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US-China trade talks spark market optimism as China cuts interest rates. Hang Seng and US futures surge; yuan dips.
Energy company Renergen has responded to Daily Maverick queries and directly denied social media claims suggesting the company lost control of assets due to a default on its Standard Bank loan.
India attacked Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday and Pakistan said it had shot down five Indian fighter jets in the worst fighting in more than two decades between the nuclear-armed enemies.
Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task on Wednesday of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from the world until they choose the man they hope can unite a diverse but divided global ...
Through its leadership of the G20, South Africa has the opportunity to champion policies for women’s economic empowerment, implemented nationally and sustained beyond its G20 presidency.
There are more than three million people alive in South Africa who have been cured of TB. But even after being cured, many continue to suffer the long-term after-effects of the disease. To find out ...
Billions of rands in damage is inflicted on South Africa’s economy every year — invasive alien species are the single biggest threat to the country’s biodiversity.
It will be a delicate but critical assignment for South Africa to secure the return from Russia of the 400 abducted Ukrainian children whom Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last month asked ...
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli has been instructed to issue a public apology and rework the GBVF campaign after fierce criticism in a province deeply affected by gender-based violence.
When viewed through a continent-wide prism, the service delivery protest phenomenon in South Africa is clearly not just a local development, but a reflection of wider regional trends and simmering ...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the White House on Tuesday for his first talks with Donald Trump and bluntly told the U.S. president that Canada would never be for sale.