South Africa, a land of breathtaking landscapes and immense mineral wealth, is also home to one of the most broken economies on Earth. Despite being the most industrialized country in Africa, it ...

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a national state of disaster in response to the country’s drawn-out energy crisis, calling it “an existential threat” to Africa’s ...

Quality basic education is critical to fostering inclusive growth in South Africa, requiring key needs such as infrastructure reforms, efficient public spending, and the strengthening of human capital ...

PRETORIA (Reuters) -South Africa's economy stagnated in the first quarter, eking out quarter-on-quarter growth of just 0.1%, as contractions in sectors like mining and manufacturing offset a ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged on Thursday to revive South Africa's flagging economy and extend prosperity to the many left out of it, by resuscitating factories and farms, building roads and ...

Country's biggest fossil fuel company a vital fuel source Pollution from coal-to-liquid plants blamed for health woes Sasol repeatedly gets waivers from SO2 emissions standards SASOLBURG, South ...

South Africa is preparing a new trade offer to present to President Trump, hoping to appeal to his transactional approach to foreign policy and ease boiling tensions with Washington, a spokesman ...

South Africa has been a focus of President Trump’s criticism in his second term. Mr. Trump has made debunked claims that white farmers in South Africa are being killed in a genocide.On May 12 ...

South Africa is in a slump, having experienced more than a decade of weak economic growth. GDP growth has averaged only 0.8% annually since 2012 , entrenching high levels of unemployment and poverty.

South Africa’s economy narrowly escaped contraction in quarter one 2025, with gross domestic product (GDP) growing by a mere 0.1%, down from 0.4% in quarter four 2024, according to Statistics SA.

Since 2022, one World Bank-pioneered innovation has been working to bolster South Africa’s wildlife economy, while growing the Eastern Cape region’s black rhino population. The Wildlife Conservation ...