April 04
Africa: Standard Chartered, Old Mutual Fintech Arms to Launch UAE Wealth Management Platform
The new wealth platform will be headquartered in the UAE, the Middle East's financial hub, providing access to advanced budgeting, savings and investment solutions for users in the… Read more »
October 11, 2023
South Africa: Australian Cops Ground Suspected Traffickers After Cocaine Worth R500m Flown in From South Africa
In 2019 two drug traffickers were arrested in Australia for attempting to smuggle cocaine into the country in passenger planes from South Africa. Now, a similar takedown has… Read more »
August 24, 2023
South Africa: Standard Bank Renews Partnership With Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
Two of the biggest banks in their respective geographies have committed to building on their already successful 15-year partnership. Read more »
August 23, 2023
South Africa: Daily Maverick Hit With Cyberattack After Report On Modi
Daily Maverick has been forced to temporarily block website access in India after experiencing a malicious denial of service attack. Read more »
August 22, 2023
South Africa: While Ramaphosa Focused On Chinese Leader, India's Modi Refused to Get Off His Plane
All the attention South Africa is heaping on visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping appeared to have miffed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Xi's state visit and the BRICS… Read more »
South Africa: Pomp, Pageantry and Protests As Brics Summit Begins
Delegates from across the globe arrived for the 15th BRICS Summit, taking place in Johannesburg from 22 to 24 August. As planes touched down, officials were met with flags, music… Read more »
August 21, 2023
South Africa: Chinese President Makes Rare Trip Abroad to Touch Many Bases in South Africa
For Xi, this rare venture outside China is an opportunity to cement relations with Pretoria, which is China's key partner in Africa, and to meet the more than 30 African heads of… Read more »
August 16, 2023
South Africa: India Not Opposed to Brics Expansion - If the Criteria for Membership Are 'Clearly Defined'
While India and Brazil have been reportedly concerned that expanding BRICS membership will dilute their influence in the bloc, India's external affairs minister says the country… Read more »
South Africa: The Brics Summit in Johannesburg - What's It All About?
The BRICS bloc of emerging economies -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- will hold its 15th summit in Johannesburg next week. Here's what you need to know. Read more »
July 06, 2023
South Africa: Chinese Economy Stutters, With Massive Geopolitical Implications
This was meant to be the year of the great Chinese rebound. Unshackled by the world's most draconian Covid restrictions, economists expected the Chinese economic tiger to roar back… Read more »
June 01, 2023
South Africa: South Africa Now Looking to China to Host BRICS Summit, Sources Say
South African official sources have confirmed that Pretoria is considering moving the BRICS summit to China to avoid acting on the ICC's warrant of arrest for Russian President… Read more »
South Africa: BRICS Diplomat Rejects Notion of Moving Summit Away From SA to Legally Accommodate Putin
Sooklal was speaking on Thursday at the BRICS foreign ministers meeting in Cape Town, which is preparing for the summit in Gauteng in August. Read more »
May 31, 2023
South Africa: BRICS Foreign Ministers Meet in Cape Town As Questions Mount About Putin's Possible Visit
Can Pretoria legally grant Russian President Vladimir Putin immunity from ICC arrest in time for the BRICS summit in August? Read more »
January 27, 2023
South Africa: Cheetahs Cleared for Take-Off After South Africa-India 'Extinction Reversal' Agreement
The ambitious conservation project offers the hope of creating vital new living space for wild cheetah populations but it has drawn both praise and criticism from experts and… Read more »
June 13, 2022
South Africa: The Inevitable and Unsurmountable Rise of China Is Put to the Test By the Foschini Group
To me, the strange thing about history is not that it repeats itself, or that nobody learns from it, or some other trite adage. The incredible thing is that nobody seems to learn… Read more »