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SUPR, a United Kingdom-based Real Estate Investment Trust focusing on supermarket properties in the UK and France, will list on the JSE.

UK-Based Real Estate Investment Trust ‘SUPRA’ to List on JSE

(3 Minutes Read) SUPR, a United Kingdom-based Real Estate Investment Trust focusing on supermarket properties in the UK and France, will list on the JSE....
Zambia to Retrieve USD 80 mn Erroneously Paid to China

Zambia to Retrieve USD 80 mn Erroneously Paid to China

(3 Minutes Read)  Zambia is working to resolve a USD 80 million payment error made by its state-owned power utility, Zesco Ltd., to China while...
South Africa's Retail Sector Gains Momentum as Consumer Sentiment Improves

South Africa’s Retail Sector Gains Momentum as Consumer Sentiment Improves

(3 Minutes Read) The South African Bureau for Economic Research’s (BER’s) latest Retail Survey reveals that retailers’ business confidence extended its positive momentum over the...
South Africa’s Luxury Segments Register Faster Growth

South Africa’s Luxury Segments Register Faster Growth

(3 Minutes Read) Exclusive communities catering to the ultra-rich have mushroomed worldwide, from the US to Brazil and the United Arab Emirates. New World Wealth predicts...
Slide in Diamond Trade to Affect Botswana

Slide in Diamond Trade to Affect Botswana

(3 Minutes Read) The finance minister also announced a range of cost-cutting measures, which follow projections earlier this week that the budget deficit for the...
McKinsey Africa Faces USD 122 Million Settlement in South African Bribery Case

McKinsey Africa Faces USD 122 Million Settlement in South African Bribery Case

(3 Minutes Read)  McKinsey & Company Africa Ltd, a subsidiary of the global consulting firm McKinsey & Company Inc., has agreed to pay USD 122...
South Africa’s Current Account Deficits Narrow

South Africa’s Current Account Deficits Narrow

(3 Minutes Read) The median estimate of three economists in a Bloomberg survey was for a deficit of 1.7% of GDP. South Africa has posted...
SAA Pilots Strike Work from Today

SAA Pilots Strike Work from Today 

(1 Minute Read)            Pilots working for South Africa’s state-owned national carrier will start a strike Thursday after talks with the airline over a pay...
Panduleni Itulal captured 26%, according to figures released by the Election Commission.

Namibia’s Opposition Calls for Declaring Presidential Election Null and Void: Urges Fresh Elections

(3 Minutes Read) Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah took more than 57% of the vote, while her main opposition rival Panduleni Itulal captured 26%, according to figures released...
Mozambique is still caught up in the post-election blues. The fight over the vote's outcome has not subsided.  The opposition presidential candidate and runner-up Venancio Mondlane urged his supporters to block traffic. There have been near-daily rallies across the southern African country since electoral authorities declared the ruling party's Daniel Chapo as the vote winner.

Tensions Escalate in Mozambique Post-Election: No Respite in Sight

(3 Minutes Read) Official results by the National Election Commission (CNE) gave Chapo 71 per cent of the vote and Mondlane, an independent candidate backed...

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