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Why did South Africa reverse a VAT increase?

South Africa withdraws a VAT hike that threatened the coalition government. Ghana evicts thousands from a forest reserve and why is shea butter harder to harvest in Uganda

South Africa's finance minister drops plan to increase value-added tax (VAT), in a major climbdown to prevent the collapse of the coalition government.

10,000 illegal settlers reportedly removed from Ghana's largest forest reserve.

And why is Uganda鈥檚 treasured shea butter becoming harder to harvest ?

Presenter: Charles Gitonga
Producers: Frenny Jowi in Nairobi with Bella Hassan and Yvette Twagiramariya in London
Technical Producer: Craig Kingham
Senior Producer: Paul Bakibinga
Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi.

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