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South Africa in textbooks war South Africa’s Basic Education minister, Angie Motshekga has come under fire from the country’s main trade union movement following reports that schoo...

South African lobby exposes crooked deals An investigation by the newly established, Corruption Watch has exposed a multi million rand tender irregularity in South Africa’s Transport departmen...

South Africa to bail out Europe? South African is set to provide US$2 billion to the International Monetary Fund’s war chest, but this has riled trade unions who say the country has m...

New SA police chief says she is up for the high profile job ??Mangwashi Victoria “Riah” Phiyega made headlines this week when President Jacob Zuma picked her as the new South African Police Services (SAPS) chie...

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© Eskom technicians perform maintenance in Villiers, South Africa, on May 10, 2023. (Shiraaz MOHAMED / AFP)

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Premium badgeSouth Africa prepares for the worst in load shedding 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...
© The new mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Kabelo Gwamanda (Twitter)

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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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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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© Eskom technicians perform maintenance in Villiers, South Africa, on May 10, 2023. (Shiraaz MOHAMED / AFP)

Electric shock

Premium badgeSouth Africa prepares for the worst in load shedding 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...
© The new mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Kabelo Gwamanda (Twitter)

clown car

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...
Sasol in Secunda

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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Testing time for Zimbabwe’s indigenisation plan Zimplats is one of the first major foreign companies to face the new indigenisation law that will lead it to divest 51% of its operations in the count...

Telecoms: Econet Zimbabwe’s CEO on why its revenues are bucking the trend Douglas Mboweni, chief executive of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, on the mobile phone company’s rising profits and the early success of its new EcoCash mo...

South African: Poisoned chalice for new police chief as Zuma sacks Cele After weeks of silence and rumours about the imminent dismissal of the country’s top cop, President Jacob Zuma has fired suspended police chief, Bheki...

SA reconsiders public holiday revision South Africans have been asked to revisit the number of public holidays in the country following protests that they discriminate non-christians.

Nelson Mandela’s past goes digital The archive contains letters, manuscripts, photos and videos. Translations are planned.

ANC distances itself from Youth League land claims Access to land and land reform is an emotive issue in South Africa, where white farmers still own vast tracks of land, while black people are clamouri...