CAPTAUN, South Africa. Street vendors walked nervously back and forth, huddled together, wondering if it was safe to unpack the carved figurines, baskets and wire sculptures they sell daily to…
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Major gas project one step closer to launch in South Africa
Energy group Renergen says it has made “significant progress” in commissioning Phase 1 of its Virginia Gas project. The Virginia Gas project is the only onshore refinery in South Africa…
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European farmer successfully grows black truffles on the edge of Africa
Farmer Volker Miros, nostalgic for his childhood mushroom picking with his grandfather in Germany, has chosen the plateau of the rocky mountains of Sederberg, two hours’ drive from Cape Town,…
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Hyde Park house destroyed while firefighters search for hydrant
A fire in Hyde Park in a prestigious Johannesburg suburb that gutted a house has shed light on faulty fire hydrants and the shortage of fire engines in the city.…
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A start-up from South Africa decides to buy Superjet 100 jets
A South African entrepreneur has announced plans to set up Skylink Airways with a fleet of ten Superjet 100 aircraft. It will be the first SSJ100 operator in Africa South…
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A bottle of wine meant for Napoleon sold for $30,000
A bottle of red wine intended for Napoleon Bonaparte was sold at auction in South Africa. The value of the bottle, which was 200 years old, was about 30 thousand…
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Mali woman gave birth to 9 children at a time
According to the agency France-Presse, the new mother is 25 years old. Her name is Halima Cisse. She gave birth to children by caesarean section in a Moroccan clinic, where…
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The planned construction of a 4 × 4 highway in the Cape Town Suburbs on reclaimed land, divided the residents of Claremont into two camps
The proposal to build an SUV track in the Cape Town suburb has sparked a rift among residents. The land that once housed the Claremont bowling alley has not been…
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Zimbabwe to sell license to kill 500 African elephants
Zimbabwe to sell large batch of licenses to kill 500 endangered African elephants Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Authority spokesman Tinashe Faravo said the decline in tourism revenues due to the…
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American billionaire plans to extract oil off the coast of South Africa
Drilling of an oil-rich well off the west coast of South Africa is expected to begin before the end of the year. This comes after the government confirmed that Azinam…
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