South Africa

Jan 8, 2025
Will more automation solve Cape Town’s port problems?
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Cape Town is ranked as the world’s worst-performing port. So what is needed to turn its fortunes around?
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Apr 30, 2024
Student protestors have a long history of demanding financial divestment
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In the ’70s and ’80s, college students demanded divestment as a way to put pressure on South Africa to end its apartheid policy.
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Nov 26, 2021
South African luxury mall navigates the return to in-person shopping
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Some stores in the complex didn’t survive pandemic closures, but other tenants expanded or relocated.
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May 8, 2019
South Africans head to the polls amid frustrations with crime, corruption and immigration
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Polls indicate the ANC is likely to retain control.
Oct 1, 2018
Oil prices and inflation hit emerging economies
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Emerging economies have had a tough time in the global economy recently. We’re talking about countries like India, Turkey, South Africa and Argentina. They’re deeply engaged in the world economy, and, in some ways, very vulnerable to its ups and downs. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
Aug 9, 2017
"South Africa’s economy is in dire straits" with no short-term fix
In South Africa, there’s political disquiet this week along with economic discontent. The South African parliament tried and failed to oust President Jacob Zuma in a secret-ballot vote of no confidence. While the failure wasn’t a shock, the final vote was closer than it’s ever been, which has made Zuma’s critics more confident. Zuma is […]
Aug 9, 2017
Allegations of presidential corruption still dog South Africa’s economy
South Africa’s president, Jacob Zuma, is thanking supporters after surviving a no-confidence vote in the nation’s parliament yesterday. The secret vote was more narrowly in his favor than expected, with some 40 lawmakers from his own African National Congress party supporting the motion. Zuma has been the focus of a series of corruption allegations stretching back […]
Jun 7, 2017
South Africa falls unexpectedly into recession
The gross domestic product of South Africa, one of Africa’s largest economies, contracted nearly a full percent between the last quarter of 2016 and the first quarter of this year. Some blame President Jacob Zuma for the country’s lackluster performance. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
Dec 11, 2015
Economic, political forces harm South Africa’s rating
Africa's second-largest economy could have its debt downgraded to junk level.
May 7, 2014
South Africans disappointed by growing inequality
A tale of two economies living in the same country.

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