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Sibanye asks for EU concessions as it ramps up Europe’s first lithium mine

20th April 2026

South Africa’s Sibanye Stillwater said on Monday it is seeking concessions from the European Union to shield Europe’s first large-scale lithium mining...

Business

Renewed US-Iran tensions weigh on South African markets ahead of local inflation data

20th April 2026

South Africa’s rand and government bonds started the week on the back foot ahead of the release of domestic inflation data, as...

Business

Oil drops 9% as Strait of Hormuz reopens

19th April 2026

Oil prices settled down by around 9% on Friday after Iran said passage for all commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz...

News

Pope urges Angola to overcome divisions at Mass attended by 100 000 people

19th April 2026

Pope Leo urged Angolans on Sunday to overcome divisions after decades of bloody conflict in an address to an estimated 100 000...

Big Reads

Middle East turmoil clouds rate cut prospects, says Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago

19th April 2026

Reserve bank governor Lesetja Kganyago says it is difficult to see a near-term path for easing interest rates due to the volatility...

News

Pope urges Cameroon to reject violence at Mass that draws 120,000 people

18th April 2026

Pope Leo called on Cameroonians on Friday to reject violence and be generous with their neighbours during an event billed as the...

World

Gunmen kidnap students heading to exams in Nigeria’s Benue state

17th April 2026

Gunmen abducted secondary school students heading to university entrance examinations and other travellers in central Nigeria’s Benue state, the region’s governor said...

World

Moroccan farms turn to West African migrants to plug labour deficit

17th April 2026

Deep in Morocco’s fertile heartlands, pickup trucks carrying migrants from sub-Saharan Africa roll past a sea of plastic greenhouses producing fresh fruit...

World

Kenya requests World Bank funds to cushion Iran war shock, central bank chief says

17th April 2026

Kenya has requested rapid financial support from the World Bank to help it manage the shocks from the war in Iran, its...

World

Crowds gather in Cameroon for biggest event of Pope Leo’s Africa tour

17th April 2026

Thousands of people were gathering early on Friday in Douala, Cameroon’s largest city and economic hub, for a Mass with Pope Leo...