South Africa's energy sector faces a troubling decline in electricity generation and distribution. What does this mean for the country's economic stability?

The Chinese military remains on high alert – “ready to fight at all times and able to fight at any time” – to thwart any attempt at Taiwan independence, according to the commander of the ...

Set to become the local market’s second plug-in hybrid bakkie after the BYD Shark that launches this week, the T9 PHEV swaps-out the 2.0-litre turbodiesel engine for a 2.0-litre turbo-petrol ...

It has been reported that the US government's freezing of funding to South Africa may be punishment for South Africa dragging the Israeli government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the ...

Countries in the Global South are also presented with unprecedented opportunities. Over the past two decades, the share of the Global South in global real GDP has been on a steady rise ...

The word was first introduced into South Africa by English-speaking immigrants from India, according to the OED, "but it made its way into South African English via Afrikaans". It is related to ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Justice Malala, one of South Africa’s leading journalists, was visiting his mother a couple of years ago ...

As South Africa’s economy shows signs of recovery, the food sector is poised for a shake-up. Lower interest rates, improving GDP growth, and the anticipated cash injection from the two-pot retirement ...

The head coach enters a very difficult situation: The Super Eagles are winless after four matches, and have just three points -- four off Group C's top two, Rwanda and South Africa. There's time ...

Officially, on March 31st, South Africa is obliged to switch-off its analogue TV transmissions. However, a High Court hearing in Pretoria suggests that – again – the switch-off could be delayed. The ...

Although the pressure is on from the GNU and US/SA tensions, Europe appears to be warming up its relations with South Africa. According to Schoeman, “the EU is coming out very much in support of ...