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July 31, 2026 Amazon is to launch its Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) in South Africa through tech company Herotel which had secured a distribution deal to resell the service in the country, beginning next year; 2027 to 2028. According to Herotel Company CEO Van Zyl Botha the satellite broadband service Amazon LEO, formerly called Project Kuiper, […]

July 22, 2026 Chinese Automaker company Chery Group plans to start producing new Vehicles in South Africa in 2027. The main question now is whether these SA-built models will be cheaper their imported counterparts from China, which they will ultimately replace? The manufacture and purchase of the vehicles in the second half of 2027, will

July 20, 2026 Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) has officially started production of their ninth-generation Hilux at its prospecton Manufacturing Plant in eThekwini – Durban Metro – following a R10.4bn investment in the programme. The ceremonial line off was attended by Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Parks Tau, Japanese Ambassador to South Africa Fumio

July 17, 2026 The Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga, urged her counterparts at a BRICS meeting, on Wednesday to place women at the centre of the trade bloc’s economic plans. Speaking at the BRICS Ministerial Meeting on Women’s Affairs, Chikunga said women should not be treated as

July 15, 2026 In a remote corner of the Northern Cape sits Hotazel, a town of roughly 4,000 people that most South Africans will never visit—and many have probably never heard of. Yet beneath the dry Kalahari landscape lies a mineral resource connected to one of the world’s most valuable companies. Hotazel is situated within

July 13, 2026 Mumbai based Agrochemicals corporation UPL Ltd. is set to invest R17 billion in eThekwini region and Durban Metro. The investment by the Indian company comes amid ongoing but delayed criminal charges related to a 2021 environmental disaster, raising questions and concerns about corporate influence on local justice. Of course, the incident was

July 10, 2026 South Africa and President Cyril Ramaphosa find themselves between a rock and a hard place, due to last week’s xenophobic attacks. In Abuja, Nigeria, the country’s parliament may vote to adopt a motion to resort to retaliatory diplomatic measures against South Africa if the attacks on its expatriates persist. This warning was

July 9, 2026 For decades, South Africans have lived by an unwritten rule: if you need to fill up, keep an eye on the first Wednesday of the month. That’s when the official petrol price changes, bringing either welcome relief or another blow to already stretched household budgets. But that familiar routine could soon face

July 6, 2026 The facilitation of market access for high valuable perishables, is made possible with efficient sea and air freight operations. The faster growers and freight forwarders can move products from their farms to markets, the high their derived value will be, owing to shelf life’s extension, reduce waste and, ultimately, lower costs for

July 3, 2026 South Africa is reeling from the attacks and violence of 30th June. March and March vigilante movement left a trail of carnage in its wake. It was indiscriminate with shops and stalls owned by not only foreigners being targeted but also locals. This was the unvarnished truth across the country. He (shop