Regional expansion across the rest of Africa has accelerated, with operations in Kenya, Ghana and Ethiopia forming the core of ADvTECH’s international growth strategy. In Kenya, the group continued to

Thungela Resources, one of South Africa’s largest coal exporters, swung into a R7.1 billion loss for the year ended December 2025 from a R3.5 billion profit recorded in the prior year according to the

The outlook for the Group will continue to be shaped by its ability to execute across these interconnected layers. Chrome trading performance, project development in Zimbabwe, and the progression of d

Looking ahead, the trajectory of patient activity within Netcare’s network will be shaped by how these operational adjustments interact with ongoing changes in the medical scheme landscape. Capacity

Zimbabwe, once the bread-basket of Africa has accounted for 38% of South Africa's maize exports in the 2025-26 marketing year, absorbing approximately 741,000 metric tonnes out of a total of 1.95 mill

ZERA, Zimbabwe's energy regulator, has held flat petroleum pump prices for the period to 15 May 2026 with petrol (E20 blend) at USD 2.08 per litre and diesel at USD 2.09 per litre in United States dol

The South African Reserve Bank has raised its benchmark repurchase rate by 25 basis points to 7.00% on Thursday, the first rate increase in three years, joining a small group of emerging market centra

Zimbabwe completed the obituary for its formal retail sector quietly, without a single definitive closing date or a single headline large enough to match the scale of what was lost. OK Zimbabwe, one o

South Africa's economy expanded 0.5% quarter-on-quarter in Q1 2026, its sixth consecutive quarter of growth and the strongest performance since Q2 2025, as nine of ten industries registered positive o

Absa Group, South Africa's third-largest bank by assets, has launched a KES30.9 billion (US$238 million) offer to increase its stake in Absa Bank Kenya from 68.5% to as much as 85%, placing one of Afr

Zimbabwe's annual inflation in US dollar terms rose to 3.1% in June 2026, gaining 0.3 percentage points on May 2026's 2.8%, according to figures released by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency. On

Zimbabwe's 2025/26 summer season has produced 100,055 tonnes of Irish potatoes from 3,450 hectares at an average yield of 29 tonnes per hectare, an improvement from the prior year's 26 tonnes per hect

Zimbabwe's Energy Regulatory Authority has reduced petroleum prices effective 8 July 2026, bringing diesel from USD 1.99 to USD 1.87 per litre, a reduction of USD 0.12 or 6%, and blend E20 from USD 1.

De Beers is set to pause production for two years at Venetia, South Africa’s largest diamond mine, after prolonged weakness in rough diamond prices reduced the commercial value of extracting additiona

South Africa’s fastest growing tourism customers increasingly come from the same African countries whose nationals have become the focus of recurring anti migrant protests, placing one of the country’

South Africa's unemployment rate has risen to 33.6% in the second quarter of 2026, a four year high, after more than 178,000 African migrants reportedly left or were deported during an immigration cra

Nampak, the country’s biggest packaging company has generated US$67.8 million in revenue during the nine months to June 2026, 9% ahead of the comparative year, propelled by volumes growth of 16%, supp

South Africa is extending its electricity recovery into the price paid for power, with government proposing a 10-year tariff trajectory as part of broader reforms to the country’s electricity market.

Dairibord Holdings has recorded a 30% decline in export volumes during the six months to June 2026 as stronger domestic demand absorbed more of the company’s production. The decline was attributed  t

Zimbabwe has received US$1.62 billion in formal diaspora remittances between January and July 2026, placing household transfers alongside some of the country’s largest sources of foreign currency. Sou