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Environment Minister Willie Aucamp has finally published proposed export quotas for elephant, black rhino and leopard hunting trophies — a move professional hunters have been demanding for years.
SAA has recorded its second profit since exiting business rescue in 2021, with South Africa’s national flag carrier now reporting a far healthier financial position.
Newsday sat down with the founder of Oryx Desert Salt, who shared her journey from packing salt grinders at her dining table to becoming a household name.
The extension of AGOA brings welcome relief for South African exporters, but its benefits are rendered nearly irrelevant for sectors that face high tariffs on products exported to the United States.
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Isuzu Motors South Africa says high tariffs and cross-border costs make intra-African trade more expensive than exports beyond the continent, urging faster implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area
The City of Cape Town is planning to roll out electric MyCiti buses in a test that could see the whole fleet going electric in the future.
Coronation’s Top 20 fund reduced exposure to precious metals and increased holdings in undervalued South African retailers, banks, and select global companies.
The ANC Eastern Cape Integrity Commission has asked Chris Hani District Municipality Mayor Lusanda Sizani to step aside after he was criminally charged for losing his firearm.
The ANC and the government of national unity (GNU) have not implemented any of the United States’ demands to mend relations with South Africa.
Cape Town will call for tenders to implement several major projects that aim at cutting electricity costs and bolstering water security in South Africa’s second-biggest city and main tourist hub.
The latest update on BLSA’s Reform Tracker showed troubling setbacks in reform progress made in South Africa’s electricity sector.
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Irish comedian and talk show host Graham Norton shared an awkward experience he had during a house viewing in Cape Town.
Politics expert Professor Dirk Kotzé said that the DA was caught unprepared for John Steenhuisen’s exit, but there are a few DA members in a strong position to enter the leadership race.
A new report revealed which job roles in South Africa are the highest- and lowest-paying.
Riaan Manser visited St Helena for a week – an island with an overwhelming “sense of place”, the most unique rock pool he’s ever seen named after Lot and his wife – and met a 194-year-old tortoise named Jonathan.
A Pollsmoor Correctional Centre inmate managed to escape — with officials only realising the mistake nine days later.