Marikana anniversary highlights need for trust, shared responsibility
By: Lumkile Nkomfe 18th August 2026 The mining industry must deepen trust with workers and host communities through sustained engagement, accountability and shared responsibility,... →
DA stands by ‘due process’ as MP Mark Burke addresses SARB probe 
By: Thabi Shomolekae 18th August 2026 The DA has affirmed its commitment to due process and the independence of State institutions following reports of a South African Reserve Bank... →
Draft electricity pricing policy outlines support for industry, poor households
By: Terence Creamer 18th August 2026 The public comment phase for the much-anticipated revision to South Africa’s electricity pricing policy (EPP) has been initiated following... →
South Africa’s $5.8-billion green hydrogen-ammonia project is ‘going really well’
By: Martin Creamer 18th August 2026 The $5.8-billion green hydrogen-ammonia project in South Africa’s Nelson Mandela Bay has been a hard slog but there is light at the end of the... →
Nene appointed Financial and Fiscal Commission chair
By: Schalk Burger 18th August 2026 President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Nhlanhla Nene as chairperson of the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) and Malijeng Ngqaleni as its... →
UN Economic Commission for Africa urges SADC to push industrialisation
By: Rebecca Campbell 18th August 2026 The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has, at the forty-sixth Ordinary Summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), urged... →
WHO says Congo Ebola outbreak can still be brought under control within three months
By: Reuters 18th August 2026 A World Health Organization official said on Tuesday it was still possible to bring under control an Ebola outbreak that is outpacing containment... →
Zambia's Hichilema win gives investors continuity, now they want growth
By: Reuters 18th August 2026 Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema's re-election hands investors the policy continuity they sought, while negotiations on a new International... →
Joburg collapse guarantees national failure, warns CDE report
By: Thabi Shomolekae 18th August 2026 Preventing the total collapse of Johannesburg must become an urgent national priority. This is the warning issued by Centre for Development and... →
Sacci BCI stabilised in July as vehicle sales, exports lifted market sentiment
By: Lumkile Nkomfe 18th August 2026 Industry body the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) highlights that its Business Confidence Index is stabilising after... →
Digital VAT will use electronic invoicing, reporting – SARS
By: Schalk Burger 18th August 2026 The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has called for comment on the value-added tax (VAT) Modernisation Consultation Paper that aims to support... →
Zambia's reelected Hichilema seeks to turn debt recovery into economic expansion
By: Reuters 18th August 2026 After restructuring Zambia's debt in his first term, Hakainde Hichilema says there is more work to be done in his second and wants to double the... →
South Africa’s minerals future to be explored by emerging researchers on Oct 2
By: Martin Creamer 17th August 2026 At a time when calls are being made for South Africa to modernise its mining sector, emerging researchers will on October 2 have a next-generation... →
