Raymond Ackerman, the man who turned retail on its head in the 1960s when he purchased four stores and launched Pick n Pay supermarkets, has died at the age of 92 ... Read more »
Swiss President Alain Berset will visit the troubled Cabo Delgado province this week during a trip to Mozambique and Botswana. His visit comes in the year Switzerland assumed Read more »
Doing 'the right thing' for one's health, be it eating well, exercising, or going for an annual HIV test or blood pressure check, is easier said than done. One way to nudge people ... Read more »
British pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is leaving Nigeria after a 51-year presence, dropping its plan to increase its stake in GSK Consumer Nigeria, its consumer ... Read more »
The Competitions Tribunal has approved a 51% takeover of South African Airways (SAA) by Harith General Partners and Global Aviation, with the condition that minority shareholders ... Read more »
The South African Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) is embroiled in a row after it chose a Tanzanian company, Kagera Sugar Limited, to buy the assets of ailing South African ... Read more »
As the government concludes a five-year term marked by the Covid-19 pandemic and civil unrest in June 2021 (Amnesty international, 2023), economic warning signs are flashing Read more »
After signing a 10-year extension to their diamond sales deal, Botswana and the international diamond consortium De Beers, based in London, have put an end to uncertainty sur Read more »
At least 26 Ugandans have filed a lawsuit against French oil firm TotalEnergies in Paris, France, seeking compensation for alleged human rights abuses at the company's huge m Read more »
In 2021, TotalEnergies began constructing a 700-acre industrial area in Buliisa district despite activists raising concerns about the threats posed by the pipeline to livelihoods, ... Read more »
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