Business Energy-starved SA offers tax breaks to boost green power Pretoria – South Africa unveiled Wednesday new tax incentives to encourage investment in the production of clean energy to... Read more 22 Feb, 2023
Business South Sudan’s oil and water give it bargaining power – but will it benefit the people? Harry Verhoeven, Columbia University and Francois Sennesael, University of Oxford South Sudan has long been one of east Africa’s... Read more 13 Feb, 2023
Business Uncertainty in Nigeria as cash, fuel shortages bite ahead of vote Lagos – With under three weeks to go until Nigeria’s presidential elections, major shortages of cash and fuel have... Read more 11 Feb, 2023
Business Can a state of disaster allay South Africa’s energy crisis? Johannesburg – South Africa will get an electricity minister and the government will assume additional powers to tackle crippling... Read more 11 Feb, 2023
Business WATCH | Cyril Ramaphosa announces state of national disaster to end SA’s blackouts Cape Town – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national disaster on Thursday in a bid to fast-track... Read more 9 Feb, 2023
Countries Opposition won’t distract us at SONA, vows ANC… as energy crisis expected to dominate Cyril Ramaphosa’s address Cape Town – South Africa’s energy crisis is expected to dominate President Cyril Ramaphosa’s state of the nation address... Read more 9 Feb, 2023
Business South Africa mining and energy giants thwarting climate goals, study shows Johannesburg – Mining and energy giants are jeopardising South Africa’s net zero ambitions with a flood of opposition to... Read more 9 Feb, 2023
Countries No lights, no water: South Africans fume at cascading crisis Johannesburg – Already struggling without electricity for hours a day, many South Africans are now having to do also... Read more 4 Feb, 2023
Countries Total CEO expected in Mozambique after gas project halted Maputo – The head of French energy giant TotalEnergies is expected this week to visit Mozambique, where a multi-billion-dollar... Read more 2 Feb, 2023
Algeria Algeria president Abdelmadjid Tebboune to visit Russia in May Algiers – Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune plans to visit Russia in May, his office said on Tuesday after he... Read more 1 Feb, 2023