Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma launched a new program on his first visit to South Africa to support and fund African entrepreneurs who are working to address Africa's most important ... Read more »
South Africa's Impala Platinum mining group will shed 13,000 jobs in the next two years - with its management saying that it is "fully committed" to minimising the potential impact ... Read more »
The Centre for People's Resistance in Namibia has called for a boycott of Shoprite and a mass demonstration on August 5, in support of the 93 workers who are being sued by the ... Read more »
Chandarana Foodplus Supermarkets has blamed a staff member "who is not well conversant with English" for the wording of a leaked email explaining its strategy to attract white ... Read more »
The telecoms giant has extended the timeline to complete its takeover by new investors Teleology Holdings. It said its board expects the takeover to be completed "as soon as ... Read more »
The country will be launching a national air carrier, a project that will be rolled out in three phases and will need additional start-up capital of U.S.$70 million. The plan is to ... Read more »
A U.S.$33 million loan is being granted to cash-strapped energy giant Eskom to develop the Kuseli coal-fired power station, one of the main sources of electricity in the country. ... Read more »
South African energy giant Eskom may face a new crisis after its announcement to labour unions that it will not be paying staff bonuses. The National Union of Mineworkers has said ... Read more »
As revenues from voice-based mobile services decline, Vodacom, Orange and MTN have moved on new "digital transformation strategies" that will focus on content and services that ... Read more »
After a 20-year telecoms silence between the two neighbours and former longtime foes, Ethio Telecom is looking to up their connectivity game by moving to fibre in the near future, ... Read more »
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