Politics, a lack of leadership and bad government management are all obstacles that businesses need to navigate to thrive in South Africa’s economy, says Business Leadership South Africa’s Busisiwe Mavuso.

A clueless mayor. A huge unpaid power bill. A vanishing chunk of budget. Doling out R10-billion for wages we can’t afford. Hiring hundreds of fresh executives instead of fixing crumbling infrastructure. This is what a living, breathing, crying tragedy looks like.

South Africa’s two major private hospital groups, Netcare and Life Healthcare, have delivered improved half-year earnings despite a stubbornly muted recovery in hospital volumes, underscoring how the sector is leaning on cost control, tariffs, technology, specialist services and capital discipline to keep profits moving.

It is not true that Namibia has leapfrogged SA in green hydrogen, but our former colony is currently further along in developing green hydrogen assets, drafting legislation, and securing green ammonia offtake agreements while Mzansi is still in the talk shop.

The hike in the repo rate to 7% by the South African Reserve Bank reflects rising inflationary pressures from the war in Iran, setting the stage for financial strain on households.

Residents in Johannesburg face immediate water outages as bursts and planned maintenance coincide, leading to school closures and urgent calls for accountability from local authorities.

Madagascar’s top court on Thursday dismissed an opposition lawmaker’s attempt to oust the country’s military ruler, ruling that the challenge fell outside the constitution.

At least 16 students were killed and 73 injured at a girls’ boarding school in central Kenya early on Thursday, police officials said.

Some Pick n Pay customers who used its old on-demand delivery service have been warned that their information may have been affected by a data breach.