin.bsky.social · 19d

As the great powers battle over access to Africa's critical minerals the trading hub of Singapore has a different target: its carbon credits
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Singapore Seeks African Carbon Credits as Rivals Covet Metals

China, India and the US want Africa’s critical minerals. Singapore’s main target is different: the continent’s carbon offsets.

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Antony Sguazzin @antonysguazzin.bsky.social · 23d

A long-delayed project worth $3 billion that South Africa’s commercial hub is banking on to end a growing water crisis has hit fresh opposition
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A $3 Billion Plan to Bring Water to Johannesburg Hits Opposition

A long-delayed 53 billion rand ($3.1 billion) project that South Africa’s commercial hub is banking on to end a growing water crisis has hit fresh opposition.

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Antony Sguazzin @antonysguazzin.bsky.social · 25d

Botswana had its credit rating cut by S&P Global Ratings, yet another blow to its diamond-dependent economy that’s struggling with a slump in demand for its gems
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Botswana Has Credit Rating Cut by S&P on Diamond Slump

Botswana’s credit rating was cut by S&P Global Ratings, another blow to its diamond-dependent economy that’s struggling with a slump in demand for its gems.

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Antony Sguazzin @antonysguazzin.bsky.social · 25d

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said next year's local government elections will be a `litmus test' for his African National Congress party.
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South Africa’s Ramaphosa Warns of Election ‘Litmus Test’ for ANC

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa told his African National Congress party that a failure to tackle municipal dysfunction in next year’s local government elections could cost it dearly.

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Antony Sguazzin @antonysguazzin.bsky.social · 25d

For two decades now, African governments have been snapping up Chinese surveillance tech and using it with few controls, narrowing the space for democracy and civil society
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China Gains Africa Influence With No-Strings Surveillance Tech

The New Economy Forum, Bloomberg’s flagship economic conference for global leaders, returns to Singapore this November for three days of dialogue and collaboration. Industry experts will examine the p...

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Antony Sguazzin @antonysguazzin.bsky.social · 26d

South Africa’s environment minister said he won’t immediately approve trophy hunting quotas for black rhinos, elephants and leopards, deepening a dispute with the $2.5 billion industry
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South African Minister Thwarts Permits for $350,000 Rhino Hunts

South Africa’s environment minister said he won’t immediately approve trophy hunting quotas for black rhinos, elephants and leopards, deepening a dispute with an industry that generates 44 billion ran...

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Antony Sguazzin @antonysguazzin.bsky.social · 26d

At a climate summit in Ethiopia this week, leaders said Africa needs green investment, not charity. Read more in today's Green Daily newsletter @lauramillan.bsky.social
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Africa Says It Needs Green Investment, Not Charity

At the Africa Climate Summit in Ethiopia this week, leaders tried to counter the narrative that the continent is a climate charity case. It offers global solutions for the green transition, too. Read ...

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Antony Sguazzin @antonysguazzin.bsky.social · 28d

African leaders chastised developed nations for failing to honor pledges to ramp up green financing and said they will tap the private sector to help protect their economies from climate change
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Africa Laments Broken Climate Promises, Seeks Private Funds

African leaders chastised developed nations for failing to honor pledges to ramp up green financing and said they will tap the private sector to help protect their economies from climate change.

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Antony Sguazzin @antonysguazzin.bsky.social · 28d

Africa's biggest climate adaptation initiative says it's looking to private funding as western nations slash development assistance and renege on funding pledges
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Africa’s $50 Billion Climate Drive Seeks Private-Sector Backing

Africa’s biggest climate resilience program is looking to the private sector to fill the gap left by western nations as they slash development assistance and renege on international funding commitment...

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Antony Sguazzin @antonysguazzin.bsky.social · 28d

Africa's biggest climate adaptation initiative says it's looking to private funding as western nations slash development assistance and renege on funding pledges
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Africa’s $50 Billion Climate Drive Seeks Private-Sector Backing

Africa’s biggest climate resilience program is looking to the private sector to fill the gap left by western nations as they slash development assistance and renege on international funding commitment...

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Antony Sguazzin @antonysguazzin.bsky.social · Sep 4

ArcelorMittal SA’s ‘s talks to sell its local unit to South Africa’s state-owned Industrial Development Corp. are being held up by differences over the entity’s valuation.
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ArcelorMittal, South Africa Takeover Talks Stall Over Valuation

ArcelorMittal SA’s talks to sell its local unit to South Africa’s state-owned Industrial Development Corp. are being held up by differences over the entity’s valuation, according to people familiar wi...

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Antony Sguazzin @antonysguazzin.bsky.social · Sep 2

Diamonds made Botswana rich — now, the rise of cheaper, lab-made gems is plunging its economy into crisis
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Lab-Grown Gems Are Robbing Botswana of Its Diamond Riches

The rise of cheaper, lab-made gems is robbing the country of the revenue that’s made its people the richest on the sub-Saharan African mainland

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Antony Sguazzin @antonysguazzin.bsky.social · Aug 27

Rwanda said it plans to work with a carbon-project development company to sell the offsets to Singapore
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Rwanda Moves Ahead With Plan to Sell Carbon Credits to Singapore

Rwanda said it plans to work with a carbon-project development company to sell the offsets to Singapore.

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Antony Sguazzin @antonysguazzin.bsky.social · Aug 25

South Africa's Women's ministry warns young women against accepting offers of jobs in Russia being promoted by social media influencers
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South Africa Women’s Ministry Warns Against Russian Job Offers

The ministry for women in South Africa’s presidency cautioned citizens against accepting offers of jobs in Russia being promoted on social media.

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Antony Sguazzin @antonysguazzin.bsky.social · Aug 22

🧵We discovered they've visited schools, offered scholarships and used student organizations to promote their programs. They also signed a pact with one group to ship thousands of South Africans to Russia next year. The South African government is now investigating.
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Russia’s Push to Recruit South African Women Triggers Probe

One company has a military drone factory and the government has started an investigation.

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Antony Sguazzin @antonysguazzin.bsky.social · Aug 22

🧵Together with colleagues Loni Prinsloo-Lotz and Mathabiso Ralengau we looked into what Alabuga and other Russian companies are doing across Southern Africa to attract recruits.

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