Latest South Africa news and analysis from across Africa.
AUTOMOTIVE
South Africa’s proposal to include battery minerals in automotive incentives could link EV manufacturing to regional value addition across SACU and SADC.
AFRICA
Africa’s expanded World Cup presence has already produced a tournament of contrasts, from Ivory Coast’s late win and Morocco’s statement draw to South Africa’s disciplinary collapse and Tunisia’s heavy defeat.
ART & CULTURE
African artists at the World Cup underline how football, music, fashion and youth culture are turning global sport into a platform for African soft power.
AUTOMOTIVE
South Africa’s proposed automotive incentive changes would treat selected battery and industrial minerals from SACU and SADC countries as local content, linking the country’s EV strategy to regional mineral beneficiation.
AFRICA
South Africa’s anti-immigrant violence is becoming a regional governance and diplomacy test, raising questions about migration policy, public order and African integration.
BUSINESS
Glencore’s South African ferrochrome unit has cancelled planned job cuts after an electricity tariff reduction, underlining how power pricing now shapes Africa’s industrial competitiveness.
AFRICA
Ghana has temporarily suspended new registrations for voluntary repatriation from South Africa after more than 1,500 citizens applied to return home amid concerns over anti-immigrant tensions.
FOOTBALL
South Africa’s delayed World Cup departure has turned a travel setback into a wider test of football administration and tournament readiness.
AFRICA
South Africa’s discounted power tariff for ferrochrome producers shows how electricity pricing has become central to industrial jobs and mineral beneficiation.
AFRICA
Ghana has begun repatriating citizens from South Africa after anti-immigrant tensions, turning a consular evacuation into a wider test of migrant safety and African diplomacy.