A shortage of oil refineries across sub-Saharan Africa coupled with soaring crude prices because of the war in Ukraine has left countries dangerously short of fuel supplies, disrupting airlines and ca...
By Staff reporter | Published: 02 June 2022
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta declared three days of mourning for the former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Friday, describing him as a "shining beacon of Africa's liberation struggle."In a p...
By Staff reporter | Published: 06 September 2019
Elimination of barriers could potentially spur Africa's trade by 53 percent and eventually double in the medium term, Akinwumi Adesina, president of Africa Development Bank has said. Adesina made the ...
By Business Writer/AfDB | Published: 14 June 2019
Foreign workers in South Africa with expertise deemed vital to the economy are worried that authorities will reduce the number of critical skills eligible for work permits, a move they say could force...
By Reuters | Published: 28 April 2019
Billions of dollars' worth of gold is being smuggled out of Africa every year through the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East - a gateway to markets in Europe, the United States and beyond - a Reu...
By Reuters | Published: 28 April 2019
The South African Mint has unveiled a set of new R50 and R500 collector coins, celebrating the country's 25 years of democracy."This week 25 years ago, South Africans went to the polls in the country'...
By Staff reporter | Published: 26 April 2019
Namibia is growing tired of the economic pain caused by the volatile rand and is considering ending a 25-year-old peg to the SA currency.The government in Windhoek is weighing options to amend the cur...
By Staff reporter | Published: 23 December 2018
Johann Rupert, South Africa's second-richest man with a $6.3 billion fortune, spoke out to defend the stranglehold white people still have over the economy more than two decades after the end of apart...
By Bloomberg | Published: 06 December 2018
Sadc Executive Secretary Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax has advised the opposition MDC Alliance that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy is indisputable, underscoring that the regional bloc is prepa...
By The Sunday Mail | Published: 03 December 2018
THE Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) plans to establish a regional energy regulatory authority to enhance sustainable energy investment and development.Comesa is a regional group...
By Staff reporter | Published: 16 July 2018
Changes in the South African Revenue Service top leadership were announced internally on Thursday, with two loyalists to suspended commissioner Tom Moyane shifted out of key posts and a new head of th...
By businesslive | Published: 05 July 2018
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) recently launched a new public awareness campaign alongside the introduction of the new Mandela commemorative series of banknotes and R5 circulation coin.As part ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 05 July 2018
DELEGATES to the 20th Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) Heads of States and Government Summit will appoint a new secretary general to the regional trading body next month to take ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2018
Fitch Ratings has affirmed SA's credit rating of junk status, warning of low growth and 'sizeable government debt'.Fitch kept SA's rating at BB+ with a stable outlook, as expected, after a host of mee...
By Staff reporter | Published: 15 June 2018
THE Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) will construct a new facility in Zimbabwe to expand its existing home and cater for increased staff after getting a new mandate from its 12-member electricity pr...
By Staff reporter | Published: 07 June 2018
South Africa's former leader Jacob Zuma is impeding a crackdown on corruption by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) under President Cyril Ramaphosa, the head of the communist party said.The AN...
By Reuters | Published: 05 June 2018
African Development Bank Group (AfDB) president Akinwumi Adesina has said State-led industrialisation will drive millions out of poverty, as the bank announced a $35 billion investment over 10 years t...
By Staff reporter | Published: 22 May 2018
ZIMBABWE and South Africa last week launched a multi-disciplinary joint crime-busting operation targeting cross-border criminals.The operation, code-named Cross-border Operation Basadi (basadi means w...
By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2018
THE African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will give countries like Zimbabwe a wider market to export goods, an expert has said, discounting concerns the economy would be overrun by its biggest ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 14 May 2018
NAMIBIA Justice minister Sekeuse Shanghala has jumped to the defence of former Bulawayo High Court judge, Justice Maphios Cheda, who is under fire from local pressure groups for allegedly grabbing lan...
By Staff reporter | Published: 26 April 2018
Responsible investment in Africa continues to rise. According to the latest data from the 2017 African Investing for Impact Barometer (AIFIB), there has been an increase in investments on the continen...
By Agencies | Published: 18 April 2018
Anil Agarwal, the Chairman of Vedanta Resources Plc, today outlined a Path to Growth for the Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), a Zambian subsidiary of the diversified global mining and resources company. Th...
By Staff reporter | Published: 12 April 2018
Australian Minister of Home Affairs Peter Dutton on Wednesday said his department is looking into methods that would facilitate the fast-tracking of visas for white South African farmers who want to r...
By Staff reporter | Published: 14 March 2018
Mary Vilakazi, MMI's deputy chief executive and group finance director, has quit the group and joined FirstRand Limited.The resignation was announced by MMI's interim CEO, Hillie Meyer, in an internal...
By Staff reporter | Published: 27 February 2018
MDC-T has recalled Harare mayor Councillor Bernard Manyenyeni for allegedly failing to implement party directives at the cash-strapped local authority.Clr Manyenyeni will, however, continue as Ward 17...
By Staff reporter | Published: 14 February 2018
Concern over Masvingo black market 
Kenya declares three days of mourning for Mugabe 
UK's Boris Johnson quits over Brexit stretegy 
SecZim licences VFEX 
Zimbabwe abandons debt relief initiative 
European Investment Bank warms up to Zimbabwe 
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