MKP wants Batohi’s pension withheld pending Nkabinde inquiry outcome 
By: Thabi Shomolekae 30th January 2026 The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) on Friday approached the Presidency to withhold outgoing National Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Shamila... →
South Africa kicks out Israel's top diplomat
By: Reuters 30th January 2026 South Africa declared the top diplomat at Israel's embassy persona non grata on Friday and ordered him out of the country within 72 hours, for what... →
Madagascar lifts 16-year ban on new mining permits, excludes gold
By: Reuters 30th January 2026 Madagascar has lifted a 16-year moratorium on new mining permits for most minerals, the government said late on Thursday, but the suspension on... →
Glencore spells out mineral status across Africa, Australia, Americas
By: Martin Creamer 30th January 2026 In a 60-page resources and reserves publication, diversified mining and marketing company Glencore has outlined its copper, zinc, nickel,... →
Operation Vulindlela again lists Eskom’s restructuring as a reform area ‘facing significant challenges’
By: Terence Creamer 30th January 2026 The latest update on progress being made in implementing the structural reforms that have been prioritised under Operation Vulindlela has again... →
Greater water supply resilience needed across Gauteng
By: Natasha Odendaal 30th January 2026 There is a need for greater resilience in Gauteng’s water supply system, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) said on Friday. The comments... →
Eskom ups wage hike offer in ongoing union talks
By: Reuters 30th January 2026 State-owned power utility Eskom has raised its salary increase offer to trade unions to 5.5% from the 3.5% it proposed last year, a document seen... →
MPC member Chris Loewald to leave Reserve Bank
By: Bloomberg 30th January 2026 The head of economic research at South Africa’s central bank is taking early retirement from the institution, reducing the number of voting members... →
Uganda lowers annual growth forecast to 6.5%-7%, to start crude output in west
By: Reuters 30th January 2026 Uganda's economy is projected to expand between 6.5% and 7% in the financial year starting July, sharply down from a previous estimate of 10.4%,... →
Gauteng water demand surges
By: Natasha Odendaal 30th January 2026 Gauteng’s three metropolitan municipalities are consuming water well above its agreed quotas with water utility Rand Water. Combined, the cities of... →
Sibanye-Stillwater updates on strategy, structure, capital allocation, implementation
By: Martin Creamer 29th January 2026 South African gold is a strategic priority, and that includes the Burnstone project, and South African platinum group metals (PGMs) are certainly... →
Draft amendments to B-BBEE codes open way for Transformation Fund
By: Terence Creamer 29th January 2026 Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has Gazetted proposed amendments to the existing Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE)... →
Sub-Saharan African countries poised for GDP growth this year
By: Marleny Arnoldi 29th January 2026 Research agency BMI forecasts that sub-Saharan Africa’s real GDP will grow by 4.2% this year, compared with 3.9% last year, which will mark the... →
