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South Africa's rand and stocks slip as lower commodity prices weigh
South Africa's commodity-backed currency and stocks weakened on Wednesday, with investor focus on precious metal prices that ...
Citi Says South Africa Central Bank Could Lower CPI Goal in July
The South African Reserve Bank could lower its inflation target as soon as its policy meeting at the end of this month, ...
Trump meets presidents of 5 African nations in bid to boost trade
President Donald Trump met the presidents of five African nations -- Senegal, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Gabon -- ...
US Treasury's Bessent to skip South Africa G20 meeting, heading to Japan
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will skip a Group of 20 finance officials meeting in South Africa next week, sources ...
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The small South African town that could be crushed by the United States
South Africa is littered with small towns and communities that have been built around key exports, which now face the United ...
Why Are Police Officers in South Africa Torturing People?
A data analysis by The New York Times shows that a form of torture popular during apartheid endures in the country despite ...
South African rand steady on hopes for further trade talks with the US
The South African rand was steady on Tuesday, buoyed by hopes the country could still salvage a less damaging trade deal with ...
Mulder seals South Africa crushing Zimbabwe in heaviest innings defeat in 20 years
Wiaan Mulder has suitably taken the last catch for South Africa to hand Zimbabwe its heaviest innings defeat in 20 years and ...
An Apartheid-Era Torture Method Endures Among South African Police
A government led by freedom fighters who helped to liberate the country more than 30 years ago is now overseeing a police ...
South African superyacht crewmember killed on ship days shy of 21st birthday
A South African superyacht crew member was apparently murdered just days shy of her 21st birthday while the nearly 150-foot ...
South Africa’s first Black woman brewery owner trains a new generation
Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela is an international beer judge and taster, and is believed to be the first Black woman in South Africa ...