At least 49 people are confirmed dead after flooding hit South Africa, including children whose school bus was swept away during the extreme weather, officials said.

South Africa will lead the next refunding exercise for the Global Fund, raising money for the international partnership fighting AIDS after the US cut healthcare support to the continent.

South African residents recalled their fear after devastating flooding ravished one of South Africa’s poorest provinces and killed at least 78 on Thursday.

Across the African continent, rising defense budgets are potentially signaling a shifting landscape in military strategy and even regional influence. Countries like Egypt, Algeria, and South Africa are pushing billions towards expanding and modernizing their armed forces,

(Reuters) -South African state ports and freight rail company Transnet said on Thursday that it had reached a wage agreement with its recognised labour unions. The deal is for a 18% salary increase over three years and averts the risk of a strike,

East African finance chiefs increased planned spending to a record to sustain economic growth and mitigate the effects of geopolitical risks and cuts in foreign aid.

In a step to accelerate South Africa’s just energy transition and establish the country as a global green hydrogen leader, R656-million has been committed to a green hydrogen fund. South Africa’s State-owned Public Investment Corporation (PIC) asset manager,

A minibus carrying schoolchildren has been swept away by heavy flooding in South Africa, a spokesperson for the Eastern Cape provincial government has told the BBC.

Foreign investors have pulled $3.7 billion out of South African equities since October in the longest such streak of outflows in five years, a report showed, as the continent's biggest equity market struggles to attract international portfolio flows.