9 h. ago Pulsar Helium Announces Update for Jetstream Well Testing Program at Topaz, Minnesota

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Transport

32 h. ago The Private Equity Bet Transforming South Africa’s Energy Market

Just two years after winning the backing of one of the world’s biggest green infrastructure investors, a little-known South African company is rapidly redrawing the country’s energy map.

Other

3 d. ago Rescuers still pulling bodies out of the water as death toll in South Africa floods reaches 86

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The death toll in floods in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province has risen to 86, the police minister said Saturday as rescuers continued to retrieve bodies from the floodwater. Senzo Mchunu, the country’s top law enforcement official, spoke to police rescue teams that have been searching for missing people […]

Events

5 d. ago Proposed equity fundraising and acquisition of additional licences to create a new West Greenland Hub

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8 d. ago Carbon Border Taxes Put South Africa Exports at Risk, Study Says

South Africa’s key export industries are becoming increasingly vulnerable as climate policies like cross-border carbon taxes take hold, according to a study by Net Zero Tracker.

Economics

1 week ago Axi Showcases Their Capital Allocation Program, Axi Select, at the Finance Magnates Africa Summit

SYDNEY, June 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Leading online FX and CFD broker Axi attended the Finance Magnates Africa Summit (FMAS:25), held on May 29-30, 2025, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in Cape Town, South Africa. Event attendees were introduced to Axi Select, Axi’s capital allocation program launched in 2023. The program, designed […]

Economics

2 w. ago South African mom sentenced to life in prison for selling girl

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A South African woman was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for selling her 6-year-old daughter. Kelly Smith was sentenced by a judge alongside two others, her boyfriend and another man, who also received life sentences. All three were convicted earlier this month on kidnapping and human trafficking charges. Smith’s […]

Economics

2 w. ago Dangote Ends Nigeria’s Run as Africa’s Biggest Fuel Importer

Nigeria’s time as Africa’s biggest fuel importer has ended as the Dangote mega-refinery boosts production. The title is now held by South Africa, where operational fuel-making capacity has shrunk, according to a consultancy.

Economics

2 w. ago South Africa denies bending the rules to give Musk’s Starlink preferential treatment

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s minister of communications on Tuesday denied accusations that a draft policy watering down Black ownership requirements for tech firms was not proposed to benefit the Starlink business of white South African-born tech billionaire Elon Musk. Under South African law, foreign-owned companies are required to sell 30% of their subsidiaries to […]

Economics

3 w. ago Ramaphosa’s Building Spree for South Africa Draws $13 Billion

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said his plan to turn the nation into a construction site and improve its economic performance has attracted a record of more than 238 billion rand ($13.3 billion) of investment.

Economics

3 w. ago Trump’s photo ‘evidence’ of South African white genocide was captured in Congo

The photograph Trump showed Ramaphosa was a screenshot from a Reuters video shot in the Democratic Republic of Congo that was published on Feb. 3.

Other

3 w. ago South Africa police minister says Trump ’twisted’ facts to push baseless genocide claims

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s top law enforcement official said Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump wrongly claimed that a video he showed in the Oval Office was of burial sites for more than 1,000 white farmers and he “twisted” the facts to push a false narrative about mass killings of white people in his country. […]

Politics

3 w. ago Powering South Africa’s IoT Future: Friendly Technologies and Altron Enable Secure, Scalable Device Management for Any Industry

FOREST HILLS, N.Y., May 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Internet of Things is gaining serious momentum in Africa—and now, with a strengthened alliance between Friendly Technologies and Altron Digital Business, scalable, secure IoT device management is more accessible than ever before. Friendly Technologies, a global leader in IoT and device management platforms, is expanding […]

Other

3 w. ago Trump, South African president have tense exchange in Oval Office

During the awkward meeting, Donald Trump dimmed the lights to play footage he said proves his unsubstantiated claims of "white genocide" in South Africa.

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3 w. ago Trump confronts South African president over killing of white farmers

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump used a White House meeting to confront South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, accusing his country of failing to address the killing of white farmers. “People are fleeing South Africa for their own safety,” said Trump, who at one point dimmed the lights in the Oval Office to play a […]

Events

3 w. ago Highlights of South African Finance Minister’s Reworked Budget

Below are the highlights of South Africa’s third iteration of the 2025 budget announced by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana in Cape Town on Wednesday, after two previous versions were withdrawn because of disagreements within the governing coalition over taxes.

Politics