• Sun Mar 20 11:41:56 SAST 2016
  • JSE Sens
  • Register
Picture: THINKSTOCK

SA’s ignorance of Africa does everyone a disservice

Business summit reveals how lack of strategic vision and understanding of continent cause loss of opportunities, writes George Rautenbach

US must support Africa’s struggle for fair polls

Newly re-elected president Yoweri Museveni, in power for three decades, gestures as he speaks during a press conference at his country home in Rwakitura, about 275 kilometres west of the Capital Kampala on February 21, 2016. Picture: AFP/ISAAC KASAMANI

Too many pots of political discord near boiling point on the continent for the US to ignore, write Jeffrey Herbst and Greg Mills

Will Zuma’s visit to Nigeria bolster trade?

President Jacob Zuma addressing the joint sitting of the house in Nigeria’s National Assembly last week. Zuma received a standing ovation. Picture: ELMOND JIYANE, GCIS

The countries’ shared history and co-operation between its leaders could trickle down, writes Sam Mkokeli

Blood in the fields as big business eats up Ethiopia

Rural Ethiopia is in turmoil as large global investors, in line with a government strategy, take over tracts of land for commercial farming amid a growing interest in food security. Picture: SUPPLIED

Echoes of apartheid as Ethiopians pushed off land for foreigners by government bent on strict economic path, writes Tom Burgis

Zimbabwean reform a smokescreen to save the ruling party

Dianna Games promo

President Mugabe's ‘reforms’ are necessary to secure new loans as factionalism threatens to rip ruling Zanu (PF) apart, writes Dianna Games

More headlines

  • All Share : 53824.28
    Change: 1.19%
    Top 40 : 47812.41
    Change: 1.36%
    Financial 15 : 16055.69
    Change: 2.19%
    Industrial 25 : 73121.61
    Change: 1.49%
    Resource 10 : 30511.7
    Change: -0.77%
    All data is delayed by 15 min
    Data supplied by Profile Data
  • FTSE 100 : 6189.64
    Change: -0.19%
    Dow Jones Industrial : 17602.3
    Change: 0.69%
    All Share : 53824.28
    Change: 1.19%
    ASX All Ordinaries : 0
    Change: 0.00%
    S&P 500 index : 2049.58
    Change: 0.44%
    All data is delayed by 15 min
    Data supplied by Profile Data
  • ZAR/USD : 15.2645
    Change: 0.62%
    ZAR/GBP : 22.0576
    Change: 0.61%
    ZAR/EUR : 17.1943
    Change: 0.23%
    ZAR/JPY : 0.1363
    Change: 0.52%
    ZAR/AUD : 11.5875
    Change: 0.12%
    All data is delayed by 15 min
    Data supplied by Profile Data
  • Gold US$/oz : 1255
    Change: -0.21%
    Platinum US$/oz : 971
    Change: -1.22%
    Silver US$/oz : 15.79
    Change: -0.69%
    Palladium US$/oz : 588
    Change: -0.51%
    Brent Crude : 41.41
    Change: 0.07%
    All data is delayed by 15 min
    Data supplied by Profile Data