The country’s case at the World Court exposes Israel’s apartheid actions of creeping dispossession of land, segregation and discrimination, as well as military actions to destroy Palestinians and slow deaths through starvation
How the government plans to repay the money is being questioned
The Chinese premier’s visit to Europe shows the immense potential for a future of shared prosperity, cooperation and peaceful coexistence
Wealthy countries must step up and make sure that their pledges to developing countries are met, says COP28 president
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For now, South Africa is reluctant to relinquish him to stand trial in Germany for the corporate fraud that nearly imploded ‘Africa’s Ikea’
Seeing upfront the consequences of violent conflict for people – for generations – is shocking
Economic war rages on as global power dynamics shift.
The two countries are forging a relationship to help each other with renewable energy challenges
With the exception of one or two hidings, games at this World Cup have been much closer than expected
This follows the country securing billions of rands for the just energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable electricity
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Rich in resources but largely unrecognised, those in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic eke out a livelihood under harsh conditions.
Costa Rica will want to channel their 2014 spirit to send Spain or Germany home early
The additional funds from France and Germany will be used to shift South Africa to cleaner energy, so mitigating Ekom’s debt
But the funding will come at a price, given that the $8.5-bn pledged last year, was mostly in the form of loans
Negotiators are concerned that 80% of the money promised by the UK, US, Germany, France and the European Union is in the form of high interest loans
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Capital markets are no longer falling over themselves to fund our electricity generation, but South Africa’s leaders should have acted with urgency years ago
Britain consolidated its rapacious theft of territories in Africa and Asia during the reign of Elizabeth II’s great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria
But analysts say the fossil fuel’s boom will probably be short-lived as the turn to renewable energy picks up
Solving our electricity crisis is set to become more difficult as the world now faces power shortages. We aren’t the only game in town
Anti-dumping levies ensure fair prices in industries with both foreign and local players. However, the frozen chip industry depends on imports to keep the slap chips affordable
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was disconnected from the grid after shelling caused a fire,
Benin City’s looted bronzes are coming home – but the British Museum hasn’t received the memo, writes Carlos Amato
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‘We change society and that’s what we want, that’s so much more than football’
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted some to make an about-turn on coal but their scramble has not sealed the fate of renewables
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Some small to medium businesses are taking as long as 180 days to settle debts, according to an assessment by international insurer Allianz Trade
Producer price inflation reached 13.1% in April, marking the highest print since 2012
If graduates did not get their qualifications from the list of top 50 universities, 40 of which are in the US, France, China, Hong Kong, Australia, Germany, Canada and Japan, they will be excluded
Mminele, who last year stepped down as Absa chief executive, will head the newly established Presidential Climate Finance Task Team
Court battles, Covid-19 restrictions and an ageing machine has resulted in a backlog of 1.4 million driver’s licence cards waiting to be issued
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Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara is about the presence of resources, especially phosphates that make up 72% of the world’s reserves. Phosphate is used in fertiliser, a key element in agriculture, giving Morocco a tight grip over world food production.
Germany’s Climate and Energy minister Robert Habeck on Tuesday pledged to drastically ramp up renewable energy projects in the coming years
The highlights of 2021 in Africa