Southern Africa

Southern Africa business news covering SADC economies: South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and regional integration. Mining, energy, and investment analysis.

South Africa Transnet rail freight private operators reform logistics corridors 2026
AfricaGovernance

SA ends rail monopoly: 11 operators in

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Africaspoint Editorial

Transnet concluded Rail Access Agreements with 11 private Train Operating Companies on May 13, ending the state monopoly on South…

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AfricaFinance

South Africa sheds 345,000 jobs in Q1

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Africaspoint Editorial

South Africa's unemployment rate rose to 32.7% in Q1 2026 from 31.4% in Q4 2025 as 345,000 jobs were shed,…

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AfricaBusiness

Cape Town taxis go cashless from June 1

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Africaspoint Editorial

Cape Town's Codeta taxi association launches a cashless payment system from June 1, replacing cash fares with prepaid cards and…

Zimbabwe electricity power grid ZESA Hwange thermal energy supply infrastructure 2026
AfricaGovernance

Zimbabwe pledges end to load shedding by December

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Africaspoint Editorial

Zimbabwe's ZESA CEO told parliament on May 11 that load shedding will end by December 2026, with 1,365MW of new…

HormuzSouth Africa immigration xenophobia Ramaphosa March deportation crackdown 2026

South Africa’s June 30 shutdown arrives

Anti-immigration protesters marched across South Africa's major cities on June 30, the deadline set by…

Angola GDP growth 5.3 percent non-oil diversification Q1 2026Dangote Refinery IPO

US-Iran truce sends oil crashing

A US-Iran ceasefire agreement and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have sent Brent…

Africa startup funding May 2026 $259 million Bima NALA LemFi fintech reboundAI

MTN’s MoMo is going super app

MTN Group Fintech has partnered with Ant International, the global payments firm behind Alipay, to…

Africa GDP 4.2 percent growth fastest economies 2025 2026Uganda Airlines Boeing 10 aircraft fleet expansion Museveni 2026

AfDB backs Arua airport in Uganda

The African Development Bank has approved $180 million to upgrade Uganda's Arua Airport into an…

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Afrophobia South Africa Nigeria ECOWAS 2026Infrastructure

Africa rises against SA as Afrophobia crisis deepens

South Africa fiscal reform debt stabilisation Moody's rating macroeconomic Johannesburg
EnergyEnoch Godongwana Treasury fiscal policy

Moody’s backs South Africa as debt peaks in 2025

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Dangote Forbes $30 billion 2026Dangote Zimbabwe billion investment cement power 2026

Dangote bets $1bn on Zimbabwe’s industrial recovery

GrowthShiprazor Cape Town ecommerce logistics 2026

Shiprazor raises $2.65m to fix Africa e-commerce logistics

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