🇿🇦 RUSTED GRID: Nersa audit of Nelson Mandela Bay’s electric
South Africa's electricity infrastructure is experiencing a systemic breakdown that extends far beyond the generation crisis caused by Eskom's coal-de...
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🇿🇦 BIOSECURITY: Fears mount that provincial budget allocatio
South Africa's deteriorating foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak represents a significant threat to the agricultural sector and, by extension, to Eu...
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🇿🇦 TORN APART: The year the ANC broke: Jackie Selebi’s war w
South Africa's investment landscape has long served as a bellwether for European capital seeking exposure to African markets. However, recent analysis...
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🇿🇦 US officials predict quick end to war while, Tehran says
The prospect of imminent military resolution in the Middle East, coupled with Tehran's defiant posture, is creating a critical decision point for Euro...
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🇿🇦 WATCH: Unpacking Metair’s full-year results
Metair Investments, one of Africa's largest automotive components manufacturers, has released full-year results that reveal a company navigating compl...
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🇿🇦 BUSINESS REFLECTION: Crossed Wires
The prospect of quantum computing rendering current encryption methods obsolete has dominated technology headlines for years, yet the threat remains l...
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🇿🇦 WHERE TO INVEST: How four JSE stocks make their money
South Africa's Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) is in the throes of its critical earnings season, with major listed companies reporting quarterly and...
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🇿🇦 CRYPTO IN THE SKY: SAA passengers get another way to pay
South African Airways' decision to accept cryptocurrency payments represents a symbolic but strategically significant moment for African aviation and ...
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🇿🇦 Lift Off : From cliff clean-ups to crime-fighting, drones
Nelson Mandela Bay is emerging as an unexpected proving ground for drone technology applications across African urban markets, presenting a compelling...
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🇿🇦 South Africa: POACHING BONEYARDS
South Africa's most severe wildlife crisis may be approaching an inflection point. Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, the nation's premier rhino reserve and a cr...
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🇿🇦 OP-ED: How groundwater is used, abused and paraded in a c
South Africa's water crisis has intensified dramatically over the past decade, with major cities including Cape Town facing severe droughts that have ...
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🇿🇦 OUT OF OPTIONS: When steel mills close
South Africa's manufacturing heartland is experiencing a synchronized economic and security crisis that demands urgent attention from European investo...
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🇿🇦 GUEST ESSAY: Mountain high, mine dump deep
South Africa presents a paradox that European investors frequently misunderstand. Cape Town, with its stunning Table Mountain backdrop, world-class in...
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🇿🇦 TRIBUTE: The many sides of the legendary Soli Philander …
The recent passing of Soli Philander marks the end of an era for South African entertainment and media, but also serves as a poignant moment to examin...
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🇿🇦 REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: Raid to nowhere
South Africa's law enforcement apparatus is sending mixed signals that should concern European investors monitoring regulatory stability across the co...
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🇿🇦 South Africa: BOOTS ON THE GROUND
South Africa's escalating security intervention in its mineral-rich provinces signals a critical turning point for foreign investors assessing operati...
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🇿🇦 South Africa's Judicial Independence Under Strain as Poli
South Africa's commitment to transitional justice faces a critical test as competing political interests threaten to derail a high-profile inquiry int...
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🇿🇦 OP-ED: PLAYING THE ODDS: How Covid flipped South Africa's
The COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally restructured South Africa's gambling landscape in ways that extend far beyond temporary disruption. When lockdow...
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🇿🇦 Fun Farse: Gqeberha theatre brings the house down with See
The Eastern Cape's thriving theatre scene continues to demonstrate the vibrancy of South Africa's creative industries, with productions like "See How ...
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🇿🇦 Strait of Hormuz forms part of front line in Mideast war
The Strait of Hormuz has transformed into a critical battleground in Middle Eastern geopolitical tensions, with profound implications for European ene...
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