Amid a structural rental housing backlog of about 3.7-million units in South Africa, financial services provider Sanlam’s Property Impact Fund aims to address this shortfall, particularly targeting... 

The Presidency’s Rudi Dicks, who is overseeing the economic reforms being implemented under Operation Vulindlela, says the unbundling of Eskom’s transmission business cannot be done... 

The Kruger National Park cannot rebuild without help and a well-coordinated, rapid response is needed, with national parks agency South African National Parks (SANParks) estimating the damage to... 

The popularity of imported new Chinese vehicles in the South African market is starting to translate into tangible volumes in the used-car market for many of these brands, as indicated by data... 

The City of Cape Town’s (CoCT’s) Urban Mobility Directorate says it is awaiting council approval to sign a three-year agreement with South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) Western... 

Minister of Higher Education and Training Buti Manamela on Thursday stressed the importance of vocational education in the country’s post-school system, stating that technical and vocational... 

A new online portal has been launched to enable project originators and/or financiers to determine quickly whether the project being assessed aligns with the principles of South Africa’s just... 

Green energy company Engie South Africa has appointed Sanjeev Mungroo MD of its renewables and batteries business, effective January 1. Engie South Africa says in a statement issued on January 22... 

Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed South32 is targeting the copper-dominant Arctic project in the Ambler mining district of north-western Alaska with its Canada-based 50:50 joint venture (JV)... 

JSE-listed ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) has confirmed that it is engaged in advanced discussions with Luxemburg-based steel giant and parent company the ArcelorMittal Group, as well as South... 

JSE-listed energy and chemicals company Sasol, reporting on its performance for the six months to December 31, 2025, says its Southern Africa destoning plant reached beneficial operation in... 

Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has appointed an Industry Coordination Council to support implementation of the country’s national long-term Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) strategy. The... 

In this article, South African offgrid electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure developer Zero Carbon Charge co-founder and chairperson Joubert Roux writes about the renewed use of oil as a... 

The South African rand was steady in early trade on Thursday, as geopolitical tensions and safe-haven demand eased after US President Donald Trump backed down from new tariff threats and proposals... 

JSE-listed real estate investment trust Vukile Property Fund has acquired a 35% stake in specialist retail property investment fund and asset manager Pradera, which has a 25-year record across the... 

Telecommunications group MTN has maintained its title of South Africa’s best mobile network for 2025, with a Network Quality Score of 9.96. MyBroadband Insights’ 2025 Mobile Network Quality Report... 

Dams across Limpopo have risen to full or above capacity, causing localised flooding as heavy rains across Limpopo and Mpumalanga continue, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) warned on... 

The UK and the African Development Bank extended a climate-linked $1-billion debt guarantee to South Africa, saving a $400-million municipal funding deal that was in jeopardy if it had expired. The... 

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has sent a team of dam safety engineers to conduct a technical assessment of, and monitor, reported damage of a privately-owned dam near Barberton, in... 

ArcelorMittal and South Africa’s biggest development finance institution have resumed talks over the potential acquisition of the Luxembourg-based steel giant’s operations in the African country,... 

Digital identity company DIDx, in partnership with digital identity conference organisation Internet Identity Workshop, will hold its DID:Unconf Africa conference at the Stellenbosch Institute for... 

Global foreign direct investment (FDI) rose 14% in 2025 to $1.6-trillion, rebounding after two weak years, although most of the increase came from financial flows through global hubs and not new... 

The Department of Human Settlements (DHS) will require provinces and metropolitan municipalities to allocate at least 2% of their 2026/27 housing grants to innovative building technologies (IBTs),... 

Staff members from the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) newly launched Rescue Simulation Centre have been deployed to Mozambique as part of a critical humanitarian mission. The team is responding... 

The South African rand firmed against the dollar in Wednesday's trading session as the country's markets shrugged off mixed domestic economic signals released by the statistics agency. At 1332 GMT,... 

JSE-listed integrated poultry producer Astral Foods has advised that Henry Enslin has been appointed acting CFO of the group for the month of February until John Geel starts in a permanent CFO and... 

The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) has welcomed the declaration of a state of national disaster in relation to the deadly flooding that has devastated the Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces in... 

In a major advance that enables local refining of artisanal and small-scale (ASM) gold and elevates West Africa's responsible sourcing standards to a new high, South Africa’s Rand Refinery, as... 

Retail giant the Shoprite Group has powered up its 100th solar photovoltaic (PV) system – at Shoprite Morula in Tshwane – more than ten years after launching its first solar project in 2015. With... 

In response to government's declaration of a national disaster following torrential rains, widespread flooding and wildfires in parts of the country, industry organisation Consulting Engineers... 

Mining services company Andru Mining received a new grey-coloured D8 dozer, made by construction and mining equipment company Caterpillar, from industrial equipment company Barloworld Equipment as... 

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has reiterated that the cost of the solution being pursued to salvage South Africa’s ferrochrome smelters, most of which have been closed on... 

Leading African carrier Ethiopian Airlines has confirmed that it has ordered nine more Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner widebody airliners. These aircraft will be delivered between 2031 and 2033. Ethiopian... 

Frontier market economies - a cluster of 56 mostly middle-income economies - have on average achieved less than half the rate of investment growth per person in the 2020s than the rate achieved in...