A South African app that links households with domestic workers is reeling, delivery drivers are fleeing, and a key textile hub has lost workers as anti-migrant protests push tens of thousands of people to leave the country, sending tremors through a strained economy.

South Africa processed almost 53,500 foreign nationals for deportation or voluntary repatriation since last month, as the authorities act on pledges to speed up removals while warning vigilante groups to stop conducting illegal searches for undocumented foreigners.

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention is working with the Democratic Republic of Congo to speed overdue payments to striking Ebola responders as the labor dispute threatens efforts to contain the world’s fastest-growing outbreak of the deadly disease.

South Africa is preparing for a possible Ebola outbreak as the virus continues to spread in the Democratic Republic of Congo, underscoring concerns that the continent’s busiest travel hubs may eventually import cases.

South Africa’s online grocery battle is entering a new phase where the competition is no longer just about delivering groceries faster, but rather about making shopping itself almost disappear.

Three people exposed to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been traced to a province bordering South Sudan, increasing the chances the virus could spill into one of the world’s most fragile states.

South Africa’s Pick n Pay Stores Ltd. fell after it delayed a key turnaround target by a year, tempering optimism that had driven the grocer’s stock higher ahead of the results.

Congo suspended flights to the eastern city of Bunia and regional health ministers warned of escalating cross-border risks from Ebola as the outbreak spread across three provinces and overwhelmed contact-tracing efforts.

An Ebola case detected in Goma, the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city seized by Rwanda-backed rebels last year, is highlighting how conflict and decrepit infrastructure could hamper efforts to contain the virus.

The Bundibugyo strain may have circulated undetected for weeks in northeastern Congo.

The World Health Organization declared the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern, seeking to mobilize support against a rare virus strain that likely has spread for weeks undetected and has no approved vaccine or treatment.

A rare strain of Ebola with no approved vaccine or treatment circulated undetected for weeks in conflict-hit northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo before killing at least 87 people.

A cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak has begun sailing toward Spain’s Canary Islands after evacuating three people, with two already arriving in the Netherlands for treatment, its operator said.

After almost a century of operating in South Africa, Coca-Cola Co. is deepening its investment in the market with a fresh 17.6 billion-rand ($1 billion) commitment to expand capacity and distribution through 2030.

Pepkor Holdings Ltd. hired Merwe Scholtz to lead a new banking push as Africa’s largest clothing and mobile phone retailer prepares to launch an independent lender as early as next year.

South Africa approved new import taxes to protect its steel industry after a probe found that cheap imports of some products from China and Thailand unfairly undercut local manufacturers.

Pepkor Holdings Ltd. is weighing plans to abandon a possible partnership with Investec Bank Ltd. and instead launch a lender on its own, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Mr Price Group Ltd. faced investor skepticism over the clothing chain’s purchase of the retail business of NKD Group in Europe, a deal that has wiped about a quarter off the South African retailer’s share price since it was announced.

Pepkor Holdings Ltd. is seeking a banking chief as Africa’s biggest seller of clothing and mobile phones plans to open branches using its store network in South Africa to reach millions of lower-income customers.

Woolworths Holdings Ltd. said trading in its Australian apparel business slowed sharply at the end of the first half, while stepped-up investment in its South African food division weighed on margins.