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Sunday, 28 November, 2021

Friday, 26 November, 2021

Coronavirus pandemic

South African anger over ‘rushed’ Covid travel restrictions

Scientists say they are being punished for transparency over their discovery of new variant

Friday, 19 November, 2021

News in-depthAfrican politics

Death of de Klerk stirs memories of South Africa’s ‘unresolved pain’

Ex-president will be buried on Sunday amid ambivalence over his role in apartheid transition

Thursday, 18 November, 2021

Special ReportDelivering Healthcare

South Africa struggles to get Covid messages across

Poverty, corruption and multiple languages are all barriers to clear communication on health

Tuesday, 16 November, 2021

African National Congress

South Africa’s ANC struggles to stay in power in major cities

Ruling party has days to secure place in key municipal administrations after devastating electoral result this month

Wednesday, 10 November, 2021

InterviewAfrican economy

Zambia’s new president tackles debt mountain and empty treasury

After bond default in 2020, Hichilema must reassure investors he can stabilise the copper-rich nation

Wednesday, 3 November, 2021

African National Congress

South Africa’s ANC registers worst ever electoral performance

Poorest showing since end of apartheid in 1994 as local election results trickle in

Tuesday, 2 November, 2021

World

Western nations agree $8.5bn deal to help South Africa decarbonise

Funds to help country, which gets 90% of its electricity from coal plants, transition to renewables

Sunday, 31 October, 2021

South Africa

Control of Johannesburg in balance as South Africa goes to polls

Municipal votes will be first electoral test for ANC since the country’s worst post-apartheid unrest in July

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Thursday, 28 October, 2021

COP26

South Africa power monopoly seeks more than $30bn to end coal reliance

Eskom chief in talks over COP26 deal for concessional loans to help fund renewables switch

Thursday, 28 October, 2021

FT AlphavilleCommodities

Trafigura, Zimbabwe’s ‘Queen Bee’, and the question of a South African fuel trader

FT Alphaville follows a trail of pollen to South Africa.

Monday, 25 October, 2021

News in-depthCredit Suisse Group AG

Mozambique reels from Credit Suisse ‘tuna bond’ scandal

Swiss bank fined $475m but graft trial in one of the world’s poorest countries keeps the spotlight on damage wrought

Tuesday, 19 October, 2021

Financial fraud

Credit Suisse pays $475m in fines to settle Mozambique ‘tuna bonds’ case

Swiss bank reaches deal with four regulators over 2013 scandal as it struggles to draw line under past missteps

Monday, 4 October, 2021

IPOs

African mobile mast operator IHS Towers seeks valuation of more than $7bn

Proposed New York IPO would be the largest US listing by an African company

Monday, 4 October, 2021

FT Alphaville

Inside a murky Zimbabwean mining hive

The ‘Queen Bee’, the state, and questions about a commodity trader turned miner.

Tuesday, 21 September, 2021

South Africa

South Africa moves closer to basic income in wake of civil unrest

Radical step under consideration after more than 330 people died during week of violence in July

Friday, 17 September, 2021

Telecoms

Africa’s biggest mobile tower operator plans New York IPO

Offering would tap investor demand for infrastructure as telecoms groups have looked to refocus

Sunday, 12 September, 2021

News in-depthCovid-19 vaccines

South Africa battles to boost take-up of Covid vaccines

Supplies are growing but the poor struggle to reach clinics or get time off work

Sunday, 5 September, 2021

South Africa

Jacob Zuma set for early prison release on medical parole

Ex-South African president has served two months of 15-month sentence for contempt of court

Tuesday, 31 August, 2021

Prosus

Prosus agrees to buy India’s BillDesk for $4.7bn

PayU business to merge with India’s oldest digital payments company after all-cash deal

Tuesday, 24 August, 2021

South African economy

Pandemic pushes South African joblessness to record high

More than a third of labour force unemployed as economists warn unrest could fuel further rise

Monday, 16 August, 2021

Zambia

Zambia’s opposition leader wins presidential election

Incumbent Edgar Lungu accepts results as Hakainde Hichilema sweeps to victory

Thursday, 12 August, 2021

South Africa

Ramaphosa warns corruption poses ‘existential’ threat to ruling ANC

South Africa’s president speaks in two-day testimony at inquiry into graft under predecessor Zuma

Wednesday, 11 August, 2021

News in-depthAfrican politics

Zambia braced for tight election race ahead of IMF bailout talks

Southern African nation heads to the polls against backdrop of debt crisis

Friday, 6 August, 2021

Medical science

US and Europe brace for winter flu outbreaks as social distancing ends

Epidemiologists fear populations are ill-prepared to withstand influenza after lengthy absence

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