<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Paul Richardson - Team Leader-Africa Eco-Gov]]></title><description><![CDATA[Paul Richardson - Team Leader-Africa Eco-Gov]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AOUZXVdJ4Zs/paul-richardson</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Paul Richardson - Team Leader-Africa Eco-Gov</title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AOUZXVdJ4Zs/paul-richardson</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 04:20:02 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AOUZXVdJ4Zs/paul-richardson.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[South Africa Rebukes US Over ‘Deeply Flawed’ Human Rights Report]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-13/south-africa-rebukes-us-over-deeply-flawed-human-rights-report</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-13/south-africa-rebukes-us-over-deeply-flawed-human-rights-report</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Richardson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 05:14:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Africa Approves $5.3 Billion Guarantees for Transnet]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-27/south-africa-approves-5-3-billion-guarantees-for-transnet-debt</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-27/south-africa-approves-5-3-billion-guarantees-for-transnet-debt</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Richardson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 14:34:52 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihQdpMGryOxI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihQdpMGryOxI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Transnet freight trains pass shipping containers at the Transnet SOC Ltd. Sentrarand depot, in the Benoni district of Gauteng, South Africa, on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. Volumes of goods and commodities, including iron ore and coal shipped through the Transnet’s freight rail network for export, have dropped because of issues including vandalism, idle locomotives and cable theft.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Africa Treasury Seeks to Supplement FX Borrowing Program]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-25/south-africa-treasury-seeks-to-supplement-fx-borrowing-program-mdiu4o31</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-25/south-africa-treasury-seeks-to-supplement-fx-borrowing-program-mdiu4o31</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Richardson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 13:06:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FlySafair Plans Pilot Lockout Over South African Strike Threat]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-21/flysafair-plans-pilot-lockout-over-south-african-strike-threat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-21/flysafair-plans-pilot-lockout-over-south-african-strike-threat</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Richardson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 05:04:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holdouts From the 1970s Stymie Africa’s Political Renewal]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-07-01/next-africa-holdouts-from-the-1970s-stymie-political-renewal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-07-01/next-africa-holdouts-from-the-1970s-stymie-political-renewal</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Richardson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 12:45:03 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/il4UMV5atgmQ/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/il4UMV5atgmQ/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Uganda&apos;s President Yoweri Museveni is pictured during his swearing in ceremony as newly elected President in Kampala on May 12, 2016.Museveni 71, won February&apos;s election though the result has been challenged by opposition leaders, one of whom has been held under house arrest for most of the weeks since. More than a dozen heads of state, including Kenya&apos;s Uhuru Kenyatta and Sudan&apos;s Omar al-Bashir, attended the swearing-in ceremony, the fifth since Museveni took power in 1986 at the head of a rebel army. / AFP / RONALD KABUUBI (Photo credit should read RONALD KABUUBI/AFP/Getty Images) Photographer: RONALD KABUUBI/AFP</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[South African Court Formally Halts Proposed Hike in VAT Rate]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-27/south-african-court-formally-halts-proposed-increase-in-vat-rate</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-27/south-african-court-formally-halts-proposed-increase-in-vat-rate</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Richardson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2025 18:22:54 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iSpxfqmwuCZ8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iSpxfqmwuCZ8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Pedestrians at an outdoor market in St George&apos;s Mall pedestrian walkway in Cape Town, South Africa, on Thursday, April 3, 2025. South Africa’s ruling coalition risks unraveling after a dispute between its main members over proposed tax increases deepened, pummeling the rand.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Africa’s Ramaphosa, Trump Discussed Relations, Ukraine War]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-24/south-africa-s-ramaphosa-trump-discussed-relations-ukraine-war</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-24/south-africa-s-ramaphosa-trump-discussed-relations-ukraine-war</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Richardson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2025 09:19:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Africa Ditches Tax Hike That Tested Ruling Coalition]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-24/south-africa-will-scrap-tax-increase-that-strained-coalition-m9uvq2zd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-24/south-africa-will-scrap-tax-increase-that-strained-coalition-m9uvq2zd</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Richardson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2025 04:45:20 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iF9QPR3T2kN0/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iF9QPR3T2kN0/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Enoch Godongwana, South Africa&apos;s finance minister, during a Bloomberg interview following the presentation of the revised 2025 Budget at the National Assembly in Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Godongwana and his National Treasury officials were sent back to the drawing board last month after his revenue and spending plan failed to get buy-in from parties. Photographer: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[South African Parliament Approves Budget Law, Testing Alliance]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-02/south-african-parliament-approves-budget-law-testing-alliance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-02/south-african-parliament-approves-budget-law-testing-alliance</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Richardson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 16:09:31 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iEKlsAkAUJXA/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iEKlsAkAUJXA/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>John Steenhuisen Photographer: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rand Gyrates as South African Politicians Debate Crucial Budget]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-01/rand-gyrates-as-south-african-politicians-debate-crucial-budget</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-01/rand-gyrates-as-south-african-politicians-debate-crucial-budget</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Richardson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 05:52:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biggest Union Rejects Pay Deal at South Africa’s Transnet]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-27/south-africa-s-transnet-signs-wage-agreement-with-labor-union</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-27/south-africa-s-transnet-signs-wage-agreement-with-labor-union</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Burkhardt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 05:02:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[South African Borrowing Requirement Edges Up; Eskom Transfer Cut]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-12/south-african-borrowing-requirement-edges-up-eskom-transfer-cut</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-12/south-african-borrowing-requirement-edges-up-eskom-transfer-cut</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Richardson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 12:15:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Africa Rand Dips as Trump Renews Criticism of Policies]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-07/south-african-rand-dips-as-trump-renews-criticism-of-policies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-07/south-african-rand-dips-as-trump-renews-criticism-of-policies</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Richardson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 14:18:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Africa’s Cabinet Has Given Godongwana Options for Budget]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-04/south-africa-s-cabinet-has-given-godongwana-options-for-budget</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-04/south-africa-s-cabinet-has-given-godongwana-options-for-budget</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Richardson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:44:45 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/imJYMp2ZmN3Q/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/imJYMp2ZmN3Q/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Enoch Godongwana, South Africa&apos;s finance minister, during a post-budget question and answer session at the Taj Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2024. South Africa is unlikely to have a new inflation target by February’s budget, Godongwana said. Photographer: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Africa Eases Power Cuts After Worst Outages in a Year]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-24/south-africa-eases-power-cuts-after-worst-outages-in-a-year</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-24/south-africa-eases-power-cuts-after-worst-outages-in-a-year</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Richardson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2025 04:54:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Africa Treasury Plans Measures to Offset VAT Hike, BD Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-19/south-africa-treasury-plans-measures-to-offset-vat-hike-bd-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-19/south-africa-treasury-plans-measures-to-offset-vat-hike-bd-says</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Richardson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2025 05:22:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Africa’s DA Says It Will Oppose Any Plan to Increase Taxes]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-17/south-africa-s-da-says-it-will-oppose-any-plan-to-increase-taxes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-17/south-africa-s-da-says-it-will-oppose-any-plan-to-increase-taxes</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Richardson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 05:14:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anti-Corruption Efforts in South Africa Stagnate, Group Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-11/anti-corruption-efforts-in-south-africa-stagnate-group-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-11/anti-corruption-efforts-in-south-africa-stagnate-group-says</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Richardson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 06:55:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Backs South Africa’s Presidency of G-20 After Rubio Snub]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-06/china-backs-south-africa-s-presidency-of-g-20-after-rubio-snub</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-06/china-backs-south-africa-s-presidency-of-g-20-after-rubio-snub</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Richardson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:35:49 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iXRXShKPdcR4/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iXRXShKPdcR4/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Cyril Ramaphosa during a G-20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 2024. Photographer: Buda Mendes/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zuma’s Daughter to Face Charges Related to South African Riots]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-29/zuma-s-daughter-to-face-charges-related-to-south-african-riots</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-29/zuma-s-daughter-to-face-charges-related-to-south-african-riots</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Richardson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 07:50:55 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i1k7Q.nnfB_M/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i1k7Q.nnfB_M/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Duduzile Zuma—Sambudla</media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>