The country plans to ban the export of raw minerals, including platinum, in the next five years to encourage local processing. Read more »
A thriving market for ivory in Asia has created a loophole for an international syndicate of poachers to trade in elephant tusks. Read more »
The government has had a change of heart and plans to spend 100 million maloti (US$12.7 million) over the next two years in an effort to breathe life into the crucial textile ... Read more »
The largest known pear-shaped "fancy vivid yellow" diamond in the world, mined in South Africa, has sold for a record price in Geneva. Read more »
Africa's economic growth is creating substantial new business opportunities that are attracting global companies, writes Nelly Nyagah for TradeInvest Africa. Neville Isdell, the ... Read more »
West Africa leaders have requested the military assistance of the UN and ECOWAS to improve monitoring of the Liberia-Ivory Coast border, which they say has been breached by ... Read more »
Illegal immigrants in Mpumalanga's capital of Mbombela are turning to South African citizens who let them use their registered SIM cards to keep in touch with their families Read more »
The plan to create a New 26 nation liberalised trade zone for Africa, spanning the length of the continent from Cape to Cairo, could open up more possibilities for South-South ... Read more »
African leaders have agreed to launch negotiations to establish a grand Free Trade Area including 26 countries in three regional economic communities - the Common Market for East ... Read more »
Africa - once considered the lab for Chinese companies' reach outside - is being relegated into a destination with too many risk factors. Read more »
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