As xenophobic attacks continued to unfold in South Africa, Catholic bishops in Africa urged the government to quickly tame the violence, amid reports of deaths and injuries.

Disputes over textbook acquisition, empowerment policy and departmental reform expose tensions between the ANC and DA inside South Africa’s coalition government.

Nigeria’s foreign ministry summoned South Africa’s envoy to complain about xenophobic attacks against its citizens, weeks after a similar complaint was lodged by Ghana.

JOHANNESBURG, May 6 (Reuters) - South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago said on Wednesday that policymakers needed to keep their options open on interest rates as geopolitical shocks clouded the outlook and inflation expectations remained above target.

The Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, sidestepped a question about the deterioration of SA Post Office buildings across South Africa.

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JOHANNESBURG, May 6 (Reuters) - South Africa's private sector expanded at its fastest pace in nearly four years in April, as sales and output rose amid supply concerns linked to the Iran war, a business survey showed on Wednesday.

Heidelberg Materials AG is in talks with banks to appoint financial advisers as it considers a bid for top South African cement maker PPC Ltd., according to people familiar with the matter.

D3 Energy Ltd (ASX:D3E, OTCQX:DNRGF) has significantly expanded the scale of its South African helium and methane portfolio after securing an independently certified maiden contingent and prospective resource for its ER386 permit in the Free State Province.

Nigeria's senate president, Godswill Akpabio, has decried the alleged killing of a Nigerian surgeon in South Africa, reportedly attacked by a local mechanic, describing the incident as disturbing and unacceptable.