6 d. ago South African rand steady amid safe‑haven rush on US–China strains

South African rand steady amid safe‑haven rush on US–China strains  Reuters

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7 d. ago South Africa Signs Trade Protocol to Export Stone Fruit to China

South Africa Signs Trade Protocol to Export Stone Fruit to China  Bloomberg.com

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9 d. ago Carrying Forward the Spirit of the Beijing World Conference on Women and Promoting the New and Accelerated Process for Women’s All

Carrying Forward the Spirit of the Beijing World Conference on Women and Promoting the New and Accelerated Process for Women’s All-Round Development_Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of South Africa  驻南非使馆

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1 week ago Chinese rare earth stocks surge as Beijing expands export controls By Investing.com

Chinese rare earth stocks surge as Beijing expands export controls By Investing.com  Investing.com South Africa

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2 w. ago China’s GWM and Chery eye vehicle assembly in South Africa – report

China’s GWM and Chery eye vehicle assembly in South Africa – report  Yahoo! Autos

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2 w. ago South Africa secures China, India investments to boost local auto manufacturing

South Africa secures China, India investments to boost local auto manufacturing  Reuters

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3 w. ago South Africa’s ambassador to France dies after fall at Paris hotel

Former South African Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has been found dead at a hotel in Paris, where he served as Pretoria’s ambassador. Mthethwa, who served as former President Jacob Zuma’s minister of police from 2009 to 2014, was found dead at the foot of a Hyatt hotel after a fall, an official in the Paris prosecutor’s office said. He was 58. The prosecutor’s office said Mthethwa booked a room on the 22nd floor of the hotel and a security window had been forced open. Mthethwa was reported...

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3 w. ago South Africa’s ambassador to France found dead after fall at Paris hotel

Former South African police minister Nathi Mthethwa has been found dead at a hotel in Paris, where he served as Pretoria’s ambassador. Mthethwa, who served as former president Jacob Zuma’s minister of police from 2009 to 2014, was found dead at the foot of the Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile hotel after a fall, an official in the Paris prosecutor’s office told Bloomberg. He was 58. The prosecutor’s office said Mthethwa booked a room on the 22nd floor of the hotel and a security window had been forced...

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3 w. ago Nigeria Deal With China Will Enable It To Make Insulin Alongside Egypt And South Africa

Nigeria Deal With China Will Enable It To Make Insulin Alongside Egypt And South Africa  Health Policy Watch

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3 w. ago Taipei backtracks on South Africa chip controls in representative office row

Taiwan has reversed its semiconductor export controls on South Africa just two days after it announced them in protest over Pretoria’s push to relocate Taipei’s representative office. Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs announced on Thursday that following discussions with the foreign ministry, it had decided to suspend its first unilateral chip curbs on a foreign government. The export controls unveiled on Tuesday were set to come into effect in late November and would have required prior...

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3 w. ago Chinese solar panels rewire Africa for the future at record pace as costs fall

African solar energy use is surging, with Chinese-made panels a common sight across the continent, on rooftops and in the massive renewable energy plants being built in countries such as Algeria and South Africa by companies from China. An Oxford Economics study released on Monday showed the continent welcomed a record 9,516 megawatts worth of Chinese-made solar panels in the first seven months of this year, from just 6,625MW in the same period last year. The trend reflects how Africa is...

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4 w. ago South Africa and China to push investment after jump in US import tariffs

South Africa and China to push investment after jump in US import tariffs  Reuters

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last month Mother arrested after girl, 4, dies in apparent fall from Hong Kong flat

A mother has been arrested for negligence after her four-year-old girl died from an apparent fall from a flat at a Hong Kong housing estate. Emergency services were alerted at 6.15pm on Monday by a man who saw the unconscious child lying outside Hong Wo House at Wo Che Estate in Sha Tin. Authorities believed she had fallen from a flat. Emergency personnel arrived and found the girl unconscious. She was rushed to Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin but was later pronounced dead. Her 34-year-old...

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