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Oil tankers are steering clear of the Strait of Hormuz ahead of a US blockade following failed peace talks between the US and Iran over the weekend, shipping data showed.
Following a heated exchange over local ownership laws, SA’s presidential spokesperson delivered a blunt message to the Pretoria-born tech billionaire.
Chery has seen rapid growth since launching sales in Europe in 2023
New polling suggests most South Africans would not use race as a deciding factor when choosing the country’s president.
One of South Africa’s top asset managers has warned that an open and competitive electricity market may leave Eskom with mostly non-paying customers.
Reality TV has perfected the rebranding of idleness as aspiration
Business owners in Cape Town’s informal economy are threatened with violence and even death as part of extortion rackets.
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has not been accredited to attend the upcoming meeting of the Group of 20 finance chiefs in Washington, deepening a rift with the US.
US President Donald Trump told reporters that he is “not a big fan” of Pope Leo XIV, after the global leader of Catholics made a plea for peace.
Oil surged while stocks and bonds fell after President Donald Trump ordered a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, heightening tensions with Iran following the collapse of weekend peace talks.
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Despite a warm reception for US Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell last week, South Africa’s finance chiefs have been snubbed ahead of a G20 meeting in Washington.
Memoir, obsession, sexual awakening and the uneasy search for belonging. Here are four book recommendations from Daily Maverick’s Book Editor-at-Large, Joy Watson.
Many small businesses in South Africa’s informal sector remain unregistered and outside the tax system often due to administrative burdens or a lack of data available to SARS.
As the DA concludes its federal congress with a renewed focus on attracting a diverse pool of voters, black delegates argue that the party’s challenge lies not in appealing to black voters but in overcoming what they describe as “stigma” and narratives propagated by political opponents.
Entrepreneurship education is one of the most important missing pieces in the fight against youth unemployment.
TAIPEI, April 13 (Reuters) – Taiwan President Lai Ching-te will visit Eswatini next week, his office said on Monday, the island’s last remaining diplomatic ally in Africa.
BUDAPEST, April 12 (Reuters) – Hungary’s veteran nationalist leader Viktor Orban lost power to the upstart centre-right Tisza party in Sunday’s national election after 16 years in office, marking a setback for his allies in Russia and U.S. President Donald Trump’s White House.
Fear of crime and corruption has emerged, along with unemployment, water provision and local government infrastructure failure, as the biggest factors in turning South Africans off politics and politicians.