Business

Activists fear gas study threatens South Africa’s Wild Coast

Johannesburg – A planned seismic oil and gas exploration project by energy giant Shell off South Africa’s Wild Coast region,... Read more

16 Nov, 2021

Business

Businessman Sani Dangote’s body set to arrive in Nigeria today for burial – reports

Cape Town – The body of Sani Dangote, the vice president of the Nigerian cement group Dangote, is set... Read more

16 Nov, 2021

Business

14 tons of gold, rubies smuggled from Mozambique, official says

Maputo – Fourteen tons of gold, rubies and other precious minerals have been smuggled out of Mozambique so far this... Read more

16 Nov, 2021

Business

Heineken to acquire South African, Namibian brewers

Johannesburg – Dutch brewing giant Heineken will buy a majority stake in brewers in South Africa and Namibia, companies said... Read more

15 Nov, 2021

Business

Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote’s brother Sani dies in US

Cape Town – Nigerian cement group Dangote vice president and businessman Sani Dangote, has reportedly died. According to reports,... Read more

15 Nov, 2021

Agribusiness

North African climate change threatens farming, political stability

Sidi Salem – Tunisian olive farmer Ali Fileli looked out over his parched fields and crushed a lump of... Read more

15 Nov, 2021

Business

South Africa hails ‘successful’ coal ‘phase-down’ deal

Johannesburg – Coal-dependent South Africa on Sunday welcomed the outcome of the Glasgow climate conference at which the language... Read more

14 Nov, 2021

Business

South Africa is hooked on fossil fuels: how it got here and how it can get out

Hartmut Winkler, University of Johannesburg South Africa has experienced power shortages with rolling blackouts on an unprecedented scale in... Read more

14 Nov, 2021

Business

No load shedding this weekend… but some generating units still under pressure, Eskom warns

Cape Town – There is no load-shedding anticipated for the weekend, Eskom’s CEO André de Ruyter has said, while... Read more

13 Nov, 2021

Business

South Africa sees rebound in growth

Cape Town – South Africa’s new finance minister on Thursday forecast the economy will this year rebound with 5.1% growth,... Read more

11 Nov, 2021