
Eswatini Industrial Park Eyes 354 Hectares
A 354-hectare Eswatini industrial park is planned at Lavumisa for factories, processing and textiles, its Town Board chief told the...
October 24, 2026Southern Africa – South Africa, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Botswana – anchors the continent’s deepest capital markets and its richest seams of platinum, copper, gold, diamonds and gas. The Rio Times follows the rand, the Johannesburg market, mining and energy deals, and the South Atlantic ties that increasingly link the region to Brazil and Latin America. This hub collects our daily Southern Africa coverage for investors and expats.

A 354-hectare Eswatini industrial park is planned at Lavumisa for factories, processing and textiles, its Town Board chief told the...
October 24, 2026
Tshwane lifted its boil water order for central Pretoria on 24 October after tests found no E. coli, as a...
October 24, 2026
Valterra Platinum said on 23 October 2026 that third-quarter output fell 6% to 804,300 ounces, but it kept its 2026...
October 24, 2026
Mozambique politics in 2026: President Daniel Chapo, the ruling Frelimo party, the opposition, the army, the courts and the trial...
October 24, 2026
Namibia economy in 2026: the uranium mines, De Beers diamonds, oil majors, banks and state firms that decide where the...
October 24, 2026
Botswana geopolitics in October 2026: how a small diamond state deals with Washington, Beijing, Moscow, Brussels, the Gulf and New...
October 24, 2026
Ride Joburg, a roughly 97 km cycling race on closed Johannesburg roads, is on Sunday, 22 November 2026. Entry status,...
October 24, 2026
Origin psytrance festival runs 29 to 31 January 2027 near Cape Town. Weekend tickets cost about US$87 to US$124 on...
October 24, 2026
Cape Town Pride 2027 runs 5 to 28 February, with the Pride Parade and Mardi Gras on Saturday, 27 February...
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