AngloGold’s earnings surge as it stops mining in South Africa
By Ed Stoddard. (Photo: Getty Images) AngloGold Ashanti reported a surge in earnings on Monday and said it would double its dividend payout ratio and give cash back to shareholders
AGCO wants to invest in South Africa
RYK VAN NIEKERK: AGCO, a Fortune 500 group, has established a two-tier distribution model at SA. We are developing a network of dealers to support the Fent brand, one of
Africa’s health tech takes flight in the fight against COVID
Image: WHO AFRO The Urumuri robot helping to screen passengers at Rwanda’s Kigali International Airport is just one of more than 120 health technology innovations that Africans are using in
Zimbabwe: Industry calls for tougher taxes on Chinese imports
Shame Makoshori ZIMBABWE’S industries have scaled up their campaign for tougher action to protect manufacturing companies against Chinese plastic imports, even as earlier calls to ban fabric shipments from Beijing
Mozambique launches the construction of second solar power plant
President Filipe Nyusi launching the construction works of Mozambique’s second solar power plant. Image: PROPARCO. On 23 October 2020 President Filipe Nyusi, and the French Ambassador, David Izzo, officially launch
SA’s unaffordable data and weak ICT infrastructure compromised optimal learning, teaching during lockdown
By Lucky Masilela Year-end examinations for the academic year 2020 are upon us, and the Independent Examinations Board (IEB) learners are already at it. As with any milestone in life,
SA’s Treasury allocates R10.5bn to SAA
JOHANNESBURG – The National Treasury on Wednesday said it had allocated R10.5 billion ($640.8 million) to South African Airways as an in-year adjustment in the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS),
Used vehicles get a second life in Africa – but at what cost?
John Mwangi’s 22-year-old car is his lifeline. His run-down Toyota saloon not only ferries him around the streets of the traffic-congested Kenyan capital, Nairobi, but is also his main source
SA mandarin and orange growers double their exports amid Covid-19 pandemic
By Mwangi Githathu T Cape Town – The worldwide Covid-19 pandemic has been a boon for South African growers of mandarins and oranges who have doubled their exports because of
Africa’s Miners Face New TB Threat as COVID-19 Pandemic Disrupts Treatment
COVID-19 is draining resources away from TB programmes in southern Africa, experts warn. By Kim Harrisberg ERMELO, South Africa, Oct 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Vama Jele’s heart dropped every