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youth unemployment

South Africa’s youth employment tax incentive policy has not worked

South Africa's youth employment tax incentive was supposed to address the high unemployment rate, but the policy has not worked ...

Davido and Trevor Noah

#Endsars inspired

Davido: ‘I got in a lot of trouble, so I had to leave Nigeria’

South African comedian and host of The Daily Show Trevor Noah interviewed Nigerian-American artist Davido, marking his growing popularity in ... the US. And the cultural supremacy of Afrobeats worldwide.

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CLEANING HOUSE

South Africa: Sasol to revise greenhouse gas emissions target from 10% to 30% by 2030

In 2017, Sasol had a good run rate on its South African facilities resulting in high output. But that productive year came at the environmental ... cost of an elevated emission footprint. Based on that, the listed integrated chemicals company has now revised its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions target upwards to 30%, from an initial 10%, by 2030.

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.

South Africa top stories

COPPER COPS

South Africa: Miner Orion sees potential for copper refining in Northern Cape

RECOVERY AND RECKONING

South Africa: ‘Inquiry placed enormous pressure on PIC’ says CEO Sithole

RISKS AND REWARDS

Vaccine rollout, debt and climate change pose risks to Africa’s ‘fragile’ recovery – World Bank

COPPER COPS

South Africa: Miner Orion sees potential for copper refining in Northern Cape

RECOVERY AND RECKONING

South Africa: ‘Inquiry placed enormous pressure on PIC’ says CEO Sithole

RISKS AND REWARDS

Vaccine rollout, debt and climate change pose risks to Africa’s ‘fragile’ recovery – World Bank

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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.

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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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