A few months back, I wrote in this column about insurgents holding boardroom veto power over development projects in Africa, referencing, among others, TotalEnergies’ $20-billion liquefied natural... 

If you have not heard of the Customs Code – a generic Customs Code – before, it is also known as the ‘unallocated importers reference number’. As far as I could establish, it has been around since... 

Hosting the G20 in South Africa and witnessing the B20 action around it has emphasised the importance of accelerating impressive developments that show promise. One of these is Project Rhynbow, the... 

When South Africa transitioned to democracy in the 1990s, and when climate constraints were not yet on the agenda, energy policy was arguably the country’s main industrial policy lever. The country... 

There is more in common between Cameroon and Cote d’Ivoire than their shared history as former French colonies: they are led by elderly men who just don’t want to leave power, and both secured new... 

After decades of chaos, corruption, criminal interference, expropriation, international intrigue and military coups, the world’s most significant new iron-ore project has made its first export of... 

The South African Revenue Service (Sars) Registration, Licensing, and Accreditation (RLA) Division informed its stakeholders, also known as traders or clients, through a letter dated November 17,... 

Regional integration, cross-continental partnership, and policy alignment are all opportnities to accelerate Africa’s lagging competitiveness. As a continent, Africa has a lot more to offer than it... 

There are signs that the long-promised change to the composition of government spending – from consumption to capital investment – is at last taking shape. In his Medium-Term Budget Policy... 

Over the next two days, Johannesburg will play host to the 2025 G20 Leaders’ Summit, which US President Donald Trump has announced he will boycott, calling it a “total disgrace” over his unproven... 

Do you know what ‘CTE’ stands for? As always, context is essential; otherwise, your favourite search engine’s top result might just as well be ‘Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy’, which is a... 

Every possible G20 opportunity must be seized and South Africa’s full positive potential brightly showcased to attract ongoing attention post G20. From now on, South Africa must put its best foot... 

When ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) initially announced in January that it would be closing the Newcastle mill and winding down its long-steel businesses in KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and... 

Wole Soyinka needs no introduction in Africa – or shouldn’t. The legendary writer, poet and activist became the continent’s first Nobel Prize in Literature laureate back in 1986, and generations of...