Country: South Africa
China Passes Japan to Become Largest Auto Exporter
A 58% year-on-year surge in exports in the first quarter of the year propelled China past Japan to become the world's largest auto exporting country. Sales to markets in Europe, Southeast Asia, South America and Africa together accounted for 40% of ...
Questions About South Africa’s Arms Scandal Should Go Beyond ‘Malign Influence’
So…since we last spoke, there’ve been some developments… A quick recap: Reuben Brigety, the U.S. ambassador to South Africa, held a press conference Thursday where he alleged that SA supplied arms and ammunition to a Russian cargo ship that docked in Cape ...
South Africa Urges Caution on BRICS Currency as Global Yuan Use Creeps Up
The BRICS group (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) will discuss the feasibility of a joint currency at an upcoming summit in Johannesburg in August. Naledi Pandor, South Africa’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, acknowledged that scheduling the discussion was prompted by calls from member states to move away ...
China’s Confusing, Contradictory Policy on Coal Power
In September 2021, President Xi Jinping announced at the United Nations that China would immediately halt all financing of coal power projects abroad as part of Beijing's broader ambition to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. ...
China and India Pushing for Coal-Friendly Language in G20
China, India and South Africa are trying to find an agreement within the G20 to allow countries to choose their own roadmap to reducing carbon emissions. The plan, which was detailed to reporters by Indian officials, would counter G20 plans ...
Chinese Company Targets South Africa With Renewable Energy Solutions Despite Difficulties Weaning off Coal
China’s Hinen Group is expanding into South Africa with a promise to make renewable energy accessible and affordable for everyone, according to the company’s Country Manager, Andy Zhou Xiang Yang. Hinen Solar South Africa is launching in the Southern African ...
Explainer: How ‘Modernization’ Became China’s Newest Talking Point
Qin Gang’s first press conference as Foreign Minister also saw the launch of a new Africa-focused talking point: Chinese modernization is different from and more inclusive than that of the West. Since then, Qin has repeated this point for example, at the Lanting ...
Namibia Partners With Chinese Company to Build 50MW Wind Power Plant
Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower) has signed power purchase and transmission connection agreements for the development of a 50MW wind power project in Lüderitz, southwestern Namibia. CERIM Lüderitz Energy, a joint venture between Riminii Investments and Energy China, will undertake the ...
South African, Chinese Communist Party Officials Meet in Beijing
The head of South Africa's Communist Party, Solly Afrika Mapaila, met the director of the CPC's international liaison department, Liu Jianchao, on Tuesday in Beijing. From the gist of the read-out of the meeting, it does not appear that the meeting ...
The Far-Reaching Consequences of China’s Demand for African Donkeys
Elephants, rhinos, and lions usually come to mind first in discussions about the China-Africa animal trade, not donkeys. But surging demand for donkey hides used to manufacture a Chinese traditional medicinal product is having a devastating impact on rural populations across ...