South Africa will on Friday start offering loans from a 2.5 billion rand ($135 million) Youth Fund aimed at supporting small businesses, part of a push by the government to tackle one of the world’s highest unemployment rates.

South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago said on Thursday there was no reason to delay a push for a lower inflation target to 3% despite persistent pockets of inflationary pressure from administered prices and wages.

The Swiss town of Neuchatel on Tuesday handed over to South Africa three artefacts that had spent more than a century in one of its museums."Neuchatel today handed over to South Africa three objects of symbolic and religious significance that had been housed in the collections of the Ethnographic Museum of Neuchatel for over a century,

South Africa’s government is in talks with at least six companies to secure funding needed to entice Formula 1 Grand Prix racing back to the country, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

By Siyanda Mthethwa JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African pharmacy chain Dis-Chem Pharmacies reported a 9% increase in half-year earnings on Thursday, helped by strong wholesale revenue growth. Wholesale revenue grew by 11.

India to face South Africa in Sundays Womens Cricket World Cup final in Navi Mumbai (9.30am UK first ball, live on Sky Sports Cricket); India stun defending - and seven-time - champions Australia by f