Southern Africa

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

SAA is Africa’s first Bitcoin airline

South African Airways is the first major African airline to accept Bitcoin for flight bookings, using Ozow and MoneyBadger's Lightning…

South Africa turns to Dangote for fuel

South Africa has lost half its refining capacity and gets 75% of its fuel from the Middle East. With the…

Botswana’s $3.7bn reserve loss forces a rethink

Botswana's foreign exchange reserves have collapsed from $7.5bn in 2017 to $3.2bn today. Diamond revenues are down 50%. GDP contracted…

BHP’s $246bn warning to South Africa

The world's largest miner, about to be led by a South African, is delivering a pointed message to Pretoria: fix…