Agriculture

‘It’s a complete and utter disaster’ – Tonnes of fruit stranded in EU, South Africa battle of oranges

Johannesburg – Millions of boxes of oranges are spoiling in containers stranded at European ports as South Africa and... Read more

7 Aug, 2022

Business

Social media reacts as Capitec’s online banking platforms outage hits second day

Cape Town – Social media users have reacted to Capitec’s online banking platforms being offline since Thursday due to... Read more

5 Aug, 2022

Business

US firm denies Malawi accusations of unpaid mining taxes

Lilongwe – US company Columbia Gem House has denied accusations from Malawi that it owes more than $300 billion... Read more

5 Aug, 2022

Business

Morocco’s petro-PM faces heat over soaring fuel prices

Rabat – Morocco’s prime minister Aziz Akhannouch, a billionaire petrol baron, is facing a growing online campaign demanding he... Read more

4 Aug, 2022

Business

Eskom escalates load shedding to stage 4 from Thursday 16:00

Cape Town – Eskom has announced that stage 2 load shedding will be implemented from 05:00 on Thursday until... Read more

4 Aug, 2022

Business

Artisanal gold mining in South Africa is out of control. Mistakes that got it here

Tracy-Lynn Field, University of the Witwatersrand Illegal and unregulated artisanal gold mining on the Witwatersrand Basin, located south of... Read more

3 Aug, 2022

Business

Eskom to implement stage 2 load shedding from 16:00 on Wednesday

Cape Town – Eskom has announced that it will implement Stage 2 load shedding from 16:00 to 00:00 on... Read more

3 Aug, 2022

Business

Eskom warns of stage 2 load shedding for the next three days

Cape Town – Eskom has warned of stage 2 load shedding for the next three days from 16:00 to... Read more

2 Aug, 2022

Business

Egypt currency near record low

Cairo – The Egyptian pound plunged on Monday to a near all-time low of more than 19 to the... Read more

2 Aug, 2022

Algeria

Algeria talks of joining Russia-linked BRICS group

Algiers – Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has suggested that his country, Africa’s largest natural gas exporter, could join the... Read more

1 Aug, 2022