Burna Boy Becomes Africa’s Most-Streamed Artist on Spotify
Burna Boy surpassed Tyla with 46.84M monthly Spotify listeners, powered by 'Dai Dai' with Shakira — the official 2026 World...
July 8, 2026Section
South Africa News in English
The Rio Times covers South Africa daily in English — the rand, energy, politics and the companies driving the continent’s most industrialized economy. Today’s South Africa news in English, updated every day.
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South Africa Leads Africa in AI Outsourcing, Ranks Eighth
South Africa ranks 8th globally and first in Africa for AI outsourcing, scoring 66.5, an Ataraxis 2026 index finds, led...
July 8, 2026
Petrobras Bets on Africa as Its Amazon Oil Gamble Runs the Clock
Petrobras Africa is now its top exploration priority outside Brazil, with a new Sao Tome block and $7.1 billion set...
July 7, 2026
Richemont Sells Baume & Mercier to Italy After 38 Years
Richemont completed the sale of Baume & Mercier to Italy's Damiani Group on July 1, ending 38 years and sharpening...
July 7, 2026
Chinese Cars Stall Stellantis’s Big South African Factory
Stellantis South Africa paused its Gqeberha factory as Chinese cars took 19% of the market in Q1 2026, up 75%...
July 6, 2026
South Africa’s Newest Billionaire Built a Pharmacy Empire
Ivan Saltzman, who built Dis-Chem from one Johannesburg pharmacy in 1978, is South Africa's newest dollar billionaire at $1.3 billion...
July 6, 2026
Vodacom Takes Control of Safaricom in a $2.1 Billion Deal
The Vodacom Safaricom deal closed on June 30: $2.1 billion gives the South African group 55% of East Africa's most...
July 5, 2026
South Africa Rejects a Wealth Tax on Its Richest
The South Africa wealth tax debate is settled for now: Finance Minister Godongwana rejected an annual levy on the richest...
July 5, 2026
A Billionaire’s Plan to Turn Tongaat Sugar Into Power
Tongaat Hulett's new owner Robert Gumede plans to turn sugarcane into electricity, ethanol and industrial gas to save the 134-year-old...
July 5, 2026