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A Blessing or a Curse?

South Africa: What it’s really like to be a Mandela

Eight years after former South African president Nelson Mandela’s death, some of his family are cashing in on his freedom hero status, while ... others are keeping his memory alive – or fighting over his estate.

Challenge Overturned

South Africa: Shell defeats challenge to Wild Coast exploration plans

Royal Dutch Shell has seen off an attempt by environmental groups in South Africa to block planned seismic exploration for oil and gas off the ... Wild Coast.

Allies and Confidants

South Africa: Who’s who in President Ramaphosa’s network?

South Africa's ruling party, ANC was dealt a hard blow after November's local elections, but according to President Cyril Ramaphosa, this was ... democracy at play. Since the fall of apartheid in 1994, he has been a major player in the ANC and South African politics in general. Who keeps him going? We have this look at his network, from the family to the financiers, the political allies and the core staff.

Customers queue to draw money from an ATM outside a branch of South Africa's Standard Bank in Cape Town

Digital Detractors

South Africa: Absa tops BrandsEye bank sentiment index as Standard Bank slides

South Africa’s Absa tops the index of customer banking sentiment published by BrandsEye as the industry grapples with the challenges of implementing ... digital banking.

South Africa top stories

A Blessing or a Curse?

South Africa: What it’s really like to be a Mandela

Allies and Confidants

South Africa: Who’s who in President Ramaphosa’s network?

Customers queue to draw money from an ATM outside a branch of South Africa's Standard Bank in Cape Town

Digital Detractors

South Africa: Absa tops BrandsEye bank sentiment index as Standard Bank slides

A Blessing or a Curse?

South Africa: What it’s really like to be a Mandela

Allies and Confidants

South Africa: Who’s who in President Ramaphosa’s network?

Customers queue to draw money from an ATM outside a branch of South Africa's Standard Bank in Cape Town

Digital Detractors

South Africa: Absa tops BrandsEye bank sentiment index as Standard Bank slides

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The man that will solve world hunger?

Can the fortune of South Africa’s Elon Musk solve world hunger?

The richest man in the world is richer than South Africa, the country where he was born in the early 1970s. Elon Musk has agreed to give up a ... - small - part of his colossal fortune, if the UN can prove how it will help solve world hunger.

Seismic Intervention

South Africa: Shell faces legal challenge to Wild Coast seismic testing plans

Royal Dutch Shell’s plans to start seismic testing for oil and gas along South Africa’s Wild Coast face uncertainty after four environmental ... and human rights organisations filed an interdict aimed at stopping the exploration.

Data Driven

South Africa: JSE targets Asia information services to spur growth, says CEO

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) is targeting information services in southeast Asia as it seeks to attract investment into South African ... securities, CEO Leila Fourie tells The Africa Report.

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Natural Gas Bonanza

Renergen helium reserves can bolster South Africa’s energy transition, says CEO

A major increase in estimated helium and methane reserves held by Renergen in South Africa sent the shares soaring in Johannesburg and Australia ... at the start of this month.

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ON THE MONEY

South Africa: IATF nearly hits $40bn target as fair ends in Durban

Tapped at the last-minute to host the continent’s leading trade fair, Durban has risen to the occasion and exceeded targets, according to the ... Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) 2021 organisers.

South Africa's President Ramaphosa meets Kenya's President Kenyatta during state visit in Pretoria

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South Africa: Surprise coalitions see ANC ousted from many local councils

President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed fears that the surprise opposition alliances in South Africa's newly-elected local councils could see ... service delivery and good governance upended. The governing African National Congress (ANC) was ousted in most of these.

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