ISAL facility remains unprofitable as aluminium producers face weaker demand and prices

Chief executive Mark Bristow says miner has taken lessons on tackling coronavirus from experience of Ebola outbreak

Airline’s operations at London’s second biggest airport face brunt of 12,000 job cuts

The four years since his promotion to CEO have been beset by crises

Airline to axe up to 3,150 jobs and close London Gatwick operations as it scales back to save business

Virgin Atlantic could be followed by British Airways in abandoning UK’s second-biggest gateway

How Virgin Galactic might help the rest of the group escape the gravitational pull of coronavirus

Biggest US oil company takes $2.9bn charge to account for crude’s plunge

Companies analysis from our sister publication

Benin crossing has been shut for three months, halting trade on vital frontier

Cyril Ramaphosa will be loath to take on the people who helped him to the ANC presidency

State-owned flag carrier struggling to pay salaries and secure funds to stay aloft

First state company to enter business rescue since end of apartheid

Business contestants battle for $1m prize money in glitzy televised extravaganza

Eskom will remove 6,000 megawatts of demand to avert total collapse of national grid

State utility Eskom removed power to stave off grid collapse

Tie-up aims to allow people with mobile wallets to pay for international online services

Telecoms group seeks to turn mobile payments unit into provider of wider services

State-backed carrier starts cancelling flights as vital government funding is delayed

Pretoria has waived rules that prevented mining groups generating electricity for their own use

Move could pave way for company to shift primary listing to London

Restrictions have hampered miner’s ability to move money out of the country

Petrochemicals group to launch sale of up to $2bn in shares as part of debt reduction push

Central African Republic has just three ventilators for its 5m people

Two Gulf companies shipped jet fuel to renegade general Khalifa Haftar, documents show

Investors fret over the level of economic stimulus Washington is likely to provide

Nikkei 225 average drops 16 per cent over the week amid broad pandemic-linked sell-off

Trading restrictions did not work in the past; there is less reason for them to work this time

Emergency move to prevent people being thrown out because of virus

Mortgage products tracking base rate vanish as ‘the numbers no longer stack up’ 

Rick Bright’s lawyers say federal investigators recommend he be reinstated during probe

We grew too fast, but came back stronger

Chief executive Thomas Buberl says different guidance between countries ‘difficult to accept’

Industry expects a sharp decline in claims as drivers stay at home during coronavirus pandemic

FCA warns failure to act could count against provider’s regulatory record

Coronavirus means many businesses face an uncertain future but the region’s fundamentals will aid recovery

Businesses shift their focus from scale to survival as a coronavirus-led downturn takes hold — but the region’s underlying growth prospects bode well for the recovery

Central banks repeatedly set the stage for the next boom and bust cycle, fuelled by growing debt

Government must prioritise getting the young back to work

Sensible and targeted state intervention can help capitalism to thrive post-crisis

Look for something elegant and distinctive but not overbearing

As global lockdowns boost streaming subscriptions, filming freezes spell trouble ahead

Crises have inspired classics of literature — so is the great Covid-19 novel already under way?

Sector across region hit by fears of panicked mass withdrawals due to pandemic

Retirement plans have suffered tumbling asset values and ballooning liabilities

Judicial review sought over alleged breach of 2015 law, claiming cost benefits should go to scheme members

How will your retirement finances change BC and AC — before and after coronavirus?

Sharp falls across financial markets in March have caused large drop in aggregate funded ratio

Right-hand man to President Carter from Iran hostage crisis to Salt Two arms treaty 

Vietnam vet and old-school conservative whose friendships crossed the political aisle