Bloomberg One of South Africa’s newest power plants, designed to supply the grid during peak-use periods, is defective and has been limited to operate at lower capacity. The deepest power cuts in more than a decade imposed by cash-strapped, state-owned Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd this month reduced the chances of the continent’s most-industrialised economy posting a stronger recovery from last ...

Bloomberg China’s first official economic gauge for March signalled a stabilisation in the world’s second-largest economy, easing one of the biggest worries for the global outlook. The manufacturing purchasing managers index rose to 50.5 from 49.2 last month, the biggest increase since 2012 and exceeding all estimates by economists. Both new orders and new export orders — leading sub-gauges that ...

Bloomberg China continues to suspend retaliatory tariffs on US autos and car parts from April 1. The end date for the suspension may be given at a later date, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement on its website. It added that China hopes to continue talking with the US about trade issues and to make efforts to end ...