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Power outage disrupts Rand Water’s Eikenhof station

By: Natasha Odendaal     Updated 45 minutes ago Low water pressure or intermittent water supply is expected in the short term as a power outage impacted the pumping operations of Rand Water’s... 

Nairobi, Kenya

Kenya offers temporary amnesty to undocumented East Africans amid fears of crackdown

By: Reuters     Updated 1 hour 2 minutes ago Kenya's government offered a temporary amnesty to undocumented East African nationals after hundreds of Burundians flocked to their country's... 

ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula

Mbalula extols ANC internal nominations process as party challenges IEC in court over 'administrative setback'

By: Thabi Shomolekae     Updated 1 hour 4 minutes ago The ANC has launched an urgent application in the Electoral Court following the Independent Electoral Commission’s (IEC’s) rejection of the party’s... 

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Dakar, Senegal

Senegal will reprofile debt instead of restructuring, prime minister says

By: Reuters     Updated 1 hour 42 minutes ago Senegal's Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo told parliament on Tuesday that the West African nation will not pursue a restructuring of its debt,... 

Moody's

Moody's sees ongoing surge in Africa's private credit market

By: Reuters     Updated 1 hour 44 minutes ago Africa's private credit market is set for further expansion as companies and infrastructure projects seek alternatives to constrained bank lending,... 

Gambia protesters burn tyres to denounce power cuts

By: Reuters     Updated 3 hours ago Police used tear gas to disperse protesters who gathered overnight in multiple locations in Gambia, including near President Adama Barrow's... 

WHO logo

WHO says staff shortage, funding challenges hamper Congo Ebola response

By: Reuters     Updated 3 hours ago A shortage of trained staff, operational partners and funding is causing a bottleneck in efforts to expand the Ebola response in the Democratic... 

A South African mine

Manufacturing, mining weigh on second-quarter economic growth; GDP contracts by 0.2% q/q

By: Creamer Media Reporter      Updated 4 hours ago South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 0.2% quarter-on-quarter for the second quarter, following growth of 0.4% in the first... 

Diesel dripping

Global diesel supply to stay tight through winter, industry execs say

By: Reuters     Updated 6 hours ago Global diesel supply will remain tight due to a lack of spare refining capacity, Russia's ban on exports and the approach of peak winter demand,... 

Rand currency

South African rand slips ahead of GDP data expected to show a decline

By: Reuters     Updated 6 hours ago The South African rand weakened in early trade on Tuesday as investors awaited second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) data, which is expected... 

New Multotec chairperson Thomas Holtz handing CEO baton to Johan Robbertse at Electra Mining Africa.

Multotec highlights global success as it hands over CEO baton at Electra Mining Africa 

By: Martin Creamer     7th September 2026 South Africa’s Multotec, whose equipment is now used to optimise recoveries and reduce cost of ownership in mineral processing plants in 100... 

Image of Cyril Ramaphosa

Ramaphosa says Madlanga commission must be free from interference, defends SAPS 

By: Thabi Shomolekae     7th September 2026 President Cyril Ramaphosa has asserted that the ongoing Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Criminality and Political Interference within South... 

Legal gavel

Court shuts down UDF’s bid to get IEC to extend candidate nomination deadline  

By: Thabi Shomolekae     7th September 2026 The Electoral Court has handed down a decisive judgment dismissing an urgent application by the newly registered United Democratic Front, which... 

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