Southern Africa

The US Customs and Border Protection agency says it has seized a large quantity of deadly fentanyl in a shipment from South Africa it detained on 21 September. In total, the fentanyl …

Employees of troubled South African power company Eskom have been awarded a further 1.5% wage increase, backdated to July 2021. The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) ruled on Thursday (29 …

National Treasury has banned global consultancy firm Bain & Co. from tendering for public sector contracts for a period of 10 years, citing fraud. “The effective date of restriction is …

Karpowership, the Turkish company seeking to supply 1 220 megawatts of power to South Africa, will refile an application to the environment department in a bid to move its project …

South Africa’s financial services provider Fedgroup has added alternative asset cannabinoid hemp to its impact farming investment options, allowing investors to tap into an emerging market projected to be worth …

The Airline Association of Southern Africa (AASA) has warned that the lack of jet fuel at Cape Town International Airport could lead to disruptions in airline schedules and possibly flight …

The South African government has announced plans to restructure the board of state power utility Eskom to address an energy crisis in the continent’s most-industrialised economy. Public Enterprises Minister Pravin …

One of the United States’ (US) leading convenience retail brands, Circle K, is expected to open its first South African store in October. South Africa will soon have a new …

In late June, the coldest part of the Southern Hemisphere winter, the power went out in South Africa. For as many as eight hours a day, right into early July, traffic …

Capitec, South Africa’s largest retail bank by customers, has launched its own mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service, called Capitec Connect, following in the footsteps of other local banks expanding …