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South Africa, which holds the rotating presidency of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) group, wants to advance the continent’s...

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amapiano envoys

South Africa: Major League DJz link up with Major Lazer for ‘Piano Republik’ album No one has frontlined the global expansion of amapiano quite like Major League DJz. The DJ duo, which consists of 32 year old twins Banele and Bandile...
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Maputo on 31 May 2023. ©Russian Foreign Ministry/TASS/SIPA

BETWEEN BRICS & A HARD PLACE

Premium badgeSouth Africa: Sergei Lavrov guest stars at BRICS reunion The foreign affairs ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa are meeting in Cape Town to prepare for the next heads of state summit...
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Premium badgeSouth Africa: Standard Bank, Liberty, Old Mutual’s AIIM to lift renewable investments South Africa’s financial sector is moving to accelerate investment in renewables as coal-reliant national utility Eskom remains unable to ensure a rel...

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© South Africa, which holds the rotating presidency of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) group, wants to advance the continent’s interests.

achieving change

Premium badgeWhat will Africa’s future be within BRICS? South Africa, which holds the rotating presidency of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) group, wants to advance the continent’s...
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Maputo on 31 May 2023. ©Russian Foreign Ministry/TASS/SIPA

BETWEEN BRICS & A HARD PLACE

Premium badgeSouth Africa: Sergei Lavrov guest stars at BRICS reunion The foreign affairs ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa are meeting in Cape Town to prepare for the next heads of state summit...
© Higher coal prices create greater scope for renewable energy projects, Standard Bank says. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

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Premium badgeSouth Africa: Standard Bank, Liberty, Old Mutual’s AIIM to lift renewable investments South Africa’s financial sector is moving to accelerate investment in renewables as coal-reliant national utility Eskom remains unable to ensure a rel...

South Africa top stories

© South Africa, which holds the rotating presidency of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) group, wants to advance the continent’s interests.

achieving change

Premium badgeWhat will Africa’s future be within BRICS? South Africa, which holds the rotating presidency of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) group, wants to advance the continent’s...
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Maputo on 31 May 2023. ©Russian Foreign Ministry/TASS/SIPA

BETWEEN BRICS & A HARD PLACE

Premium badgeSouth Africa: Sergei Lavrov guest stars at BRICS reunion The foreign affairs ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa are meeting in Cape Town to prepare for the next heads of state summit...
© Higher coal prices create greater scope for renewable energy projects, Standard Bank says. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

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Premium badgeSouth Africa: Standard Bank, Liberty, Old Mutual’s AIIM to lift renewable investments South Africa’s financial sector is moving to accelerate investment in renewables as coal-reliant national utility Eskom remains unable to ensure a rel...

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‘Africa led by Africans’

Premium badgeDow’s Sami Mainich places trust in African talents Since being appointed president of Dow’s Africa operations in late February, Sami Mainich has been on the lookout for partnership opportunities across...
By 15 June, Lusaka will make a stock of 50,000 tonnes of maize meal available to the DRC© Junior Kannah/AFP

flour shortage

Premium badgeCan DRC withstand the maize meal crisis? As the DRC’s Greater Katanga and Greater Kasaï face soaring maize meal prices, Kinshasa has turned to Zambia and South Africa to help quell a social c...
© Eskom technicians perform maintenance in Villiers, South Africa, on May 10, 2023. (Shiraaz MOHAMED / AFP)

Electric shock

Premium badgeSouth Africa prepares for more blackouts It only took one statement to bring South Africa’s Eskom shares into the red. On Thursday, 18 May, Calib Cassim, acting CEO of the publicly-run nation...
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Premium badgeSouth Africa: Johannesburg’s circus of eight mayors in two years The circus of eight mayors in the past two years in the South African city of Johannesburg has not only deepened the city’s rot, but reached a crescen...
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AHEAD OF THE CURVE? 

Premium badgeSouth Africa: Sasol debt plans improve long-term sustainability Sasol will not have material debt maturities until 2026 – giving the company breathing room amidst a high interest rates environment, says ratings age...
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Chewing Gum and Walking

Premium badgeKenya Airways-South Africa JV is step towards pan-African airline, says CEO Kilavuka National airlines in Kenya and South Africa can make progress towards their plan for a pan-African airline while the search for new investors in Kenya...