Nice “Team SA” approach, but they knew it could be an ambush, and Trump was never going to concede on white farmers. The brief should have been simple: “Rebut the falsehoood, then shift to AGOA, investment and aid”. Were they not briefed? Or did they not stick to the script?

When I was a very young shadow minister of finance, Pravin Gordhan was the minister. He was the only minister that had regular 1-on-1s with our side. He took the institutions of democracy as seriously as he took his job. A model public leader at a time they were in short supply.

The Economist | Give me votes, but not too many economist.com/britain/2024/0…

The markets clearly gave the Finance Minister the thumbs up for playing a decent hand with a seriously constrained deck of cards. Three takeaways we discussed with South African Institute of Taxation yesterday... 1. Shifting Eskom and other SOE's debt…lnkd.in/dxR-RCG9

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Saffas dominating the FT’s tech section today

Quite right @TheEconomist

The Start-up Act Steering Committee wants president Cyril Ramaphosa to eliminate the red-tape obstructing the growth of SA’s SME sector. itweb.co.za/content/nWJad7be…

“Stil, broers, daar gaan ' n man verby” Go well @rambowine

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