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  • Tuesday, 26 January, 2021
    World Economic Forum
    Davos highlights: European leaders urge Biden to extend efforts to reignite international co-operation

    Ursula von der Leyen calls for US to join clampdown on Big Tech

  • Sunday, 24 January, 2021
    Zambia
    Mining deal adds to Zambian debt woes

    With further payments coming due, Lusaka is under pressure to stabilise finances to secure an IMF deal

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Glencore
    Glencore sells Zambia copper unit to state in $1.5bn deal

    Miner also pulls out of Tanzania nickel project as it moves to trim long tail of assets

  • Sunday, 17 January, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Coronavirus second wave surges across Africa

    Mildly hit the first time round, the continent’s death rate has now overtaken the global average

  • Wednesday, 6 January, 2021
    Coronavirus treatment
    South African Covid variant may affect vaccine efficacy, warn scientists

    Mutation reduces ability of antibodies to bind to virus and could make some shots less effective

  • Wednesday, 23 December, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa identified in Britain

    Health minister says new strain may be more infectious than the one discovered in UK

  • Tuesday, 22 December, 2020
    Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd
    South Africa’s state power monopoly seeks to raise prices to avoid collapse

    Fate of Eskom a priority for President Ramaphosa as power shortages roil economy

  • Monday, 21 December, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Germany and Switzerland ban flights from South Africa over Covid variant

    Mutation with similarities to UK strain is believed to be driving second wave of infections

  • Wednesday, 9 December, 2020
    McKinsey
    McKinsey to repay more than $40m over South African scandal

    Consultancy agrees to hand back fees from work with companies linked to alleged ‘state capture’

  • Promoted Content
  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    Jacob Zuma
    South Africa’s Zuma faces criminal investigation

    Former president’s decision to walk out of inquiry puts focus on judicial system

  • Thursday, 19 November, 2020
    Zambia
    The ‘blood, sweat and tears’ behind Zambia’s default

    Debt woes illustrate how high-octane borrowing and misrule scuppered one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies

  • Sunday, 15 November, 2020
    South Africa
    South Africa seeks extradition of fugitive ‘prophet’

    One of continent’s richest pastors skips bail on charges of fraud and money laundering

  • Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
    Angola
    Angola sharpens fight to recover stolen cash as debt pressure mounts

    Corruption probes launched while president battles popular discontent at Africa’s biggest borrowing crisis

  • Tuesday, 10 November, 2020
    South Africa
    South African police issue arrest warrant for top ANC official

    Move against Ace Magashule relates to corruption charges over his role in asbestos scandal

  • Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
    Special ReportAfrican Banking and Finance
    South Africa leans on banks to spur economic recovery

    Low uptake of cheap government loans hampers lenders’ ability to revive the pandemic-hit economy

  • Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
    Special ReportAfrican Banking and Finance
    Investors electrify South African banks’ sustainability push

    Green shift has profound implications for financing the region’s energy projects

  • Friday, 30 October, 2020
    Naspers Ltd
    Naspers $5bn share buyback plans signal unease with tech valuations

    Dutch-listed investment arm Prosus, best known for its stake in China’s Tencent, says move is ‘a good use of capital’

  • Monday, 26 October, 2020
    African economy
    African debt to China: ‘A major drain on the poorest countries’

    The biggest bilateral lender to Africa this century is hesitant on debt relief as crisis reveals fragmented nature of loans

  • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
    Special ReportAfrican Farming & the World
    Grassroots battle to commercialise South Africa’s Eastern Cape

    A lack of clear land ownership rights for farmers is hampering efforts to open up the region to the wider market

  • Wednesday, 21 October, 2020
    Anglo American PLC
    Anglo American faces huge class-action lawsuit over Zambia mine

    Lawyers representing more than 100,000 people file claim over historic lead poisoning

  • Wednesday, 14 October, 2020
    Zambia
    Zambia warns it is preparing for default

    Africa’s second-biggest copper producer says it cannot meet payments if creditors reject plea for delay

  • Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
    Zambia
    Zambia resists Chinese pressure on arrears

    Africa’s second-biggest copper producer has become a crucial test case for efforts at debt relief

  • Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
    South Africa
    Bentleys, Ferraris and high political stakes in ANC corruption battle

    Long-running scandal comes to boil with South African president in struggle with party rival

  • Friday, 9 October, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Hotspots of resurgent Covid erode faith in ‘herd immunity’

    Infection rates rise again in cities where some hoped a form of protection had been achieved

  • Sunday, 4 October, 2020
    South Africa
    Leadership hopeful warns South African opposition to include black majority

    Mbali Ntuli aims to rebuild main rival to the African National Congress

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