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Shares Slide as Maersk Signals Gradual Suez Comeback

Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd are inching back toward the Suez Canal and freight markets are already reacting, shares in both shipping groups fell on Monday as the companies confirmed plans...

South Africa Accelerates Private Investment Push for Strategic Port Terminal

The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) is accelerating efforts to secure a private investor for the Richards...

Africa’s Biggest Battery Reaches Financial Close in South Africa

Globeleq has reached commercial and financial close on its 153 MW/612 MWh Red Sands battery energy storage system...

South Africa’s Record Maize Harvest Reopens Asian Export Channels

South Africa’s agricultural sector is poised to reshape global grain flows as a projected record maize harvest brings...

SA Agricultural Trade Surplus Hits Record $1.55 Billion on Tumble in Import Costs

South Africa’s agricultural trade surplus surged to a record $1.55 billion in the first three months of the...
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South Africa Resumes Maize Exports from Key Hub Amid Record Crop Forecasts

South Africa’s state-owned logistics firm Transnet SOC Ltd. has resumed maize exports from its Maydon Wharf Agribulk Terminal in Durban for the first time...

AfDB sign €450m industrial transition credit guarantee

… to support investment in plant nutrition solutions and phosphate-based fertilisers The African Development Bank Group and OCP Group signed an agreement for a partial...

SACU Is Holding South Africa Back and Botswana’s Import Bans Are Proof

Botswana accounts for 6% of South Africa's agricultural exports, valued at US$845 million in 2025, a trading relationship significant enough to warrant serious diplomatic...

Tea Industry Is Worth More Than Bulk Exports in Kenya

Kenya has committed to a deliberate strategy of diversifying its tea export markets and expanding its range of tea products, in a move that...

Mining Indaba 2027 to focus on collaboration execution

Turning collaborations into action, Mining Indaba 2027 is expected to shift from collaboration alignment to execution. Scheduled for 8th to the 11th of February 2027,...

Trump Tariffs Push South Africa Toward Germany, China Solidifies Trade Hold

Germany has unseated the United States in South Africa’s trade rankings as Trump-era tariffs choke off American demand for South African manufactured goods. The...
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