Devon Maylie wrote about equities and politics from the combined Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires Johannesburg, South Africa, office. Companies covered include the biggest mining firms, ...

Simon Majadibodu DEMOCRATIC Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen is adamant that the decision to reverse the controversial 0.5 percentage point increase in value-added tax (VAT) was a direct result ...

Amidst political finger-pointing, DA leader John Steenhuisen claims the reversal of the VAT increase is a direct result of their legal challenge, while other parties scramble to take credit.

Floyd Shivambu of the MK Party asserts that their opposition led to the government's decision to scrap the VAT increase, ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has begun the process of appointing a new Deputy Chief Justice, with four top candidates under ...

Load Shedding Stopped as Eskom Power Generation RecoversPower utility Eskom has suspended load shedding following the recovery of approximately 2,015 megawatts of generation capacity, an anticipated ...

Former president Jacob Zuma has lost another round in his fight to have prosecutor Billy Downer removed from his arms deal ...

Gabriele Steinhauser is The Wall Street Journal’s Southeast Asia bureau chief. Before that, she covered sub-Saharan Africa ...

Former President Jacob Zuma is relying on French arms manufacturers as he faces serious corruption charges linked to a ...

As Ukraine’s Zelenskyy meets South Africa’s Ramaphosa in Pretoria, Moscow-allied politicians protest the state visit.

The Fed, under pressure from Trump, should take a cue from South Africa, Mark Y. Rosenberg writes in a guest commentary.