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Speaking at the AGOA Business Forum in Johannesburg on Friday, Ramaphosa told delegates that the US legislation needs to relax the red tape for small businesses.

Speaking at the Agoa Forum in South Africa, US deputy secretary of Commerce said they were tapping into the potential of Agoa.

Pro-Palestine groups including BDS [Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions] gathered outside Nasrec on Saturday to tell the Israel-aligned US to stand down from its endorsement of what they have described as a genocide against Palestine.

US Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves, who was part of the US delegation at the AGOA forum said his country has done its best to ensure its African partners have what they need, in terms of investment.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for the early renewal and lengthy extension of the African Growth & Opportunity Act (Agoa).

The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Africa and the Middle East said there was a need for AGOA’s current labour terms to be updated to address issues in the workplace such as discrimination based on gender and sexual orientation.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says African countries want to produce and export finished products to countries all over the world.

US President Joe Biden's administration wants to work with Congress to improve a US-Africa trade pact, not only renew it without changes, US secretary of state Antony Blinken said on Friday.

Some US senators had called on the Senate to prioritise extension of the legislation to expand economic opportunities with Africa.

Uganda is losing aid money because of its new Anti-Homosexuality Act but homosexuality was already a criminal offence under the Penal Code