Business

South Africa earmarks R50bn for clean energy projects

Johannesburg – Coal-dependant South Africa on Thursday announced it was ploughing R50 billion ($3.3 billion) into 25 wind and solar... Read more

29 Oct, 2021

Business

Mozambique president Filipe Nyusi sued in UK over $2bn debt scandal

Johannesburg – Mozambique’s president Filipe Nyusi is being sued in London by a firm at the centre of a... Read more

28 Oct, 2021

Agriculture

No tilling, no chemicals in South African farmer’s revolution

Balfour – It’s spring in South Africa, and Danie Bester’s tillers are rusting in a corner of his farm. Freshly-turned... Read more

28 Oct, 2021

Business

Libya fighting damages key oil refinery

Tripoli – Libya’s only operational oil refinery was “severely” damaged after gunmen battled for three hours around the complex, the... Read more

28 Oct, 2021

Business

Algerian gas to Spain will bypass Morocco, ministers say

Algiers – Algeria will from now on deliver its natural gas to Spain exclusively through an undersea pipeline, ministers... Read more

28 Oct, 2021

Business

Shaken by covid, Morocco to spend record $27bn in 2022

Rabat – Morocco will spend a record 23 billion euros ($27 billion) on public investment in the coming year to... Read more

27 Oct, 2021

Business

Protesting truck drivers cause congestion on N3 highway

Cape Town – Truck drivers barricaded the N3 toll route near Montrose in the Free State with trucks on... Read more

26 Oct, 2021

Business

SA’s platinum and gold mining giant Sibanye-Stillwater eyes Brazil copper, nickel mines

Johannesburg – South African platinum and gold mining giant Sibanye-Stillwater said on Monday it is in talks to acquire two... Read more

26 Oct, 2021

Business

South Africa’s Aspen launches anaesthetics production line

Johannesburg – South African pharmaceutical firm Aspen on Monday opened a world-leading anaesthetics production line that will guarantee local supply... Read more

25 Oct, 2021

Business

Nigeria launches eNaira digital currency

Abuja – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari launched the country’s new digital eNaira currency on Monday as Africa’s largest economy... Read more

25 Oct, 2021