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A miner holds a sack of ore as it comes out from the mine shaft at Rubaya coltan mine, near the town of Rubaya, which is controlled by M23 rebels, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Image credit: Reuters

Mining

The hidden cost of your smartphone: Inside Congo's rebel-funded mines

Giulia Paravicini and David Lewis 2 days

Source: © First Post One of Al Jazeera’s most recognisable faces in Gaza, journalist Anas al-Sharif has died following a targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists in Gaza City on Sunday evening

Media Freedom

Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif dies in Israeli attack

11 Aug 2025

Source: Reuters. People walk near a mural of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, amid the Iran-Israel conflict, in Tehran, Iran, 23 June, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency).

Markets & Investment

Investors react to news of Iran-Israel ceasefire

Global Finance & Markets Breaking News team 24 Jun 2025

#Orchids&Onions: Outsurance’s community care scores big, Eskort’s rib campaign sizzles

#OrchidsandOnions

#Orchids&Onions: Outsurance’s community care scores big, Eskort’s rib campaign sizzles

Brendan Seery 17 Jun 2025

Serving the people who serve South Africa

Law of Succession

Serving the people who serve South Africa

Issued by Capital Legacy 7 Feb 2025

Source: @GovernmentZA/X

Economy

Countdown to #Sona2025: Will foreign-policy concerns overshadow domestic troubles?

Katja Hamilton 6 Feb 2025

Source: Supplied.

Property

One-of-a-kind heritage property famous for movie shoots lists for R45m

4 Nov 2024

5 big events impacting local small businesses in May

Entrepreneurship

5 big events impacting local small businesses in May

3 May 2024

Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rule on emergency measures against Israel following accusations by South Africa that the Israeli military operation in Gaza is a state-led genocide, in The Hague, Netherlands, 26 January 2024. Reuters/Piroschka van de Wouw

Human Rights Law

SA asks World Court to weigh Israel's Rafah offensive

Nellie Peyton 13 Feb 2024

Source: Reuters.

Economy

Oil rises more than $1 on fears of spread of Middle East conflict

27 Oct 2023

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Israeli shekel plunges to 8-year low

Katja Hamilton 16 Oct 2023

Source: © 123rf Johanna McDowell, CEO of the Independent Agency Search & Selection Company (IAS) and Scopen partner says don't get caught out at pitching time

Marketing

It's pitching time as marketers are looking ahead to 2024

Johanna McDowell 27 Sep 2023

Dentsu Creative Nigeria shortlisted at Cannes Lions 2023

Cannes Lions

Dentsu Creative Nigeria shortlisted at Cannes Lions 2023

Issued by Dentsu 20 Jun 2023

Media

Gunmen kill journalist in restive northwest Cameroon, says union

Amindeh Blaise Atabong 8 May 2023

Media Freedom

Burkina Faso expels 2 French journalists

Thiam Ndiaga, Alessandra Prentice, Raissa Kasolowsky 3 Apr 2023

Media

Burkina Faso suspends France 24 broadcasts in the country after al Qaeda interview

Hereward Holland, Gareth Jones 27 Mar 2023

Source: Reuters.

Economy

US Vice President Harris promises greater investment for Africa

Cooper Inveen and Edward McAllister 27 Mar 2023

Marketing

MullenLowe partners with Sasko to launch new campaign celebrating the people behind the brand

Issued by Mullen Lowe South Africa 22 Mar 2023

Pope Francis sits next to Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi as he attends the welcoming ceremony at the Palais de la Nation on the first day of his apostolic journey, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, 31 January 2023. Simone Risoluti/Vatican Media/Handout via Reuters

Environment & Natural Resources

'Hands off Africa,' Pope Francis tells rich world

Philip Pullella and Paul Lorgerie 1 Feb 2023

Baroque palace featured in the new Netflix hit 'The Empress' now bookable on Airbnb

Travel

Baroque palace featured in the new Netflix hit 'The Empress' now bookable on Airbnb

Issued by Irvine Partners 13 Oct 2022

Can Ukraine's grain deal ease the global food crisis?

Food Security

Can Ukraine's grain deal ease the global food crisis?

Nigel Hunt and Jonathan Saul 9 Sep 2022

Image: Kenya's Supreme Court judges led by Chief Justice Martha Koome flanked by her deputy, Philomena Mwilu and Supreme Court judge Mohammed Ibrahim attend the final hearing day over a petition seeking to invalidate the outcome of the recent presidential election, at the Supreme Court in Nairobi, Kenya 2 September 2022. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Law Practice

Kenya's top court to rule on disputed presidential election

Aaron Ross 5 Sep 2022

When you buy diamonds, think of Bucha, Ukraine envoy says

Markets & Investment

When you buy diamonds, think of Bucha, Ukraine envoy says

Helen Reid 28 Jun 2022

Source: Reuters. Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with graduates of military academies on the eve of the 81st anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in World War Two in Moscow, Russia June 21, 2022. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Kremlin

Economy

Russia is rerouting trade to BRICS countries - Putin

24 Jun 2022

Shortage of oil refineries haunts Africa as fuel prices rocket

Coal, Oil & Gas

Shortage of oil refineries haunts Africa as fuel prices rocket

Wendell Roelf, Julia Payne and Bate Felix 1 Jun 2022

#OnTheBigScreen: Operation Mincemeat and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Film

#OnTheBigScreen: Operation Mincemeat and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Daniel Dercksen 6 May 2022

Steering SRSA over rough terrain

Manufacturing & Parts

Steering SRSA over rough terrain

Issued by Dunlop Tyres SA 21 Apr 2022

Portugal's Galp says security a must in Mozambique to build LNG plants

Coal, Oil & Gas

Portugal's Galp says security a must in Mozambique to build LNG plants

Sergio Goncalves and Catarina Demony 8 Apr 2022

Ukraine considers switching grain export to railroads

Agro-processing

Ukraine considers switching grain export to railroads

25 Mar 2022

How the Russia-Ukraine war could affect SA car buyers

Automotive

How the Russia-Ukraine war could affect SA car buyers

24 Mar 2022

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: Ukraine weaponises web

Brendan Seery 8 Mar 2022

Economy

Pandor in the eye of the storm

Katja Hamilton 28 Feb 2022

Markets & Investment

Russia at war; markets unstable

Andre Cilliers 24 Feb 2022

Source: Supplied.

Covid-19

SA truckers take to Cape Town's highways in stand against vaccine mandates

Katja Hamilton 21 Feb 2022

Markets & Investment

The Russian Ruble recovers from worst levels

Andre Cilliers 16 Feb 2022

World Court orders Uganda to pay $325m in reparations to DRC

Human Rights Law

World Court orders Uganda to pay $325m in reparations to DRC

Stephanie van den Berg 10 Feb 2022

TotalEnergies aims to restart $20bn Mozambique LNG project in 2022

Coal, Oil & Gas

TotalEnergies aims to restart $20bn Mozambique LNG project in 2022

Emma Rumney 1 Feb 2022

#PulpNonFiction: Things you know that just ain't so

#PulpNonFiction

#PulpNonFiction: Things you know that just ain't so

Bronwyn Williams 25 Oct 2021

Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi attends a signing ceremony following the talks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia 22August, 2019. Sputnik/Alexey Nikolsky/Kremlin via Reuters

Coal, Oil & Gas

Mozambique's gas ambitions rest on distant hope of peace

Emma Rumney & David Lewis 22 Jul 2021

Citrus industry rolls out recovery plan amid riots

Agro-processing

Citrus industry rolls out recovery plan amid riots

19 Jul 2021

Residents count cost as South Africa looting starts to die down

Retailers

Residents count cost as South Africa looting starts to die down

Nqobile Dludla 15 Jul 2021

200 liquor stores looted, along with SAB and Heineken facilities

Retailers

200 liquor stores looted, along with SAB and Heineken facilities

15 Jul 2021

#Exclusive: How the Loeries #fightthegoodfight campaign came about

Loeries Creative Week

#Exclusive: How the Loeries #fightthegoodfight campaign came about

Evan-Lee Courie 24 Jun 2021

Margaret Hirsch bags MBA at 70

Retailers

Margaret Hirsch bags MBA at 70

8 Jan 2021

Yogavelli Nambiar, CEO at Allan Gray Orbis Foundation advocates for equality of entrepreneurship in SA

Entrepreneurship

Yogavelli Nambiar, CEO at Allan Gray Orbis Foundation advocates for equality of entrepreneurship in SA

Evan-Lee Courie 1 Dec 2020

Is Covid-19 a bacteria or a virus? Affinity Health explains the differences

Covid-19

Is Covid-19 a bacteria or a virus? Affinity Health explains the differences

Issued by Affinity Health 26 Nov 2020

#OrchidsandOnions: Making heroes possible

Advertising

#OrchidsandOnions: Making heroes possible

Brendan Seery 22 Sep 2020

Thinking of visiting the Kruger now that travel is allowed? You'll be thrilled to see what's new there

Hospitality

Thinking of visiting the Kruger now that travel is allowed? You'll be thrilled to see what's new there

Issued by Irvine Partners 17 Sep 2020