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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 – ...
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Song of the Year?

South Africa: Sjava and Big Zulu come together for anthem of the ages On 17 March, Warner Music Africa (WMA) invited a few dozen entertainment industry personnel to a venue in the north of Johannesburg for a special anno...
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‘PURPOSE-LED CAPITAL’

Premium badgeSouth Africa: How Sasfin and RBN Jobs Fund partnership will boost lending to SMEs Sasfin and RBN Fund Managers’ R85m ($5m) jobs initiative is a win-win, as it marries principles of purpose-led capital by creating affordable finance ...

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© Russian President Vladimir Putin 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)

russian headache

Premium badgeBRICS ministers meeting leaves South Africa in choppy waters over Putin’s possible attendance The mystery over whether Russia’s Vladimir Putin will be present for the summit in August overshadowed the BRICS foreign ministers meeting in Cape Tow...
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achieving change

Premium badgeWhat will Africa’s future be within BRICS? South Africa, which holds the rotating presidency of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) group, wants to advance the continent’s...
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...

South Africa top stories

© Russian President Vladimir Putin 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)

russian headache

Premium badgeBRICS ministers meeting leaves South Africa in choppy waters over Putin’s possible attendance The mystery over whether Russia’s Vladimir Putin will be present for the summit in August overshadowed the BRICS foreign ministers meeting in Cape Tow...
© South Africa, which holds the rotating presidency of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) group, wants to advance the continent’s interests.

achieving change

Premium badgeWhat will Africa’s future be within BRICS? South Africa, which holds the rotating presidency of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) group, wants to advance the continent’s...
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...

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© South African Minister of Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa gestures during an interview in his office at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, April 11, 2023 REUTERS/Alet Pretorius

PRICE OF POWER

Premium badgeSouth Africa: Ramokgopa’s future in limbo as Eskom escalates to three-minister war When Kgosientsho Ramokgopa was appointed as South Africa’s first minister for electricity on 6 March, it was anticipated that Eskom’s downward spiral ...
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Web of corruption

Premium badgeSouth Africa: ‘Facebook Rapist’ jailbreak ties British G4S and two ministers in knots The jailbreak of an inmate from South Africa’s high-security prison and the international manhunt for his re-capture has laid bare the web of South Af...
© The logo of South Africa’s largest insurer Sanlam is seen outside the company’s headquarters in Cape Town, South Africa March 12, 2020. REUTERS

Macro challenges

Premium badgeSanlam: High rates in South Africa will impact investment portfolios, says CEO Hanratty As the curtain closes on the 15-year run of cheap money, asset prices across different classes have been rebalanced, Sanlam CEO Paul Hanratty tells Th...
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critically endangered

South Africa: To save the rhinos, a millionaire seeks a millionaire  On 26 April, the world’s largest rhino owner auctioned off his South African farm to protect the species.
© People, holding banners, stage a protest against energy crisis after electricity outages for long periods of time in Johannesburg, South Africa on February 02, 2023. (Photo by IHSAAN HAFFEJEE / ANADOLU AGENCY / Anadolu Agency via AFP)

BATTLING BEHEMOTHS

Premium badgeHow South Africa’s energy innovators are fighting vested interests and organised crime Whoever destroyed the gigantic pylons carrying electricity to South Africa’s capital just as the ailing state power utility Eskom announced ‘Stage 8’ ...
© South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa walks past a mining truck during the launch of the new Sandvik Khomanani manufacturing site, at Khomanani, in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, South Africa September 9, 2022. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Age of Consent

Premium badgeSouth Africa: Energy transition mining disregards indigenous rights, report finds Everyone wants to see an energy transition, but what are the costs in terms of the rights of indigenous communities in the areas where the required mi...