Global South keen to secure pledge from UN summit to address debt and development
US and allies want to shuffle such discussions to the Bretton Woods institutions, where they enjoy a blocking minority ...
MK Party’s Brian Molefe says coal suppliers are bullying Eskom
Brian Molefe has given a scathing account of Eskom, the R8 billion approved by Nersa and the impact of renewable energy ...
Economists Split on How Deep South Africa’s Easing Cycle Will Be
South Africa’s first interest-rate cut since 2020 quickly divided economists over how much further it will go after making a ...
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South Africa education law: Afrikaans-speaking groups fear erosion of language
A new education law in South Africa is dividing opinions in a country with a complex racial history.
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5 takeaways from State of Freight: Preparing for East, Gulf Coast port strike
The International Longshoremen’s Association is threatening to strike East and Gulf Coast ports on Oct. 1, raising the prospect of supply chain disruptions. It became the lead topic of discussion on ...
South Africa Is First Country to Lower Rates After Fed Cut
SARB cut its main benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point to 8%.
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New UNAIDS report shows that the debt crisis is choking sub-Saharan Africa, leaving health and HIV services chronically underfunded
Debt servicing now exceeds 50% of government revenues in Angola, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia. Even after debt ...
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Why is Congo struggling to contain mpox?
Those two provinces — some 2,000 kilometers (1,240 miles) from the capital, Kinshasa — face escalating violence, a ...
South Africa Real Rate at 19-Year High Unlikely to Spur Big Cut
South Africa’s real, inflation-adjusted interest rates reached the highest level in 19 years after price pressures cooled, ...
South Africa’s Gauteng province launches water data hub – residents can now keep track of shortages and repair issues
South Africa is a water scarce country. In other words it has an excess of demand over available supply. It also has low ...
South African inflation falls more than expected, sets stage for rate cut
South Africa's inflation rate fell more than expected last month to its lowest since April 2021, data showed on Wednesday, ...
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South Africa Wants to Slow Down its Coal Plant Closures in Violation of an Agreement with Western Nations
Rich nations want poorer nations to stop using coal, the world’s largest source of electricity generation and are paying poor ...