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Rapport, op Netwerk 24, het op Sondag, 24 Augustus 2025 dui aan dat die ANC se sluit dramaties aan die val is. Dit dui ook aan dat die DA besonder goed sal doen in stedelike gebiede in die 2026 plaaslike regeringsverkiesings, sou die tendense voortgaan en onderhoudend blyk te wees.

AGOA - the African Growth and Opportunity Act - is legislation enacted by the United States Congress that enables exporters in eligible Sub-Saharan African beneficiary countries to sell their goods on the U.S. market free of standard import tariffs. While AGOA is the popular or given name, the preferences are embeded in the U.S. legislation under Title 19, paragraph 3701, and onwards.

There is a direct correlation between the policy of Black Economic Empowerment and the economic performance of the country, as measures in terms of GDP growth, capital formation and the unemployment rate. This article analyse that relationship.

South Africa’s official unemployment rate for the 2nd Quarter of 2025 has been announced today. It stands at 33,2%, up from 32,9 in the preceding quarter. So, let me understand this properly: A country with the second highest unemployment rate in the world choose to retain their racist so-called transformation policies, in spite of the warnings of the strongest economy in the World, the United States, and the World Bank, to let go of it. Do I get it right?

According to my calculations, South African national politicians are paid salaries of R735,903,204 a year. With "national", I mean politicians, including Ministers and Deputy Ministers, in the National Assembly and National Council of Provinces.

The difference in SA trade between China and the United States, is in the fact that the country imports much more from China than from the United States. In comparison, its exports to China are less favourable than those to the United States. The balance of trade with its trade with the United States is in favour of South Africa; with China, it’s to its determinant (negative).