6+ hour, 49+ min ago   (497+ words) In 2026, a wave of Afrophobia swept through South Africa’s higher education sector, reflecting trends in wider society. The scourge of xenophobic attacks has been a perennial feature of post-apartheid South Africa. Between 1994 and 2025, Wits University’s African Centre for Migration and…...

6+ hour, 49+ min ago   (526+ words) Africa still records the world’s highest aviation accident rate, while intracontinental air connectivity remains far below its potential and aviation operating costs are among the highest globally. Taxes and charges are at least 15% above the global average and African airlines…...

6+ hour, 49+ min ago   (859+ words) Poor working conditions, excessive hours and poverty wages are among the allegations facing G4S, one of the world’s largest private security employers, across its operations in South Africa, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). A scathing report by global…...

6+ hour, 49+ min ago   (495+ words) Fintech group Lesaka Technologies continues to look for acquisitions that will help to extend its reach outside South Africa. This comes as the group refines its strategy around the types of businesses it plans to retain and grow in its…...

6+ hour, 49+ min ago   (620+ words) President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for greater Indian investment in South Africa’s critical minerals, infrastructure, energy and manufacturing sectors, with a focus on building local production and value chains. Speaking at the India-South Africa Business Leadership Roundtable in New Delhi…...

20+ hour, 10+ min ago   (533+ words) Ugandan King Oyo Nyimba, long the world’s youngest monarch, was buried on Saturday among the tombs of his royal forebears as his Tooro kingdom looked to put a bitter succession battle behind it. Oyo’s appointed successor, the news anchor Edward…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (258+ words) Pan African Resources expects its full-year HEPS to almost triple, supported by higher gold prices and a rise in the amount of metal sold. The gold producer said in a trading statement on Thursday that HEPS was expected to be…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (578+ words) Kamohelo Chauke asks why Section27 has represented Tlaleng Mofokeng, an accomplished doctor and, until July, UN special rapporteur on health, in her defence against a complaint made to the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) (“Section27’s troubling choice in representing…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (492+ words) Hospitality group Southern Sun says the heightened anti-immigrant sentiment in South Africa in the first half of the year hurt transient travel, with travellers from the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) being cautious to travel. However, the group on Wednesday…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (735+ words) Outside suppliers of clothing and textiles continue to have their way with billions in government procurement of these products, despite the government having a master plan aimed at saving the local textile sector. A report by the Localisation Support Fund…...