Ramaphosa and Steenhuisen are both VAT war casualties
Big projects need champions and, unless big business prevails, the GNU is dead — just as we face even more US hostility
06 April 2025 - 00:00
US President Donald Trump’s monstrous, thumb-sucked ChatGPT import tariffs against the rest of the world (excluding Russia), including a wild 30% imposed on South Africa, coincide chillingly with President Cyril Ramaphosa reportedly arranging the departure of the DA from the government of national unity (GNU). If he goes ahead and reshuffles his vast cabinet, he’ll end up with a 10-party coalition with a majority of just two. ..
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