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Taxation & Regulation

WTO chief calls for trade overhaul to meet new world order

Olivia Le Poidevin 2 days

Social Media

Meta and Google just lost a landmark social media addiction case. A tech law expert explains the fallout

Rob Nicholls 3 days

Boxes of Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk are seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain. Image credit: Reuters/Hollie Adams

Pharmaceuticals

Price war in weight-loss drugs heats up as Novo Nordisk reduces Wegovy prices

Nqobile Dludla 3 days

Source: Reuters | An MSC container ship crosses the Strait of Gibraltar from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea, near the northern tip of the port of Tangier, Morocco, January 8, 2026. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo

Shipping

Cape shipping diversions boost Africa’s bunkering hubs

25 Mar 2026

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Stocks rise and oil retreats on Mideast ceasefire reports

Tom Westbrook 25 Mar 2026

African airlines face rising jet fuel costs amid Middle East supply disruption

Aviation

African airlines face rising jet fuel costs amid Middle East supply disruption

Wendell Roelf and Seher Dareen 23 Mar 2026

Source: Reuters. World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala attends the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, 23 January, 2026.

Finance

WTO reform deadlock may prompt some countries to seek other options on free trade

Olivia Le Poidevin 20 Mar 2026

Great Wall Motor eyes plant options in South Africa

Manufacturing & Parts

Great Wall Motor eyes plant options in South Africa

Nqobile Dludla 19 Mar 2026

Gold Fields' Damang gold mine lease is up for grabs

Gold

Gold Fields' Damang gold mine lease is up for grabs

Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 18 Mar 2026

The problem isn’t technology in schools. It’s how we use it

Primary & Secondary Education

The problem isn’t technology in schools. It’s how we use it

Marce Heath, Issued by ASUS 17 Mar 2026

Shipping

Why affordable logistics could be the difference between SME survival and closure

Issued by Fastway Couriers 28 Oct 2025

Mass layoffs loom for Samancor as Eskom's price cut fails to save jobs

Mining

Mass layoffs loom for Samancor as Eskom's price cut fails to save jobs

12 Mar 2026

Media

Canal+ takes hit as MultiChoice loses 500k subs

Leo Marchandon in Gdansk and Paul Sandle 12 Mar 2026

BP evacuates foreign staff after Iraqi oilfield unrest

Coal, Oil & Gas

BP evacuates foreign staff after Iraqi oilfield unrest

6 Mar 2026

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Global firms, investors in share sale rush as Middle East conflict erupts

Charlie Conchie 5 Mar 2026

South Africa's first gas terminal faces delay as Vopak pushes back investment decision

Coal, Oil & Gas

South Africa's first gas terminal faces delay as Vopak pushes back investment decision

5 Mar 2026

Dubai airport damage halts thousands of flights

Travel

Dubai airport damage halts thousands of flights

1 Mar 2026

Logistics & Transport

Maersk reroutes sailings around Africa amid Red Sea constraints

Louise Rasmussen 27 Feb 2026

Streaming

Warner Bros. was “nice to have” but not at any price, says Netflix

Karabo Ledwaba 27 Feb 2026

Source: (Journalist in the Gaza Strip)

Media Freedom

Record number of journalists killed in 2025

26 Feb 2026

Ghana cocoa buyers owe banks up to $750m, raising liquidity concerns

Agro-processing

Ghana cocoa buyers owe banks up to $750m, raising liquidity concerns

Emmanuel Bruce 26 Feb 2026

Glencore's Astron Energy gears up with new tanker amidst Sars dispute

Coal, Oil & Gas

Glencore's Astron Energy gears up with new tanker amidst Sars dispute

Wendell Roelf 24 Feb 2026

Uganda plans new rail link to Tanzania for mineral export boost

Railway

Uganda plans new rail link to Tanzania for mineral export boost

Elias Biryabarema 24 Feb 2026

Zimbabwe leads charge against HIV in Africa with lenacapavir rollout

HIV/AIDS

Zimbabwe leads charge against HIV in Africa with lenacapavir rollout

Chris Takudzwa Muronzi 20 Feb 2026

2 major South African unions reject Eskom's 6% wage increase offer

Energy

2 major South African unions reject Eskom's 6% wage increase offer

Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo 18 Feb 2026

Vitol joins consortium planning $3bn gas-fired power station at Durban port

Coal, Oil & Gas

Vitol joins consortium planning $3bn gas-fired power station at Durban port

Wendell Roelf 16 Feb 2026

#MiningIndaba: Harmony Gold's copper venture may take 2 years

Mining

#MiningIndaba: Harmony Gold's copper venture may take 2 years

Nqobile Dludla and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo 10 Feb 2026

Employment Equity

Nike under investigation for allegedly discriminating against White employees

6 Feb 2026

MTN in talks to buy remaining IHS Holdings stake in $2.76bn deal

Telecoms & Networks

MTN in talks to buy remaining IHS Holdings stake in $2.76bn deal

Nithyashree R B, Nqobile Dludla 5 Feb 2026

Eskom brings 5.5% increase offer to wage talks

Energy

Eskom brings 5.5% increase offer to wage talks

30 Jan 2026

Source: Reuters.

Banking

Afreximbank severs ties with Fitch in dispute over rating cut

Duncan Miriri 26 Jan 2026

Media Freedom

Journalists’ sentencing in Tunisia seen as retaliation, claims family

23 Jan 2026

Image credit: Reuters/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo

Medtech

Gates Foundation and OpenAI's $50m push for AI health in Africa

Jennifer Rigby 21 Jan 2026

Artificial Intelligence

Could ChatGPT convince you to buy something? Threat of manipulation looms as AI companies gear up to sell ads

Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders 16 Jan 2026

Media Freedom

Tunisian journalist Chatha Belhaj Mubarak freed after sentence cut

Tarek Amara 15 Jan 2026

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Tech, banks weigh on Wall Street; Trump eases Iran oil fears

Isla Binnie 15 Jan 2026

Artificial Intelligence

I used AI chatbots as a source of news for a month, and they were unreliable and erroneous

Jean-Hugues Roy 13 Jan 2026

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Environment & Natural Resources

Nigeria and South Africa plan to boost fossil fuel production, risking their climate change pledges

Emily Ghosh and Derik Broekhoff 13 Jan 2026

Anheuser-Busch InBev will buy back a 49.9% stake in its US metal container plants for about $3 billion (Image source: © AB InBev

Packaging

AB InBev buys back stake in US metal packaging plants for $3bn

8 Jan 2026

Beer bottles pass through a conveyor belt along a production line at the East African Breweries' microbrewery as the company released its half-year results in Ruaraka, Nairobi, Kenya, 26 January 2024. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi//File Photo

Competition Law

Kenyan beer firm asks court to block Diageo's $2.3bn EABL sale to Asahi

Duncan Miriri and Emma Rumney 8 Jan 2026

Supporters of Ugandan Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, of the National Unity Platform (NUP) party, attend his campaign caravan ahead of the general elections in Kampala, Uganda December 15, 2025. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo

Media Freedom

Censorship concerns rise as Uganda blocks live coverage of election protests

Reuters 6 Jan 2026

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HIV/AIDS

HIV funding still falls short of targets after pledges: what’s at stake

Melanie Bisnauth 5 Jan 2026

The U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) updated critical minerals list now encompasses 60 different materials (Image source: © ET Auto

Markets & Investment

Every mineral is critical in the new metals age

31 Dec 2025

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Automotive

Chinese car firm BYD is racing ahead with its electric vehicles. Here’s how more established brands can catch up

Pietro Micheli 23 Dec 2025

South African inflation eases, economists see more rate cuts ahead

Economy

South African inflation eases, economists see more rate cuts ahead

Anathi Madubela 18 Dec 2025