A state radio presenter accused by prosecutors of organizing the recruitment of South Africans to fight for Russia against Ukraine was granted bail on Monday www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Verdure, which last month sold South Africa’s first securities backed by loans made to small-scale solar power facilities, plans further sales, starting with an issuance in the first quarter of next year. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

McKinsey says it will take years for it South African business to recover from a series of corruption scandals www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The UK is in talks to extend a $1 billion climate finance guarantee South Africa has yet to use. A $400 million loan may depend on it.

Private South African freight-rail operator Traxtion will invest about $200 million in locomotives and wagons, almost doubling its fleet as the country’s more than century-old state rail monopoly comes to an end. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

South African conglomerate Bidvest said shareholders rejected its reimbursement of a trip to the Paris Olympics by its chairman and two non-executive directors www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

South Africa is holding a presenter with a state radio station in custody after she was charged with breaking laws relating to the assistance of foreign military forces www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

FSD Africa, a UK-founded financial markets development agency, is turning to philanthropists for funding as aid and development assistance dries up www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

South African police have arrested four men en route to Russia on suspicion they would contravene the country’s laws against assisting foreign military forces www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The UAE has rapidly become sub-Saharan Africa's second-biggest trade partner. It's seeking food security and wants to invest in a region with rapid economic growth rates www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Bidvest is having to explain to shareholders why it invited its non-executive directors to the Paris Olympics and then reimbursed them for their trip www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The International Criminal Court in the Hague has been asked to investigate alleged mass killings during a crackdown on post-election protests in Tanzania. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Husk Energy Systems, the world's biggest mini-grid company, has started an industry record capital raise of $400 million and wants to boost revenue 10-fold www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

BII, FirstRand create $150 million facility to help fund Africa's transition away from carbon-intensive industrial practices. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says the world can make progress on a range of issues without the US www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Alexander Stubb called for "patience" with regard to a peace plan for Ukraine after holding a phone call with Donald Trump together with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

One of former South African President Jacob Zuma‘s daughters, Duduzile, is facing legal action over her role in recruiting men from South Africa to serve in Russian forces in its war against Ukraine www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The European Union pledged €7 billion ($8.1 billion) toward boosting renewable-energy generation and increasing electricity access in Africa www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Sun King, the world’s largest off-grid solar company, said it plans to raise $1.3 billion to give access to electricity to 200 million Africans by 2030 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

South Africa fired its environment minister during the COP climate summit in Brazil and downgraded its participation at a key international forum on wildlife trade www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The Congo Basin rainforest is under threat - podcast www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2...

The surge in gold prices has seen a surge in illegal mining within Johannesburg's city limits. This neighborhood has been destroyed www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Exclusive talks between ArcelorMittal and South Africa's biggest development finance institution have ended without a deal for the steelmaker's local unit, throwing its future into limbo www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The Congo Basin is the world's biggest tropical carbon sink. There may only be a decade to save it. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

South Africa has won a $925 million loan from the World Bank to help it incentivize municipalities to run the cities they manage better www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A lawyer turned property developer has been reclaiming parts of Johannesburg’s old central business district from slumlords, making it safe, clean and functional — all at a profit. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

South Africa’s President Ramaphosa ordered a probe into how its citizens were recruited to fight as mercenaries in Russia’s war against Ukraine www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Hit men are increasingly targeting South African lawyers and other professionals who are trying to tackle corruption www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

@systemnotbroken.bsky.social Some of the world's biggest conservation nonprofits are considering a range of financial mechanisms to preserve biodiversity in South Africa including a bond to fund clearance of invasive vegetation near Cape Town www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Colossal Biosciences, a $10 billion biotech, says, working with a group of scientists, it could create a new northern white rhino within four years www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

ArcelorMittal's head of M&A has travelled to South Africa in a bid to conclude a deal for the sale of the company's local unit to the IDC www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The EU has pledged $13.3 billion in investment in South African sustainable energy projects, transport and health sectors www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

South African-made sensors have shown up in Russian suicide drones used to attack Ukraine. The country wants to know how that happened. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

When a rhino-breeding dream collapsed, it set off a continent-spanning rescue plan. Now a multimillion-dollar mission is trying to move 2,000 white rhinos to safety across Africa. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A fund for off-grid electricity projects, with a target of $500 million, plans to start disbursing money in Congo early next year www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Afrikaners are thriving in South Africa despite US President Donald Trump's false assertion that they are being subjected to genocide www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Chad has stripped wildlife nonprofit African Parks of the right to manage two of its conservation areas including one partly funded by billionaire Rob Walton www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Donald Trump says Afrikaners subject to a genocide. Yet within view of the seat of South African government they celebrated the birthday of an apartheid icon and displayed memorabilia celebrating white rule. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

South Africa is on a campaign to downgrade its relationship with Taiwan in a sign of how the chip hub is increasingly being squeezed on the global stage www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

ArcelorMittal may get a bid of about $490 million for its struggling South African unit from a group led by the state-owned Industrial Development Corp. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

outh Africa will press ahead with changes to its credit laws to make lending to smaller firms easier after earlier withdrawing the regulations www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Business leaders in South Africa say a partnership with government avoided a potential economic collapse www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

South Africa's government has turned to business as it tries to turn around the fortunes of its ailing economic hub, Johannesburg www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Are the icy relations between the US and South Africa beginning to thaw? www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

As the great powers battle over access to Africa's critical minerals the trading hub of Singapore has a different target: its carbon credits www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A long-delayed project worth $3 billion that South Africa’s commercial hub is banking on to end a growing water crisis has hit fresh opposition www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Botswana had its credit rating cut by S&P Global Ratings, yet another blow to its diamond-dependent economy that’s struggling with a slump in demand for its gems www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said next year's local government elections will be a `litmus test' for his African National Congress party. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

For two decades now, African governments have been snapping up Chinese surveillance tech and using it with few controls, narrowing the space for democracy and civil society www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

South Africa’s environment minister said he won’t immediately approve trophy hunting quotas for black rhinos, elephants and leopards, deepening a dispute with the $2.5 billion industry www.bloomberg.com/news/article...