South Africa's state-owned power company Eskom has threatened to cut electricity supplies to Zimbabwe next month if it fails to settle debts amounting to about $9m (£7m) because of a currency shortage, Zimbabwe's state-owned Herald newspaper reports.
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has been defending his country's economic record, saying the economy is not fragile at the ongoing World Economic Forum...
The popular South African author Karel Schoeman has been reported dead. His lawyers confirmed on Wednesday that he died by committing suicide.
Local media reports...
More than 1,000 participants are taking part in the 27th World Economic Forum on Africa in Durban, South Africa which opened on Wednesday.
This year’s...
South Africa's government may appeal last week's court judgment declaring a cooperation pact with Russia's state-owned nuclear company Rosatom unlawful, the energy minister said...
Some 280 workers of telecommunication firm MTN in Nigeria have been sacked, according to local media reports.
The Guardian in Nigeria claimed that the decision...
South African President Jacob Zuma has signed the anti-money laundering bill FICA, which allows increased scrutiny of the bank accounts of "prominent individuals", including...