With the 30 September deadline for winding down the long steel business looming and R1bn in headline losses bleeding from ArcelorMittal South Africa’s balance sheet, CEO Kobus Verster is running out ...

The Nelson Mandela-Fidel Castro medical training programme has been controversial from the start. It’s had high points, low points, and now many say it should have an end point.

South Africa has undergone a second transition, away from the ideals of a constitutional democracy, first into a gatekeeper state, and then increasingly into what academics call a ‘violent democracy’.

Barely a year after restoring constitutional order and dominating elections, Chad’s government is doubling down against opposition and free speech.

The City of Tshwane says it is looking into reports of possible water contamination at the Montana Reservoir, north of Pretoria, after multiple complaints from residents about discoloured and ...

The National Gambling Board’s chief strategic adviser Caroline Kongwa has resigned. She earned R3.4-million last year.

US President Donald Trump intensified his trade war with Canada a day ahead of his August 1 deadline for a tariff agreement, saying it would be "very hard" to make a deal with Canada after it gave its ...

A visit to the Port of Cape Town reveals the complex reality behind Transnet’s recovery efforts, and why the state’s massive financial intervention might just be the lifeline the South African economy ...

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Woolworths has announced a first-of-its-kind benefits package designed to change the lives of thousands of its employees.

New York City detectives investigating this week's mass shooting were interviewing the attacker's associates in his home state of Nevada on Wednesday, as gun safety advocates expressed dismay that he ...

Plastic pollution was a big-ticket item at a recent meeting of African environment ministers in Nairobi. The experience of communal farmers in the Eastern Cape, who are tackling single-use nappies ...