South Africa

Ramaphosa sets priorities for G20 presidency

The prohibitive cost of Cape Town's Olympic Games dream

The South African minister of sports is trying to convince the president's office to back the city's bid to host the 2036 summer Olympic Games. But with the treasury tightening the purse strings, there is little chance he will be able to make it work.

Abuja and Pretoria trade diplomatic favours

In Cape Town, the Nigerian minister of state for foreign affairs has received South Africa's support for her candidate for the post of political affairs commissioner at the African Union. In return, the rainbow nation has asked Nigeria for help to obtain the presidency of the AfDB.

Canal+ mulls hook-up with telecoms tycoon Maseko for Multichoice buyout

Sipho Maseko, the former head of South African telecoms firm Telkom, could take a stake alongside France's Canal+ in Africa's biggest pay-TV company, Multichoice or, failing that, become one of the directors of the merged entity.