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Articles by Hendrik Pieterse
$28.8 Billion Trade Ties at Risk as US Cuts Duty-Free Access
A trade relationship worth $28.8 billion in 2025 now sits on a collision course with the calendar. Washington’s decision to strip South Africa of duty-free access to the US market carries a proposed termination date of January 1, 2027, hanging over the programme that has anchored South African exports to America for a quarter of a century.
546 Parties, 137 000 Candidates: IEC Faces Huge Test
The Electoral Commission of South Africa faces its largest logistical test yet on 4 November, when 546 political parties and almost 137 000 candidates will contest just over 10 500 council seats in the 2026 local government elections.
RMB ranking: Morocco overtakes South Africa as runner-up
Rand Merchant Bank’s Where to Invest in Africa series has a new runner-up: Morocco, which overtook South Africa in the edition released on Tuesday. The Johannesburg-based financial group attributes the result to sustained policy choices rather than short-term momentum, writing that Morocco’s improvement reflects “years of successful industrialisation, export diversification and infrastructure investment.” The bank frames Morocco’s ascent as the product of deliberate economic strategy.
Russia-Africa Summit Puts Unkept Pledges Under Scrutiny
When Vladimir Putin convenes his third Russia-Africa Summit at the end of October, the gathering will once again test a recurring question of accountability: whether pledges made at these high-profile diplomatic events are ever followed through, and who answers when they are not. Observers are turning to the record of the two previous summits for clues about how to weigh the deals expected to be signed in Moscow. The ledger so far is thin.
Families watch AKA and Tibz murder evidence unfold on screen
For the families of Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane, the pursuit of justice now unfolds on a television screen. They were not in the Durban High Court on Monday as footage surrounding the final hours of their loved ones was shown in open court. Instead they followed the televised broadcasts while evidence about the deaths was examined in detail before the public.
Feroz Khan's family bleeds as he waits to testify
Feroz Khan, formerly of Crime Intelligence, was shot and wounded at the end of June. Earlier this month, his uncle was murdered in a separate shooting. The violence left Khan unable to testify before the Madlanga Commission as repeatedly scheduled, though he is set to appear in camera at some point.
Zero-tariff scheme lifts South Africa exports to China 25%
South Africa’s export pipeline to China is moving faster since Beijing opened its zero-tariff scheme to qualifying African goods in May, and the first full months of operation show the shift is already measurable on the ground. Chinese ambassador Wu Peng, speaking at an event in Pretoria, put figures to the delivery surge: South African exports rose nearly 25% year-on-year between May and August, while imports from China climbed 23% over the same period.
Caring at Home: Families Await South Africa's Palliative Care Promise
For the families who care for a loved one with a life-threatening illness, the promise of palliative care is deeply personal: someone to manage the pain, someone to explain what comes next, someone to help at home between hospital visits. Whether that promise becomes real in South Africa may soon depend on decisions being made now, as the country drafts a successor to its National Policy Framework and Strategy on Palliative Care, which ran from 2017 to 2022.
Eswatini High Court Issues SZL 335.2 Million Default Judgment Against Dave Van Niekerk
Public records from the Commercial Court Division of the High Court of Eswatini document a severe civil liability ruling involving the unauthorized transfer of retail investment funds across borders.
Drakensberg resort families love wins top travel award
Cayley Mountain Resort, set in Cathkin Park among some of KwaZulu-Natal’s most dramatic mountain scenery, has been named South Africa’s Leading Lifestyle Resort for 2026 at the World Travel Awards. For the families who return year after year to the Central Drakensberg, a familiar holiday spot has just been given a new reason to be proud.
For African Farmers, a Seed Can Decide the Family's Fate
For millions of African farmers, the seed they plant each season decides whether their families eat, whether their harvest survives a drought, and whether their livelihoods hold steady in a changing climate. That reality stood at the heart of an appeal issued Monday at the African Union Ministerial Seed Summit in Ezulwini, eSwatini, where delegates called for stronger seed systems across the continent.
SA equities flash oversold after R1.61trn September rout
South Africa’s benchmark equity gauge is flashing an oversold signal after a September sell-off erased more than R1.61 trillion from its market capitalisation, leaving technical analysts weighing how much further the market can fall without a change in the conditions that drove the decline. The FTSE/JSE Africa All-Share index dropped 6.7% in September, a fall that removed roughly $97 billion in value according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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