RC 261103Cape TalkLester Kiewit
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
Trump's move to drop South Africa from AGOA dominated Tuesday's show, alongside Cape Town's special-vote ballot delays and a seven-day taxi truce in the Cape Flats corridor.
- 06:53
The US is removing South Africa from the African Growth and Opportunity Act effective 1 January 2027, along with Rwanda, leaving exporters facing standard most-favoured-nation tariffs.
- 06:54
AGOA exports were worth $1.7 billion in 2025, down from $4 billion in 2024, about 1.1% of South Africa's total exports; motor manufacturing and citrus are most exposed.
- 06:01
Wandile Sihlobo says losing AGOA does not mean losing US market access, only facing higher tariffs, and that the impact should not be overstated for South African exporters.
- 06:04
217 Cape Town polling stations could not open at 8am on day one of special votes because final ballots only came off the presses on Sunday night; voting was extended to 6pm.
- 06:30
Cape Town's rival taxi associations agreed a seven-day truce to pause months of deadly violence on the Langa, Delft and Epping corridor, with a follow-up government meeting set for next Wednesday.