Southern Africa

Authorities in Zimbabwe have ordered banks to stop lending with immediate effect on Saturday. According to the governrment, the decision...

First Quantum Minerals said on Sunday that its board has approved plans for a $1.25 billion expansion of the company’s...

The global organisations that buy Covid vaccines for poorer countries "need to step up" and order doses from Africa's only...

Several days of unsettled weather have brought copious amounts of rain to KwaZulu-Natal, the eastern coast of southern Africa. According...

Thousands of South African soldiers will help with relief efforts in KwaZulu-Natal province, where more than 440 people have died...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has postponed a working visit to Saudi Arabia to focus on his government’s intervention in the KwaZulu-Natal...

South Africa has accused the Ukrainian ambassador to the country of using “undiplomatic” ways to seek an audience with President...

The Botswana health ministry says it has detected a new lineage of the Covid-19 Omicron variant. The infected are currently...

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has spoken out against the harassment of migrants in the country. He compared the behaviour...

Former South African President Jacob Zuma is pursuing private prosecution proceedings to remove the lead prosecutor in an arms deal...