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 Dutch referee Rob Dieperink dies weeks after removal from World Cup officiating list Dutch referee Rob Dieperink has died at the age of 38, weeks after FIFA removed him from its list of officials for the World Cup. The Dutch Football Association (KNVB) confirmed his death in a statement, saying it was “shocked and deeply saddened” by the news. His cause of death has not been disclosed. Dieperink was arrested in April by the Metropolitan Police in the United Kingdom following a report of an alleged sexual assault involving a teenage boy in London. A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said officers responded on April 9 to a report of sexual assault at an address in Croydon and arrested a man in his 30s on suspicion of the offence. Police later said that after reviewing available evidence, including CCTV footage and digital devices, the investigation had concluded that “the evidential threshold had not been met” and no further action would be taken. Following the investigation, FIFA co...

SOUTH AFRICA TO OFFER US REVISED TRADE DEAL IN ATTEMPTS TO LOWER 30% TARIFF. (PHOTO).


 South Africa to offer US revised trade deal in attempts to lower 30% tariff


South Africa will offer the US a revised trade deal in an effort to lower the 30% tariff imposed last week on its exports to the US, trade minister Parks Tau said on Tuesday, TRT Afrika reported.


"Cabinet has approved that South Africa submits a revised offer as a basis for negotiations with the US," Tau told a press conference.


"The new offer substantively responds to the issues the US has raised in the 2025 National Trade Estimates Report."


The government of South Africa, Africa's biggest economy, has tried for months to negotiate a trade deal with Washington but failed to reach agreement before US President Donald Trump's deadline.


Pursuing new markets


Its exports to the US were hit with the highest tariff rate in sub-Saharan Africa.


Department of Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau says the government is consolidating partnerships with other countries in a bid to enhance South African trade and investment relations, state broadcaster SABC reports.


Tau says South Africa is pursuing markets in Asia, the Middle East, and India as there are growing demands, existing negotiations, and a positive reception to South African products.


The Minister says this is a move directly linked to job protection, adding that engagements with the US remain ongoing.


Meanwhile, the Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, says South African trade with the US poses no threat to American production.


Steenhuisen adds that the world is experiencing a new era in which tariffs are being used to deal with issues outside of what would be generally trade concerns.

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