The decision follows ​emergency talks after airlines warned that jet fuel prices had jumped by more ​than 270%.

Rand weakened in early trade on Tuesday

Godongwana has indicated that he’s considering the matter.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is being projected by the International Monetary Fund to climb the regional economic rankings and overtake Ethiopia as sub‑Saharan Africa’s fifth‑largest economy, a shift largely powered by booming mineral exports and rising global demand for critical resources.

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a $87 million grant to strengthen food security and rural livelihoods in Sudan, as conflict, climate shocks and economic disruption deepen a nationwide food crisis.

Microsoft will no longer have exclusive access to OpenAI’s artificial intelligence (AI) models ​and products, a significant change that will allow ‌the startup to sell its technology across rival cloud platforms, including Amazon and Google.