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South Africa

SURPRISE RECOVERY

South Africa: Transnet & mining sector join hands to resolve bottlenecks at rail and port

Amid an unexpected surge in demand and price boom for commodities, some miners in South Africa are sitting on stockpiles and struggling to reach ... 2019 export targets because of bottlenecks on rail and capacity problems at the country’s ports.

A South African Airways (SAA) plane is towed at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg

Steep Curve

South African Airways needs culture reset as take-off approaches

South African Airways (SAA), which takes to the skies again on 23 September, will need to develop a culture of stable management under its prospective ... new owners if it is to succeed, analysts say.

state-owned power

South Africa: Eskom CEO discusses the way forward for the company

Eskom, South Africa’s state-owned power utility, is facing a litany of challenges. The Conversation Africa asked Professor Anton Eberhard, ... director of the Power Futures Lab at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business, to pose questions to the power utility’s CEO, André de Ruyter.

GREAT RETAIL MIGRATION

South Africa: Shoprite’s exit from rest of Africa points to cautionary ‘chasing the cycle’ strategy

Shoprite, the largest supermarket retailer on the continent, is spreading its wings in its home market while implementing a substantial pull ... back from West and East Africa. The move is in line with a recent trend among South African retailers divesting from their operations in the rest of the continent.

South Africa top stories

SURPRISE RECOVERY

South Africa: Transnet & mining sector join hands to resolve bottlenecks at rail and port

A South African Airways (SAA) plane is towed at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg

Steep Curve

South African Airways needs culture reset as take-off approaches

GREAT RETAIL MIGRATION

South Africa: Shoprite’s exit from rest of Africa points to cautionary ‘chasing the cycle’ strategy

SURPRISE RECOVERY

South Africa: Transnet & mining sector join hands to resolve bottlenecks at rail and port

A South African Airways (SAA) plane is towed at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg

Steep Curve

South African Airways needs culture reset as take-off approaches

GREAT RETAIL MIGRATION

South Africa: Shoprite’s exit from rest of Africa points to cautionary ‘chasing the cycle’ strategy

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Wheeler Dealer

South Africa: Mediclinic to cut Eskom dependence with renewable-energy accord

South African private healthcare group Mediclinic International plans to reduce its reliance on power from state-owned Eskom with a new renewable-energy ... agreement, the company’s infrastructure executive Kobus Jonck tells The Africa Report.

Silicon Cape

South Africa: New Cape Town Stock Exchange to target the small caps JSE leaves behind

South Africa's Cape Town city, which bills itself as Africa's digital hub, is set to have its own stock exchange with simplified listing rules ... to encourage small companies.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa testifies before the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture in Johannesburg

overplayed hand?

South Africa: Zuma’s early release from prison sparks doubts about Ramaphosa

Former president Jacob Zuma's sudden release on medical parole has sparked questions over whether President Cyril Ramaphosa has enough political ... support in the governing African National Congress for his reform agenda.

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South Africa: How Covid-19 led to an increase in teenage pregnancy

An estimated 21 million girls aged 15–19 years in developing countries become pregnant and about 12 million of them give birth every year. ...

attack on democracy?

Helen Zille, Queen of South Africa’s alt-right

Prominent South African opposition leader Helen Zille has attacked South Africa's highest court and the electoral commission (IEC) ahead of what ... could be the most difficult local government poll for her party in over two decades. The elections date has been set for 1 November.

Branching Out

Standard Bank says South Africa needs a new banking model

Standard Bank plans new partnerships in products and distribution as it seeks to sustain its first-half recovery, head of South Africa Lungisa ... Fuzile tells The Africa Report.

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