South Africa will withdraw its 700 troops deployed under the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the presidency confirmed. Pretoria had previously repatriated hundreds of soldiers from another military mission under the Southern African Development Community (SADC) following the deaths of 17 troops amid escalating conflict with the M23 rebel
South Africa’s ambitious push to modernise its electricity transmission network has drawn interest from some of the world’s largest infrastructure players, placing India’s Adani Group firmly in the spotlight. The country’s electricity ministry has selected seven alliances as pre-qualified bidders for a massive R440 billion(KSh 3.38 trillion) transmission-grid expansion programme, a move seen as central