The United States has decided to remove South Africa from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), ending duty-free access to its markets for key industries.

Pressures due to the continuing US–Iran conflict are mounting as early-career researchers endure frozen immigration status, employment limbo and families caught in the war.

Last week, Pretoria announced that it was preparing economic buffers, as Washington announces plans to end preferential trade access under AGOA. The post United States sets date to kick South Africa ...