Moscow - Russian diamond giant Alrosa has set up a subsidiary in Zimbabwe to begin mining operations there, it said on Monday, more than two years after it shelved plans to expand into the southern African country. ...Read More

Johannesburg - The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) on Tuesday invited public comment on a policy paper outlining the perceived risks and benefits associated with crypto assets, the available regulatory approaches around them and proposals to industry participants and stakeholders. ...Read More

Scenes of traders, travellers, fishermen and women crossing the Zambezi River on floating planks, ferries, rickshaw boats, and canoes will soon come to an end. In just 24 months, travelling between the water-rich but land-locked Zambia and Botswana will get easier, smoother and faster, when the new road and rail bridge, currently under construction across the waters of the Zambezi, is commissioned for public use. ...Read More

Johannesburg – Southern African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday said the government was taking steps to address challenges faced by Eskom, as it remained an albatross around the country’s neck. ...Read More

Windhoek - Entrepreneurs will find greater confidence to establish small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and existing SMEs will seek finance to grow as the economy begins to improve, however, confidence should walk hand in hand with responsible borrowing, Jerome Mutumba of the Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) has advised. ...Read More