The rail line running from Africa’s biggest container port to South Africa’s richest province ran at 25% of its capacity over the past week because of theft, vandalism and damage.
The unannounced attendance of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the G-7 summit has unnerved the Brazilian delegation, which now feels pressure to accept an invitation for a face-to-face meeting with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, according to Brazilian officials.
South Africa’s bilateral cooperation with the US has continued uninterrupted, despite American allegations that Pretoria supplied weapons to Russia, said deputy finance minister David Masondo.