The shooting in broad daylight at a taxi rank in Kwazakhele on Tuesday comes three days after the murder of the outspoken Pamela Mabini – the second activist to be gunned down in Nelson Mandela Bay in ...

Euro hits 5-month peak, rouble at 7-month high S&P 500 flirts with confirming market correction Nikkei steadies after slide to 6-month trough By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE, March 12 (Reuters) – The euro ...

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a stopgap bill to keep federal agencies funded past Friday, averting a partial shutdown beginning this weekend even as ...

Africa must look within to improve resource allocation and promote social impact investments that go beyond just boosting profits.

If he insists on a 2% VAT increase, the finance minister risks another revolt from coalition partners. However, abandoning any VAT hike leaves a substantial fiscal gap that the Treasury must fill ...

While Microsoft’s R5.4-billion investment has significant potential for South Africa’s digital economy, notable risks accompany it.

When one considers the toxic attitude towards South Africa in Washington, negotiating any sort of trade deal with the US seems like a long shot.

British police arrested the captain of a cargo ship on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter on Tuesday, a day after the vessel crashed into a tanker carrying U.S. military jet fuel off the east ...

La Niña is fading — some forecasters say it is already done and dusted — but there are hopeful signs that this weather pattern, which typically brings good rains to southern Africa, will bounce back ...

The United States agreed on Tuesday to resume military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine immediately after talks in Saudi Arabia in which Kyiv voiced readiness to accept a U.S. proposal for a ...

Just when South Africa finally has a chance of getting back to a decent economic growth run rate, factors far beyond its control may again scupper its chances.

Despite loud claims to the contrary, some form of wealth tax in South Africa — especially of the very wealthiest — is both the right thing to do, and possible to achieve.