Markets don’t like surprises – and Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff threats, including a 30% blanket duty on South African imports from 1 August, are fuelling fears of broader global instability.

South African natural diamonds have not been excluded from the US tariff list, while minerals including gold, platinum group ...

A proposal by South Africa’s biggest mining company and other business leaders advising on how to offer the US access to ...

China is the world’s biggest importer of shrimp by volume, but Indonesians have preferred to sell to the US, where they could get better prices, Budhi said. Before the tariffs, China typically bought ...

The exponential growth in plastic is damaging ecosystems, the climate and human health. Why is reducing production so hard?