Populist measures include universal health insurance and basic income grant for unemployed
Country’s third-largest party appeals to electorate with wealth distribution plan
FTSE 100 group rebuffed third takeover proposal for mining megamerger
BHP has another week to convince Anglo’s board on the merits of its £39bn deal
Chair of state-owned utility makes claim about outages days ahead of crucial vote for ruling ANC
Top court rules that former president cannot take part in poll because of his prison sentence
South African group’s chief executive must win over investors to fend off BHP’s unsolicited takeover bid
CEO Wanblad makes the case to shareholders and South Africa’s president
Stance defies government hostility to plan that would break up national champion
Opposition Democratic Alliance warns voters of possible deal between ANC and two radical parties
Country’s independent Competition Commission vows to assess any takeover on ‘public interest’ grounds
Statement comes as the Australian miner’s chief executive visits country after political backlash
Nick O’Donohoe says British International Investment ‘needs to be stepping forward’ as it eyes renewable energy sector
The 107-year-old South African mining group, long resistant to change, has now rejected a takeover offer from BHP
BHP, whose £31bn bid for Anglo has been rejected, faces fraught politics and complicated history in the country
Moscow has been quick to pledge its support to African countries with nuclear energy ambitions
South Africa’s regulator had inflicted Jooste with record $25mn fine for role in country’s biggest corporate scandal
Markus Jooste issued with $25mn penalty by financial watchdog for his role in accounting scandal
John Lamola reasserts goal of becoming a ‘global brand’ as state-owned carrier turns profit for first time since 2011
Electricity tsar says issue that has plagued the country for more than a decade would be largely over by year end
Move comes ahead of a general election as the ruling ANC seeks to quell unease at its handling of the economy
Revival of the Grand Inga Hydropower Project seems more likely now than it has been in years
Governing party, which faces tough elections this year, says new movement is pursuing ‘counter-revolutionary’ agenda
ICJ findings come as UN Palestinian relief agency dismisses several employees over alleged involvement in Hamas attack
Defeated presidential candidate says his Citizens Coalition for Change party has been ‘contaminated’ by ruling Zanu-PF
International Edition