ANC bigwigs are confident their prime supporter will step up to the plate should SA lose Agoa access
13 February 2025 - 16:36
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US President Donald Trump’s threat to exclude SA from the African Growth & Opportunity Act (Agoa) appears to have given rise to much consternation among many South Africans.
Yet ANC bigwigs are quite relaxed at the prospect, confident as they are that their prime supporter will readily step up to the plate.
Iran might have been weakened by an Israeli war that has all but eliminated its acolytes. Yet it is likely to have sufficient reserve capacity to fill any gap the removal of Agoa benefits might eventuate.
Iran will surely be willing to supplement previous munificence that has rescued the ANC from bankruptcy and financed SA’s ill-conceived anti-Israel stance at the International Court of Justice.
And even should Iran decline to offer Agoa relief, there are always other criminal states (China and Russia spring to mind) that could fill the gap.
ANC apparatchiks need not lose sleep over this self-imposed nightmare.
John Spira Johannesburg
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LETTER: Iran to the rescue
ANC bigwigs are confident their prime supporter will step up to the plate should SA lose Agoa access
US President Donald Trump’s threat to exclude SA from the African Growth & Opportunity Act (Agoa) appears to have given rise to much consternation among many South Africans.
Yet ANC bigwigs are quite relaxed at the prospect, confident as they are that their prime supporter will readily step up to the plate.
Iran might have been weakened by an Israeli war that has all but eliminated its acolytes. Yet it is likely to have sufficient reserve capacity to fill any gap the removal of Agoa benefits might eventuate.
Iran will surely be willing to supplement previous munificence that has rescued the ANC from bankruptcy and financed SA’s ill-conceived anti-Israel stance at the International Court of Justice.
And even should Iran decline to offer Agoa relief, there are always other criminal states (China and Russia spring to mind) that could fill the gap.
ANC apparatchiks need not lose sleep over this self-imposed nightmare.
John Spira
Johannesburg
JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Send us an email with your comments to letters@businesslive.co.za. Letters of more than 300 words will be edited for length. Anonymous correspondence will not be published. Writers should include a daytime telephone number.
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