South Africa

Desalination for a thirsty continent Local companies look for ways to bring expertise to water-purification efforts as half the continent faces water scarcity by 2025.

South Africa’s vuvuzela media The South African media debate has strengthened civil society, says Professor Anton Harber.

Portrait: Pravin Gordhan, SA finance minister The top man at the Treasury is hoping to steer South Africa out of recession by promoting growth policies and plugging fiscal leaks – and he is not af...

Don’t talk about us talking about the poor Durban’s Abahlali base Mjondolo shack-dweller movement has become a victim of its own success, argues Heinrich Bohmke.

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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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The struggle underground Both governments and the private sector are trying to extract maximum benefit from oil and mineral resources – by fair means or foul.

???Battle lines drawn before ANC policy conference? Despite attempts to conceal divisions in South Africa’s tripartite alliance, ideological differences threaten to spill over into a test of support for...

A rebound for African private equity Private-equity fundraising has recovered in 2010, but it has not been matched by an increase in spending or the tapping of African pension funds

Africa: Fighting for Britain in World War II Book reviews: Fighting for Britain by David Killingray, Birth of a Nation by Gerard Loughran, The Struggle Over Land in Africa by Ward Anseeuw and Chr...

Outsourcing: Building a new Bangalore Africa is proving an attractive destination for business process outsourcing but it has a long way to go to provide end-to-end services for cost-consc...

This month… Agribusiness We focus on agribusiness, where brewers and producers were helped by a soft landing for soft commodities.