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Business: Sasol’s troubled Lake Charles project now operating at 86% capacityBusiness: Sasol’s troubled Lake Charles project now operating at 86% capacity

Business: Sasol’s troubled Lake Charles project now operating at 86% capacity

Sasol's delayed multibillion dollar Lake Charles project in the US is now operating at 86% of its total capacity. The…

June 23, 2020
Business: Ramaphosa Warns of More Job Losses in South AfricaBusiness: Ramaphosa Warns of More Job Losses in South Africa

Business: Ramaphosa Warns of More Job Losses in South Africa

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa warned of widening job losses as the effects of a shutdown to curb the spread…

June 22, 2020
Business: Mboweni’s dark hour | This week’s budget may unite leaders or crush the facadeBusiness: Mboweni’s dark hour | This week’s budget may unite leaders or crush the facade

Business: Mboweni’s dark hour | This week’s budget may unite leaders or crush the facade

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni is a man who is not above using humour to get a sincere point across. He…

June 21, 2020
Business: Hope renewed as agency vows revived railway use in KenyaBusiness: Hope renewed as agency vows revived railway use in Kenya

Business: Hope renewed as agency vows revived railway use in Kenya

A team of technocrats and politicians commuting on a trial run on the Nairobi-Nanyuki railway escaped unhurt when their one…

June 20, 2020
WTO PRESIDENCY: Benin drops candidate in support on NigeriaWTO PRESIDENCY: Benin drops candidate in support on Nigeria

WTO PRESIDENCY: Benin drops candidate in support on Nigeria

She is for the moment the most formidable African candidate for the post of president of the World Trade Organization.…

June 19, 2020
Business: Junior miners fight for survival in COVID-19 stormBusiness: Junior miners fight for survival in COVID-19 storm

Business: Junior miners fight for survival in COVID-19 storm

While the mining industry overall was hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, it is junior miners who sustained the heaviest…

June 18, 2020
Business: 22,000 Edcon employees set to get retrenchment noticesBusiness: 22,000 Edcon employees set to get retrenchment notices

Business: 22,000 Edcon employees set to get retrenchment notices

SA's biggest non-food retailer Edcon has served 22,000 of its employees with notices of retrenchments as it blames load-shedding and…

June 17, 2020
Business: Kenya Tops Angola as Sub-Saharan Africa’s No. 3 EconomyBusiness: Kenya Tops Angola as Sub-Saharan Africa’s No. 3 Economy

Business: Kenya Tops Angola as Sub-Saharan Africa’s No. 3 Economy

Kenya surpassed Angola as sub-Saharan Africa’s third-largest economy in dollar terms, according to International Monetary Fund estimates. Angola has contracted…

June 16, 2020
Energy dept requests submissions for 2500MW nuclear buildEnergy dept requests submissions for 2500MW nuclear build

Energy dept requests submissions for 2500MW nuclear build

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy said in a statement released on Sunday that it is giving members of…

June 15, 2020
Business: Cybercriminals change tack in SA, use more ransomware during lockdownBusiness: Cybercriminals change tack in SA, use more ransomware during lockdown

Business: Cybercriminals change tack in SA, use more ransomware during lockdown

Stay vigilant. Hackers will keep trying to capitalise on Covid-19, warns Maher Yamout, senior security researcher at global cyber security…

June 14, 2020