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Police officers guard an election station where protests took place during municipal elections in Durban © Police officers working at night Kwa-Zulu Natal. (Reuters/Rogan Ward)

border crimes

Premium badgeSouth Africa tackles crime on KwaZulu-Natal-Mozambique border corridor Reward Shongwe scratches his head, unsure whether his two stolen oxen are still in South Africa or were butchered over the border in Mozambique.
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni during a welcoming ceremony at the second Russia-Africa summit in Saint Petersburg on 27 July, 2023. (AFP/Pavel Bednyakov/Pool)

dead Aid

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© A general view of the DR Congo’s Inga dam with eight massive turbines, only three of which work. (REUTERS/Marlene Rabaud)

lights on?

Premium badgeInfographics: Southern Africa’s hydroelectric dams, state of play and potential In light of the power crisis in Southern Africa, Presidents Ramaphosa and Tshisekedi urged world leaders in Paris to invest in the Grand Inga Dam.

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Planet Earth, illustration. (Photo by Visible Earth, NASA/JOHAN SWANEP / JSW / Science Photo Library via AFP)

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Premium badgeMining, energy, construction: Where in Africa is it best to invest? In a complex economic environment in Africa, political risk, soaring construction costs and rising interest rates are putting the brakes on internatio...
Police officers guard an election station where protests took place during municipal elections in Durban © Police officers working at night Kwa-Zulu Natal. (Reuters/Rogan Ward)

border crimes

Premium badgeSouth Africa tackles crime on KwaZulu-Natal-Mozambique border corridor Reward Shongwe scratches his head, unsure whether his two stolen oxen are still in South Africa or were butchered over the border in Mozambique.
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni during a welcoming ceremony at the second Russia-Africa summit in Saint Petersburg on 27 July, 2023. (AFP/Pavel Bednyakov/Pool)

dead Aid

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Planet Earth, illustration. (Photo by Visible Earth, NASA/JOHAN SWANEP / JSW / Science Photo Library via AFP)

digging deeper

Premium badgeMining, energy, construction: Where in Africa is it best to invest? In a complex economic environment in Africa, political risk, soaring construction costs and rising interest rates are putting the brakes on internatio...
Police officers guard an election station where protests took place during municipal elections in Durban © Police officers working at night Kwa-Zulu Natal. (Reuters/Rogan Ward)

border crimes

Premium badgeSouth Africa tackles crime on KwaZulu-Natal-Mozambique border corridor Reward Shongwe scratches his head, unsure whether his two stolen oxen are still in South Africa or were butchered over the border in Mozambique.
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni during a welcoming ceremony at the second Russia-Africa summit in Saint Petersburg on 27 July, 2023. (AFP/Pavel Bednyakov/Pool)

dead Aid

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© Former Mozambican finance minister, Manuel Chang, in court in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday Jan. 8, 2019. AP Photo/Phill Magakoe)

'hidden debt'

South Africa: Graft-accused Mozambique ex-minister to be extradited to US Ex-Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang wanted by Washington in connection with a graft scandal that triggered an unprecedented financial crisis i...
jad20230623-eco-mozambique-dette-cachee-filipenyusi-1256×628-1687509014 Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi, pictured here in 2019, is accused by Credit Suisse and Privinvest of receiving money in the affair. © Armando Franca/AP/SIPA.

anatomy of corruption

Premium badgeMozambique’s $2bn corrupt debt: what if there was no trial? The judge in charge of Mozambique’s $2bn corruption case is considering bringing the proceedings to a halt due to a technicality, three months before ...
© The bulk of electricity produced in Mozambique is exported to neighbouring countries but many locals have no access to electricity. (Photo Charles Mangwiro)

Fumbling in the Dark

Premium badgeSouth Africa turns to Mozambique to try to get the lights back on Mozambique, where about two-thirds of the population don’t have electricity, is emerging as South Africa’s best bet for power supply.
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empty nets

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altonapic © Field technicians at Monte Muambe in Mozambique prepare to lay cut lines for a ground geophysical survey. Photo supplied.

Medium Rare

Premium badgeMozambique, Altona explore regional rare-earths processing facility London-listed Altona Rare Earths and Mozambique’s government are exploring the possibility of developing a rare-earths processing facility as the regi...
© Farmer Joseph Mhlanga stands over a pile of maize or corn cobs in his modest house at Malakata village, about 10 miles (16 km) from the Zambian capital Lusaka, June 20, 2011. Zambia is expected to have a crop over 3 million tonnes of maize, its life-blood crop, for its 2010/11 season compared to 2.8 million tonnes last year. Picture taken June 20, 2011. To match Feature ZAMBIA-AGRICULTURE/ REUTERS

regional deficit

Premium badgeZambia: Benchmark maize price raised to deter smuggling In an attempt to ward off soaring corn demand from countries in southern and East Africa, the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has raised by 51% its purchase...