An ex-diplomat has said President-elect Donald Trump 's return to the White House could be good for Africa. Dr. Kingsley Makhubela, a former senior South African diplomat and the former South African Chief of Protocol, has stated that Trump's directness and focus on negotiation could benefit African nations.

It is difficult to try to predict the decisions that US President-elect Donald Trump will make when he returns to the White House. But one thing seems unlikely to change: his dislike of patient, principled diplomacy as a means to peace and his preference for transactional politics and populist gestures.

In the wake of Trump’s win, Kenya’s William Ruto said his country “stands ready” to deepen its ties with Washington. Nigeria’s Bola Tinubu spoke of a second Trump administration ushering in an era of “earnest,

Harmony Gold, South Africa's biggest gold producer by volume, said on Thursday it had appointed Beyers Nel as chief executive officer to take over from Peter Steenkamp, who is retiring. Nel, a mining engineer who has been with the Johannesburg-based gold producer since 2003,

Harmony Gold Mining (NYSE:HMY) said Thursday it appointed current COO Beyers Nel as its new CEO, succeeding Peter Steenkamp, who will retire effective January 1. Nel has worked at Harmony (HMY) since 2003 and has held various positions,