Turkey aims to lift trade volume with Nigeria to $5 billion
By: Reuters 28th January 2026 Turkey aims to lift its trade volume with Nigeria to $5-billion from about $2-billion, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday following a meeting... →
Zero-retrenchment automation bringing faster vessel loading at RBCT 
By: Martin Creamer 28th January 2026 The new automation at Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) in KwaZulu-Natal has begun with very efficient coal stacking and reclaiming processes that... →
IFP supports Zulu King’s call to rename KwaZulu-Natal
By: Thabi Shomolekae 28th January 2026 The Inkatha Freedom Party in the KwaZulu-Natal legislature on Wednesday expressed its full support for Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini’s suggestion... →
SIU returns R1.7bn to NSFAS purse
By: Thabi Shomolekae 28th January 2026 The National Student Financial Aid Scheme has received an injection of R1.7-billion, from unallocated funds recovered by the Special Investigating... →
Man gets 20 yr sentence for tampering, theft at Camden power station
By: Schalk Burger 28th January 2026 The Ermelo District Court sentenced Simeon Majaonke Shongwe to 20 years’ imprisonment for tampering with essential infrastructure and 15 years for... →
Sanedi exec floats idea of zero-rated electricity as affordability concerns grow
By: Terence Creamer 28th January 2026 Amid growing concern over the affordability of electricity for businesses and households, the head of the energy secretariat at the South Africa... →
Creation of ‘competitive’ electricity, logistics markets key next priorities for Government Business Partnership
By: Terence Creamer 28th January 2026 Implementing reforms in the electricity and logistics sectors to facilitate the establishment of “commercially viable, competitive markets in these... →
South African rand gains as gold hits fresh peak before key interest rate decisions
By: Reuters 28th January 2026 South Africa's commodity-linked rand edged higher in early trade on Wednesday, boosted by record gold prices as markets awaited interest rate... →
Rwanda seeks arbitration in Britain's cancelled asylum deal
By: Reuters 28th January 2026 Rwanda has filed an arbitration case against Britain over a cancelled asylum deal that Prime Minister Keir Starmer scrapped in 2024, the government... →
IMF board approves final review of Zambia's lending programme, unlocking $190m
By: Reuters 28th January 2026 The executive board of the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday approved the sixth and final review of Zambia's extended credit facility, it said... →
Gauteng Education Department disputes budget cut claim, accuses DA of being ‘politically opportunistic'
By: Thabi Shomolekae 27th January 2026 Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane called out the Democratic Alliance (DA) for being “disingenuous and politically opportunistic”, after the... →
Oscar Mabuyane accuses AbaThembu King, Israeli Embassy of breaching diplomatic protocols
By: Thabi Shomolekae 27th January 2026 Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane said the Israeli Embassy’s recent engagements with provincial institutions, without the approval of government,... →
UK-FCDO, Nepad Business Foundation partner to strengthen municipal water security
By: Natasha Odendaal 27th January 2026 The New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad) Business Foundation (NBF) has entered into a strategic partnership with the UK government’s... →
