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E Media Holdings Limited - N Shares (JSE:EMN) are non-voting shares in E Media Holdings Limited.
E Media Holdings Limited owns 67.7% of E Media Investments Proprietary Limited (eMedia Investments) – a South African media group with holdings in a variety of broadcasting, content and production businesses. The other major shareholder in eMedia Investments is a subsidiary of Remgro Limited (JSE:REM).
eMedia Holdings comprises some of the leading media companies in South Africa. The Group has a controlling stake in all its key entities. Interests include investments in the broadcasting, content creation, property and facilities sectors.
Companies owned by the group fall into three categories:
Broadcast
Broadcasting companies include two of South Africa’s best-known television channels, e.tv and eNCA. In 2013 e.tv launched its free DTH multi-channel offering, OpenView HD through its sister company Platco. Broadcast companies also include YFM and Open News.
Content
Content companies produce and acquire content to license and sell to third parties. The group's content companies have carved niches for themselves in the content environment and specialise in providing the highest quality content in their respective fields.
Properties and Facilities
eMedia Holdings holds a number of property assets across South Africa, which are predominantly occupied by companies within the Group. Services offered by this segment include broadcast and television studios, post-production facilities, equipment rental and sales.
Information on the company's voting shares may be found at E Media Holdings Limited (JSE:EMH).
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This winter’s power cuts are likely to be dramatically reduced compared to winter 2023, Eskom CEO Dan Marokane said.
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Prosecutors have described the UAE’s alleged lack of “willingness” to help extradite Atul and Rajesh Gupta.
2024-04-25 07:11 +02:00
Sanral expects motorists to pay up for their historic use of Gauteng’s e-tolled roads.
2024-04-10 14:15 +02:00
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2024-03-05 11:14 +02:00
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2024-02-07 12:37 +02:00
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2024-02-06 11:09 +02:00
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2024-01-25 12:50 +02:00
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2024-01-17 11:32 +02:00
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2023-11-17 08:56 +02:00
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2023-11-02 18:37 +02:00
The Reserve Bank will keep interest rates steady at its 21 September meeting, economists say, with cuts to start next year.
2023-09-14 07:20 +02:00
Google has announced that Alex Okosi, currently regional YouTube head, will become MD of Google in Africa.
2023-09-05 10:25 +02:00
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2023-09-01 11:32 +02:00
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2023-08-29 15:39 +02:00
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2023-08-17 07:19 +02:00
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2023-08-14 14:29 +02:00
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2023-07-19 11:00 +02:00
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2023-07-09 09:49 +02:00
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2023-06-15 15:56 +02:00
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2023-06-02 16:03 +02:00
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2023-05-23 08:16 +02:00
President Cyril Ramaphosa has finally appointed a new SABC board.
2023-04-18 14:58 +02:00
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2023-04-12 13:41 +02:00
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2023-04-05 10:11 +02:00
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2023-03-28 14:45 +02:00
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2023-03-08 15:44 +02:00
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2023-03-07 12:18 +02:00
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2022-11-15 11:33 +02:00
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2022-09-23 15:34 +02:00
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2022-08-11 07:06 +02:00
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2022-07-22 09:52 +02:00
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2022-06-22 13:37 +02:00
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2022-05-31 11:47 +02:00
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2022-05-16 11:28 +02:00
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2022-05-13 15:03 +02:00
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2022-05-04 16:07 +02:00
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2022-04-29 16:32 +02:00
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2022-04-06 17:23 +02:00
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2022-03-28 18:23 +02:00
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2022-03-28 07:33 +02:00
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2022-03-01 16:13 +02:00
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2022-02-28 16:30 +02:00
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2022-02-28 13:06 +02:00
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2022-02-11 16:11 +02:00
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2022-02-09 17:15 +02:00
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2022-01-20 10:20 +02:00
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2022-01-17 07:00 +02:00
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2022-01-10 06:21 +02:00
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2021-12-15 11:05 +02:00
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2021-12-15 11:04 +02:00
South African publishers, including Media24, are taking Google and Meta Platforms to the Competition Commission, seeking compensation for use of their journalism.
2021-12-02 16:30 +02:00
The power utility will reduce load shedding to stage 2 on Thursday and expects load shedding to be completely lifted by Friday morning.
2021-11-11 11:33 +02:00
Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko was responding to questions about a news report which said MTN had made an approach to buy the company.
2021-11-09 13:03 +02:00
Eskom has vowed to continue with its accelerated maintenance programme throughout the summer months.
2021-10-25 10:12 +02:00
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2021-09-24 21:14 +02:00
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2021-09-09 11:49 +02:00
Blue Label Telecoms has suspended two senior executives pending an investigation into possible irregularities, details of which the JSE-listed group has declined to disclose at this stage.
2021-08-30 18:10 +02:00
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2021-08-11 14:14 +02:00
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2021-08-04 08:28 +02:00JSE:MTN JSE:MCG JSE:SPP JSE:PSG JSE:EMN JSE:HUG JSE:EMH JSE:ISA
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2021-08-04 03:43 +02:00
The Western Cape Blood Service was hit by a cyberattack on Thursday morning, forcing the non-profit to resort to manual, offline processing while it restores its systems from backup.
2021-07-30 15:30 +02:00South African former Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius, jailed in 2014 for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, will get another chance for an early release at a parole hearing on Friday.
2023-11-24
South Africa will miss its binding 2030 carbon emissions targets under the Paris climate agreement, three senior government officials confirmed, as the country plans to run eight coal-fired power plants for longer than planned.
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2023-11-05England’s decision to bowl first against South Africa in stifling conditions in Mumbai was a self-inflicted wound as they slipped to a team record 229-run one-day international loss that leaves their World Cup semi-final hopes hanging by a thread.
2023-10-21
The South African National Defence Force has recalled eight U.N. peacekeepers deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo following allegations of sexual misconduct against them, it said on Sunday.
2023-10-15South Africa`s Reserve Bank will keep interest rates steady at 8.25% at its Sept. 21 meeting to curb the impact of fuel price inflation, according to nearly all economists polled by Reuters, but will start cutting borrowing costs early next year.
2023-09-14South Africa and the U.S. separately on Monday noted observers` concerns with last week`s presidential and parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe and called for peace, after the opposition called the vote a fraud.
2023-08-28Thembi Kgatlana overcame personal tragedy and a brutal injury to deliver South Africa`s first Women`s World Cup win on Wednesday, booking a spot in the knockout stages with a last-gasp 3-2 upset over Italy in Wellington.
2023-08-02WELLINGTON (Reuters) -Thembi Kgatlana scored a last-gasp winner to give South Africa their first ever Women`s World Cup win with a 3-2 victory over Italy that sent them through to the last 16 of the tournament at the expense of their opponents.
2023-08-02North Korea criticised a recent U.S-South Korea agreement to bolster the deployment of American strategic assets in the region for escalating tension to the "brink of a nuclear war," state media KCNA said on Monday.
2023-05-01The United States is an unreliable friend, and Iraq should not allow any U.S. troops on its territory, Iran`s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told visiting Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid on Saturday.
2023-04-29GOMA (Reuters) -The Kenyan commander of a regional force set up to tackle militia violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo said he had resigned due to obstruction and threats to his safety, adding to doubts over whether the mission can be effective.
2023-04-29Iran`s intelligence ministry on Friday accused foreign "enemies" and dissidents of fomenting fears over suspected poisonings of schoolgirls, saying its investigation found no actual poisoning.
2023-04-28TAIPEI (Reuters) -A Chinese uncrewed combat aircraft has flown around Taiwan, the island`s defence ministry said, showcasing Beijing`s ability to attack its fall-back east coast bases, as a U.S. maritime patrol aircraft transited the Taiwan Strait.
2023-04-28Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated in Jerusalem on Thursday to show support for controversial planned legislation by the far-right coalition government which would see the country`s highest court stripped of much of its powers.
2023-04-27KYIV/BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke to Ukraine`s Volodymyr Zelenskiy by telephone on Wednesday for the first time since Russia`s invasion of Ukraine, fulfilling a longstanding goal of Kyiv which had publicly sought such talks for months.
2023-04-26(Reuters) -Many of the fastest-growing occupations held by U.S. workers in the run-up to the pandemic, such as management, finance and transportation, gained even more ground in the first two years of the health crisis, government data released on Tuesday showed.
2023-04-26LONDON (Reuters) -Britain`s Prince William has settled a phone-hacking claim against Rupert Murdoch`s UK newspaper arm for a "very large sum" after a secret deal struck with Buckingham Palace, lawyers for the heir`s brother Prince Harry said in court documents.
2023-04-25Michael Cohen on Monday asked a U.S. appeals court to revive his lawsuit against Donald Trump and other government officials, seeking damages for sending him back to prison in retaliation for publishing a tell-all memoir criticizing the former U.S. president.
2023-04-24(Reuters) -Fox News Media and top-rated host Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways, it said, less than a week after the media company and its parent Fox Corp settled a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million.
2023-04-24(Reuters) -Fox News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways, the media company said in a statement on Monday, less than a week after Fox News and parent company Fox Corp settled a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million.
2023-04-24
Israel has detained a Jordanian lawmaker on suspicion of smuggling arms and gold into the West Bank and Amman is working to secure his release, the kingdom`s foreign ministry said on Sunday.
2023-04-24Sudan`s sudden slide into conflict between the army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has stranded thousands of foreigners, including diplomats and aid workers, and countries are working to evacuate their nationals.
2023-04-23The publishers of a German magazine that ran an `interview` with Michael Schumacher generated by artificial intelligence have sacked the editor and apologised to the Formula One great`s family.
2023-04-22Alphabet Inc Chief Executive Sundar Pichai received total compensation of about $226 million in 2022, more than 800 times the median employee`s pay, the company said in a securities filing on Friday.
2023-04-22A California state court jury began deliberating on Thursday in what appears to be the first trial related to a crash involving Tesla`s Autopilot partially automated driving software.
2023-04-21North Korea`s position as a nuclear weapons state will remain undeniable and it will continue to build its forces until military threats from the United States and its allies are eliminated, state media KCNA said on Friday.
2023-04-21Fox Corp CEO Lachlan Murdoch dropped a defamation lawsuit against an Australian news site over an opinion piece he said accused him of complicity in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, saying the defendant was trying to generate publicity.
2023-04-21(Reuters) -BuzzFeed Inc said on Thursday it will shutter its news division, which gained renown for its irreverent and probing coverage but ultimately succumbed to the challenges of its digital-first business model.
2023-04-21As Britain prepares to crown King Charles III in a ceremony with traditions dating back some 1,000 years, the monarchy confronts a question it has faced down the centuries: how does it survive in the modern world?
2023-04-20Eight healthcare workers will go on trial over the death of Diego Maradona after being charged with "homicide by negligence", Argentine media reported on Wednesday.
2023-04-20
Omanis no longer need state permission to marry a foreign national according to a royal decree issued this week, a rare example of social reform in the conservative Gulf country.
2023-04-19SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said preparations for the planned launch of the country`s first spy satellite should go ahead to counter what he called threats from the United States and South Korea, state media reported on Wednesday.
2023-04-19SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered officials to launch the first spy satellite as planned, saying that boosting reconnaissance capabilities is a priority to counter "threats" from the United States and South Korea, state media reported on Wednesday.
2023-04-19DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syrian President Bashar al-Assad received Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan in Damascus on Tuesday in the most significant step yet towards ending Syria`s decade-long regional isolation, and at a time of wider rapprochement in the region.
2023-04-18Asia`s share markets were in a cautious mode on Tuesday as global investors waited to see whether China recorded a first quarter bounceback from its punishing pandemic lockdowns that led to a major economic slowdown.
2023-04-18UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United States and more than 40 other countries said in a joint statement on Monday that they were deeply concerned over Russia`s detainment of a Wall Street Journal reporter and protested Moscow`s "efforts to limit and intimidate the media."
2023-04-17The United States and more than 40 other countries said in a joint statement on Monday that they are deeply concerned over Russia`s detainment of a Wall Street Journal reporter and protested Moscow`s "efforts to limit and intimidate the media."
2023-04-17SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea held a ceremony on Sunday to celebrate the completion of 10,000 new modern homes in the newly built Hwasong District in Pyongyang, state media KCNA reported.
2023-04-17China`s defence minister Li Shangfu said the country is willing to work with Russia to have close strategic communications between their militaries, state media reported on Monday.
2023-04-17Beijing`s subway has dropped mandatory mask requirements for travellers, local media reported on Sunday, days after a Chinese health expert said the threat of COVID-19 to humans is no longer at a serious level.
2023-04-16Donald Trump will not learn the identities of jurors expected to decide at an upcoming civil trial whether the former president defamed the writer E. Jean Carroll, who also claims Trump raped her.
2023-04-14TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday thanked fighter pilots who scrambled against China`s air force during its drills around the island and pledged to keep strengthening the armed forces, as Beijing`s military activities around the island ebbed.
2023-04-14SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea said on Friday it has tested a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Hwasong-18 to "radically promote" the country`s nuclear counterattack capability, state media reported, warning of "extreme uneasiness and horror" to enemies.
2023-04-14Former U.S. President Donald Trump returned to New York to answer questions under oath on Thursday in a $250 million business fraud lawsuit brought against him by the state attorney general.
2023-04-14(Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump arrived in New York to be questioned Thursday in a $250 million civil fraud lawsuit against him by the state`s attorney general, he said in a series of overnight social media posts that also lashed out against the case.
2023-04-13Former President Donald Trump is due back in New York to be questioned Thursday in a $250 million civil fraud lawsuit against him by the state`s attorney general, according to a person familiar with the matter.
2023-04-13
Congolese women and children have been raped and subjected to other abuses during a mass expulsion of migrant workers from Angola to Democratic Republic of Congo, a doctor, officials and the United Nations said.
2023-04-13North Korea fired a missile on Thursday, South Korea and Japan said, prompting a warning for some Japanese residents to take cover.
2023-04-13China wants to start building a lunar base using soil from the moon in five years, Chinese media reported, with the ambitious plan kicking off as soon as this decade.
2023-04-12BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) -China said on Wednesday that President Tsai Ing-wen was pushing Taiwan into "stormy seas" after Beijing held military exercises in response to Tsai`s recent meeting with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California.
2023-04-12Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday that her recent overseas trip, which included the United States, showed the world Taiwan`s determination to defend freedom and democracy, even as it prompted China to stage war games around the island.
2023-04-12WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. national security agencies and the Justice Department are investigating the release of dozens of classified documents to assess the damage to national security and relations with allies and other countries, including Ukraine.
2023-04-11Thick sandstorms will hit Beijing and several provinces through Wednesday, and Chinese forecasters have advised citizens of respiratory dangers and very low visibility while travelling, state media reported.
2023-04-11The leader of a U.S. congressional committee on China said on Monday he was concerned about electric carmaker Tesla Inc`s dependency on China, a day after the company revealed plans to open a Megapack battery factory in Shanghai.
2023-04-11North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for strengthening the country`s war deterrence in a "more practical and offensive" manner to counter what it called moves of aggression by the U.S. and South Korea, state media KCNA said on Tuesday.
2023-04-11U.S. national security agencies and the Justice Department are investigating the release of dozens of classified documents to assess the damage to national security and relations with allies and other countries, including Ukraine.
2023-04-11Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday said they planned to hold a hearing in the coming days in relation to luxury trips taken by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas which were funded by a Republican donor, ProPublica reported.
2023-04-10Japan has been following China`s military drills around Taiwan consistently and "with great interest", a top government spokesperson said on Monday, on the last scheduled day for the exercises where Beijing has simulated striking the island.
2023-04-10Nobody from the LIV Golf contingent at this year`s Masters were able to slip into the Green Jacket, but a few players from the controversial Saudi-backed circuit left an indelible mark on the leaderboard at Augusta National on Sunday.
2023-04-10The Bank of Canada is expected to take in stride surprising recent economic strength and leave interest rates unchanged at its meeting on Wednesday, pinning its hopes on activity cooling as higher borrowing costs sink in, analysts said.
2023-04-09As China sends warships and fighter jets to the Taiwan Strait after a U.S. visit by Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, deemed a separatist by Beijing, fishing crews plying the narrow waterway say they fret more about their livelihood than politics.
2023-04-09
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli jets hit Syrian military targets on Sunday in response to rockets launched towards Israeli controlled territory overnight, Israel`s military said, as violence flared again following cross-border exchanges of fire during the week.
2023-04-08In a further attempt to rein in the increasing number of women defying Iran`s compulsory dress code, authorities are installing cameras in public places and thoroughfares to identify and penalise unveiled women, the police announced on Saturday.
2023-04-08In a further attempt to rein in increasing numbers of women defying the compulsory dress code, Iranian authorities are installing cameras in public places and thoroughfares to identify and penalise unveiled women, the police announced on Saturday.
2023-04-08MILAN (Reuters) -Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is "better than he was", his friend Fedele Confalonieri said on Friday after visiting him in hospital, where he is being treated for a lung infection caused by chronic leukaemia.
2023-04-07Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi spent a second night calmly in the intensive care unit of Milan`s San Raffaele hospital and is reacting positively to treatment, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Friday.
2023-04-07The European Union`s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Friday he hoped South Africa would use its good relations with Russia to convince it end the conflict in Ukraine.
2023-01-27CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -South Africa`s ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday stopped an impeachment process from being launched against President Cyril Ramaphosa, as most of its lawmakers followed party instructions to vote against a probe report on him.
2022-12-13CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -South Africa`s lawmakers will vote on Tuesday on a probe report that found President Cyril Ramaphosa may have committed misconduct over a stash of foreign currency hidden at his private game farm.
2022-12-13South Africa`s parliament was on Tuesday set to debate a report by a panel of experts that found preliminary evidence President Cyril Ramaphosa may have committed misconduct over a stash of foreign currency hidden at his private game farm.
2022-12-13
South Africa`s SPAR Group is seeking legal opinion on media allegations it took part in "fictitious" and "fraudulent" loans, the grocery retailer and wholesaler said on Friday, while also announcing its chairman would step aside.
2022-12-09South African President Cyril Ramaphosa`s fate was hanging in the balance on Monday ahead of a meeting of the executive committee of the governing party to discuss allegations he may have committed misconduct and violated the oath of office.
2022-12-05JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday it was up to the governing party`s national executive to decide his future in the face of allegations of misconduct against him, a day after his spokesman said he would not resign.
2022-12-04JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Senior officials in South Africa`s ruling African National Congress (ANC) were gathering on Friday to decide whether President Cyril Ramaphosa should stay on after an inquiry found evidence of misconduct over cash hidden at his farm.
2022-12-02Workers at South Africa`s state-owned logistics firm Transnet will go on strike starting this Thursday over a wage dispute, two labour unions said, in a move that could halt the export of key minerals and other cargo.
2022-10-04
South African power utility Eskom implemented Stage 6 power cuts early on Sunday morning, its worst level touched for the second time this year although a "total blackout" was not imminent, its chief executive officer said.
2022-09-18Twenty-one youngsters found dead in a tavern on South Africa`s east coast over the weekend may have died by poisoning from a gas leak, a source close to the investigation said on Wednesday.
2022-06-29
(Reuters) -South Africa`s governing party on Tuesday called for the swift extradition of Rajesh and Atul Gupta to face the allegations against them in South Africa after they were arrested in the United Arab Emirates.
2022-06-07Here`s what you need to know about the pandemic right now:
2022-05-25(Reuters) -Data from South Africa which suggests the Omicron coronavirus variant is 70% to 80% less severe than Delta should not be extrapolated to all countries, the head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) said on Thursday.
2021-12-23
Data from South Africa which suggests the Omicron coronavirus variant is 70% to 80% less severe than Delta should not be extrapolated to all countries, the head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) said on Thursday.
2021-12-23Test captain Dean Elgar says he will not let the allegations of racist conduct that have come to light at Cricket South Africa in recent months become an excuse for failure as his side prepare to host India in a three-match series from Sunday.
2021-12-21The World Trade Organization is close to resolving a dispute over how to spread COVID-19 vaccines more widely and fairly, but facing an "orchestrated effort" to block a deal, the body`s chief said on Thursday.
2021-12-16JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African scientists see no sign that the Omicron coronavirus variant is causing more severe illness, they said on Friday, as officials announced plans to roll out vaccine boosters with daily infections approaching an all-time high.
2021-12-10
* Majority of admissions are unvaccinated (Updates with new infections, deaths)
2021-12-10South African technology investor Naspers Ltd said on Monday its first half profit climbed 11%, driven by a large contribution from Chinese internet giant Tencent in which it indirectly holds a 29% stake.
2021-11-22HONG KONG (Reuters) -As developer China Evergrande Group scrambles to meet its debt obligations, its founder is freeing up funds from luxury assets including art, calligraphy and three high-end homes, according to filings and a person with knowledge of the matter.
2021-11-16South Africa`s Treasury is on course to halve its consolidated budget deficit following healthy corporate tax collections that were boosted by firmer commodity prices earlier this year, a Reuters poll forecast on Tuesday.
2021-11-09Richemont shareholder Artisan Partners said on Monday it agreed with activist investor Third Point that there was "significant unrecognised value" within the luxury goods firm controlled by South African billionaire Johann Rupert.
2021-11-08
South Africa`s rand led losses across emerging market currencies on Wednesday as commodity prices retreated, while stocks extended declines into a fourth session as the virus-driven risk-off sentiment persisted.
2021-07-21When Jacob Zuma bowed to pressure to quit as South Africa`s president in 2018, he ranted to the state broadcaster for an hour about his treatment by the party he had served since his teenage years.
2021-07-07When Jacob Zuma finally caved to pressure to quit as South African president in 2018, he ranted to the state broadcaster for an hour about the ill treatment he had received at the hands of the party he had served since his teenage years.
2021-06-29
