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Defying the odds

South Africa: Shane Eagle is ready to soar once more After placing fourth during the hotly contested first season of Vuzu’s hip hop talent competition, ‘The Hustle’, in 2015 – Shane Eagle took off on per...
© Russian President Vladimir Putin (R)shakes hands with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka on June 28, 2019. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko / POOL / AFP)

mystery vessel

US accuses South Africa of covertly providing arms to Russia The US envoy to South Africa on Thursday 11 May accused the country of having covertly provided arms to Russia, a charge that drew an angry rebuke fro...

Big big mistakes

Premium badgeSouth Africa: Who is Markus Jooste, the financier who almost crashed its economy? Markus Jooste, the ex-CEO of Steinhoff International whose alleged financial misdeeds and subsequent resignation in 2017 wiped off $24bn of equity, eq...
© FILE PHOTO: View of South African utility Eskom’s electricity pylons during dawn as frequent power outages implemented by Eskom due to its aging coal-fired plants continue, in Johannesburg, South Africa, February 25, 2023. REUTERS

mini eskom

Premium badgeSouth Africa: Johannesburg’s City Power collapsing, adding to nationwide power woes City Power, the metropolitan utility wholly owned by Johannesburg, is falling into decay, adding to South Africa’s electricity misery caused by Eskom’...

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Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Maputo on 31 May 2023. ©Russian Foreign Ministry/TASS/SIPA

BETWEEN BRICS & A HARD PLACE

Premium badgeSouth Africa: Sergei Lavrov guest stars at BRICS reunion The foreign affairs ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa are meeting in Cape Town to prepare for the next heads of state summit...
© Higher coal prices create greater scope for renewable energy projects, Standard Bank says. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Load Sharing

Premium badgeSouth Africa: Standard Bank, Liberty, Old Mutual’s AIIM to lift renewable investments South Africa’s financial sector is moving to accelerate investment in renewables as coal-reliant national utility Eskom remains unable to ensure a rel...
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‘Africa led by Africans’

Premium badgeDow’s Sami Mainich places trust in African talents Since being appointed president of Dow’s Africa operations in late February, Sami Mainich has been on the lookout for partnership opportunities across...

South Africa top stories

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Maputo on 31 May 2023. ©Russian Foreign Ministry/TASS/SIPA

BETWEEN BRICS & A HARD PLACE

Premium badgeSouth Africa: Sergei Lavrov guest stars at BRICS reunion The foreign affairs ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa are meeting in Cape Town to prepare for the next heads of state summit...
© Higher coal prices create greater scope for renewable energy projects, Standard Bank says. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Load Sharing

Premium badgeSouth Africa: Standard Bank, Liberty, Old Mutual’s AIIM to lift renewable investments South Africa’s financial sector is moving to accelerate investment in renewables as coal-reliant national utility Eskom remains unable to ensure a rel...
© Sami Mainich (photo: supplied)

‘Africa led by Africans’

Premium badgeDow’s Sami Mainich places trust in African talents Since being appointed president of Dow’s Africa operations in late February, Sami Mainich has been on the lookout for partnership opportunities across...

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Kenyan soldiers land in the city of Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on November 12, 2022

new force

Southern African troops to deploy against rebels in east DRC Southern African countries on Monday agreed to deploy forces to help quell violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where armed groups ha...
© A general view of the coal-fired Tutuka power plant operated by Eskom in Standerton, on December 18, 2022. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)

'suicidal and reckless'

Premium badgeSouth Africa: 2030 coal-plants closures doubtful as ministers backtrack At COP26 in 2021, South Africa told rich Western nations that it will close seven of 15 of its coal power plants by 2030 in exchange for up to $8.5bn....
© Pretty Yende (lt) and Tiwa Savage (rt) will perform at Charles’ coronation.

dynamic duo

Pretty Yende and Tiwa Savage to sing at Charles III coronation Pretty Yende and Tiwa Savage, two African musicians, are billed to perform in London this weekend at the coronation of their majesty King Charles III ...
© Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion stage a piece of street theatre on a beach during COP27 Water Day, to highlight the fact that fossil fuel “Business as Usual” is leading to climate disasters such as sea level rise, in Cape Town, South Africa, November 14, 2022. REUTERS

‘MATTER OF URGENCY’

Premium badgeSouth Africa to unveil Just Energy Transition framework in weeks, says official South Africa is finalising the implementation framework for the Just Energy Transition (JET) Investment Plan and will reveal the finished product in t...
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WORK WITHOUT BORDERS

Premium badgeSouth Africa: Atlas eyeing startup ecosystem after setting up regional shop Atlas, the Chicago-founded human resources (HR) tech startup, has tapped South Africa as its headquarters for the Middle East and Africa region, viewi...
© A woman carries a dish with vegetables on her head as she sells in the streets of Soweto, South Africa, July 7, 2021. Picture taken July 7, 2021. REUTERS

'clouds could darken'

Premium badgeSouth Africa: Stubborn inflation puts central bank in quandary Inflation has accelerated in South Africa above market expectations, which will likely urge the central bank – already grappling with mounting debt – ...