The Central Bank of the Congo has said individuals and businesses were no longer be allowed to make or receive payments in dollars or other foreign currencies in cash. Commercial banks will also be pr...
By Staff reporter | Published: 21 April 2026
Zambeef Products Plc has disclosed a significant related-party transaction under AIM Rule 13, entering into a long-term electricity supply agreement with Kanona Power Company Limited, a company linked...
By Staff reporter | Published: 20 April 2026
Botswana Minerals has reported early-stage exploration results indicating a potentially extensive mineralised system in north-western Botswana, marking a decisive shift from licence accumulation towar...
By Staff reporter | Published: 20 April 2026
South Africa's auditing watchdog has permanently barred former VBS Mutual Bank auditor Sipho Malaba from practising, concluding one of the most consequential disciplinary cases linked to the bank's c...
By Staff reporter | Published: 17 April 2026
Eskom board chair Mteto Nyati says the South African media's reporting on the power utility's turnaround has been unbalanced due to racism.Speaking to Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh during an episode of This Econ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 09 November 2025
South Africa's Democratic Alliance took aim at the country's black economic empowerment (BEE) laws, setting up a clash with the African National Congress with which it serves in an uneasy governing co...
By Staff reporter | Published: 20 October 2025
South Africa's gradual structural reforms are breathing life into the economy, but aren't sufficient to lift the growth rate to the government's 3.5% target, according to Moody's Ratings.Africa's lar...
By Staff reporter | Published: 15 October 2025
Botswana has enforced a new rule requiring mining companies to sell a 24 percent stake in new concessions to local investors if the government chooses not to buy the stake, its mines ministry said on...
By Staff reporter | Published: 12 October 2025
Starlink, the satellite internet company owned by SpaceX, has announced its plans to launch services in South Africa, with an investment of R2.5-billion, while committing to comply with the country's...
By Staff reporter | Published: 09 October 2025
The biggest union at Eskom is demanding a wage increase of as much as 15% ahead of negotiations that are set to begin.The National Union of Mineworkers, representing about 15,000 employees at the sta...
By Staff reporter | Published: 08 October 2025
Vodacom and Nkosana Kenneth Makate will return to the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on 18 November 2025 for a re-hearing of the mobile operator's challenge to a 2022 ruling of the Pretoria High Court...
By Staff reporter | Published: 08 October 2025
Following a surprise drop in inflation in August, some economists believe South Africa could see two more cuts to interest rates this year - with the first potentially hitting tomorrow.According to In...
By Staff reporter | Published: 17 September 2025
The United States Senate has introduced a new bill seeking to overhaul Washington's relationship with South Africa, impose sanctions on ruling party officials, and terminate Pretoria's access to the A...
By Staff reporter | Published: 17 September 2025
South Africa has been hit by some of the highest tariffs of any country, with increased duties placed on its goods exported to the United States. At 30%, the tariffs on South Africa are the thir...
By Staff reporter | Published: 20 August 2025
The Constitutional Court will hear the Competition Commission's bid to overturn a ruling that cleared major banks of wrongdoing in a decade-long rand manipulation case. The proceedings are scheduled ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 19 August 2025
In his final act as Southern African Development Community (SADC) Chairperson, President Emmerson Mnangagwa delivered a blunt critique of the regional bloc, warning that its failure to strengthen econ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 18 August 2025
Leading corporates and energy sector stakeholders from Zimbabwe and Zambia met in Harare this week for the Energy Forum for Africa (EFA) networking event, aimed at fostering cross-border partnerships ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 13 August 2025
Patrice Motsepe's investment company, African Rainbow Capital (ARC), is now in a legal battle worth R3.4 billion with a US-based firm, Pula Group. The dispute started when Pula Group, led by a former ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 12 August 2025
In a blistering and unfiltered critique, Khandani Msibi, Group CEO of NUMSA Investment Company and 3Sixty Global Solutions Group, has accused South African financial regulators of systematically tar...
By Staff reporter | Published: 10 August 2025
Due to unique trade and domestic challenges faced by South Africa, it could soon lose its crown position as Africa's largest economy.Azar Jammine, director and chief economist at Econometrix, highligh...
By Staff reporter | Published: 08 August 2025
South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago said inflation is expected to quicken over the next couple of months before cooling and that if it holds at current levels its forecasts predict lo...
By Staff reporter | Published: 08 August 2025
Nkosana Makate has criticised the Constitutional Court for requiring him to pay Vodacom's legal costs in the latest round of his case against the operator over compensation for his Please Call Me Idea...
By Staff reporter | Published: 04 August 2025
South Africa's economy is under severe pressure, and economists are worried that the country's debt-to-GDP ratio is heading to crisis levels.South Africa's GDP has averaged about 1.1% growth over the ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 31 July 2025
The number of listed companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), Africa's largest stock exchange, is shrinking, with hundreds of companies having delisted over the decades. Experts...
By Staff reporter | Published: 29 July 2025
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has launched a regional seed certification and labelling system designed to enhance seed quality, strengthen cross-border trade, and improve ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 30 June 2025
Chamisa denies dismissing anti-CAB3 coalition 
Ramaphosa disowns 'shady' Chivayo 
Trump admin launches $166B tariff refund portal 
Gold-backed ETF set for VFEX debut 
Zimbabwe signals gradual interest rate cuts 
Zimbabwe govt defends Starlink rollout 
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