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South Africa

The Mozambican military has proven to be inept at stopping atrocities by extremist insurgents in the Cabo Delgado province.

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South Africa’s interest in extremist violence in northern Mozambique

A growing insurgency in the northern parts of Mozambique has caught the attention of conflict analysts and observers worldwide. ...

Diworsified

South Africa VS Coronavirus: Banks risk facing more loss

In the second part of our series on the impact of COVID-19 on South Africa, we focus on its banking industry. South Africa’s banks are strong ... enough to withstand the pressures of COVID-19 – but the pandemic has shown the limits of their model of geographical diversification.

Article 2/6 of "Can South Africa stay one step ahead of the pandemic?"

African Lives Matter

African Lives Matter: The future crisis

Johannesburg scares the shit out of me. Here, even my Chicago core feels intimidated, not quite up to the challenge in this city where safety ... is the first priority. Forever on guard. Driving down a major thoroughfare you grow tense when you see a road-sign warning about a high-crime hot-spot. Hope to make it through without getting jacked or smash-and-grabbed.

Go With the Flow

South Africa VS Coronavirus: Rand driven up by global risk appetite

With the second largest economy in Africa, how has South Africa been coping with the economic fallout from the pandemic? In our first part of ... a series on the impact of COVID-19 on the country, we look into how buying the rand has become a punt on the chances of a second wave of the coronavirus as the importance of the South African economy recedes.

Article 1/6 of "Can South Africa stay one step ahead of the pandemic?"

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South Africa: Independent candidates will change the game

The Constitutional Court has allowed for independent candidates to contest elections; South African's electoral playing field may now bring apathetic ... voters back into the democratic process -- but it could also lead to divisive campaigns based on personality.

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Exhibiting artist, Abe Odedina, shows his artwork to Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote in Lagos

PANDEMIC PENURY

Thank you Jack Ma! But where are Africa’s billionaires?

When I heard that Jack Ma, a Chinese billionaire and founder of the Alibaba conglomerate, was donating drugs and equipment to manage the COVID-19 ... pandemic in Africa, my instinct was to roll my eyes.

Employees of the South African Airways (SAA) Express hold placards during a demonstration in Pretoria

TURBULENT TIMES

South African SAA staff not paid for May, desperate for answers

Thousands of South African Airways (SAA) workers will find out on Monday what shape a re-imagined version of the airline will take, when its ... business rescue practitioners (BRPs) are to publish a long-awaited rescue plan.

BALANCING ACT

South Africa’s PIC reduces shares in largest cement producer PPC

The Public Investment Corporation (PIC), the biggest fund manager on the continent, is rebalancing its listed portfolio and has reduced its shareholding ... in Pretoria Portland Cement Company (PPC), South Africa’s largest cement producer.

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Coronavirus: Africa needs AfCFTA to transform its economies

Of all the legacies of colonialism, one of those which has most hampered economic growth and the alleviation of poverty is fragmentation – ... neighbours with different currencies, regulations enabling trade with Europe but not with other Africans, and a neglect of intra-African transport and infrastructure links to facilitate this trade.

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Mastercard: “In Africa, our biggest competitor is cash”

When cash is king, payments companies have an uphill battle... but also a huge market to address, explains Mastercard's Raghav Prasad. ...

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