The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) has begun using direct feedback from businesses to better gauge economic activity and help guide monetary policy. “Industry engagement is standard practice among ...
Airlink has announced that it will launch twice-daily flights between Cape Town and Lanseria International Airport in Gauteng from 4 December, giving travellers between the two regions an alternative ...
As South Africans were hit with record fuel prices from Wednesday, paying over R30 for a litre of petrol and over R33 for diesel, the economic impact of the war in the Strait of Hormuz is showing up i...
Government support provided to South Africa’s manufacturing sector – at national, provincial and municipal level – is either “weak or very weak” according to 68.8% of respondents in a survey for a new...
The court showdown between the South African Property Owners Association (Sapoa) and the City of Mangaung about the way refuse removal tariffs for non-residential properties are structured in the metr...
While many Joburgers assume simple incompetence explains the city’s visible decline, a new report points to something darker: criminal networks have allegedly infiltrated key parts of the city’s admin...
Volkswagen Group Africa (VWGA) has initiated a product safety recall covering 291 Amarok double-cab bakkies sold in South Africa due to a manufacturing fault in the side-curtain airbag assembly. Read:...
Nvidia is on the verge of becoming the first company with a $6 trillion market capitalisation as investors rotate back into the artificial-intelligence chipmaker. The stock is once more at a record hi...
Health authorities in Kenya confirmed an Ebola infection in a traveller who recently arrived from the Democratic Republic of Congo, marking the first imported case linked to the outbreak in central Af...
US funding cuts caused sharp and lasting declines in HIV prevention, testing and treatment services at organisations serving some of the people most vulnerable to the virus in Uganda and Zimbabwe, acc...
The fortune of the world’s richest person jumped by $65 billion on Monday to $1.04 trillion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, as the value of his stakes in SpaceX and Tesla rose. SpaceX...
For the first time in years, all asylum seekers, including people who entered South Africa unlawfully or have no visa, are being given access to the asylum system. A Home Affairs circular on 28 Septem...
Judging by the latest reporting season, and on the face of it, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have staged a remarkable financial turnaround after many years of decline. The biggest – Eskom, Transnet, ...
Fuel associations are on high alert ahead of Wednesday’s fuel price adjustments, with the pending increases expected to drive motorists to the pumps before the clock strikes midnight. Fuel pumps acros...
South Africans will pay a record price for fuel as the latest oil shocks caused by the Iran war catch up with the monthly adjustments made by the government at the pump. The retail price of 95-octane ...
State-owned logistics operator Transnet Pipelines (TPL) has formally issued Requests for Proposals (RFPs) inviting private sector operators to lease, maintain, and operate five liquid fuel storage fac...
Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, who warned that artificial intelligence could become too powerful for humans to control, will testify Monday at a New York City Council hearing alongside repre...
The oil stockpiles that cushion the world from supply shocks have become “scarily thin,” putting markets at risk of worsening unless the Strait of Hormuz reopens, according to the head of Saudi Arabia...
The Automobile Association of South Africa (AA) is calling on the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources to add N-methylaniline to a sample of South Africa’s petrol specification and to begin t...
Britain’s jobs market is stuck in its longest downturn since the early 2000s, according to a closely-watched survey, surpassing the decline during the financial crisis. S&P Global’s UK purchasing mana...
Our new book, How we made it in Africa II: Real stories of entrepreneurs turning opportunity into profit, is available here. The book was recently shortlisted for the Business Council for Africa (BCA...
Del set off at a tear, turning on a dime as he corralled three sheep around the field. His white socks and the flash of white across his nose were nothing but a blur. Nearby, his trainer stood with a...
Price spikes even in a small number of foods can be enough to drive broader inflation higher, according to an analysis by the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit. Image: Mauricio Palos/Bloomberg. From...
Foreign investors are increasingly funding the growth of artificial intelligence computing across North America, JPMorgan Asset Management’s Charles Wu told an audience at the SuperReturn conference i...
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, is racing to attract 10 million investors to his refinery’s initial public offering, with a marketing blitz that has swept across Nigeria’s commercial hub. The off...
A large chunk of the Gauteng Department of Social Development’s (GDSD) budget is paid to social welfare organisations, among them old age homes, shelters for abused women, children’s homes, drug rehab...
An AI jobs apocalypse may not be the biggest threat to US workers in the next decade. The larger challenge could be helping millions of people move into new jobs, according to a study by consulting f...
South Africa’s rural development debate often starts with a familiar idea: if rural households have more land, they can produce more food, earn more money and become “emerging farmers” who eventually ...
South Africa recorded more than 1 million international tourist arrivals in August 2026, a 7.4% increase from August 2025, as the country’s tourism sector continues to attract foreign spending and dem...
“I think my cattle are getting sick from this water,” said Nosi Mane, a Jouberton-based cattle herder, standing next to a sign thanking people for “not polluting the environment”. Mane and his roughly...
Zimbabwe plans to cancel duty on food imports to help cushion prices from the impact of potential crop shortages caused by the El Nino weather pattern, said Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube. The measure ...
South Africa delayed by six months a request for proposals from private companies to build transmission lines, further slowing the expansion of the country’s electricity infrastructure. The Independen...
Absa Group has become the first bank on the continent to offer digital-asset custody as it seeks to tap a market estimated at about $1.5 billion. The Johannesburg-headquartered lender will offer its S...
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) has issued a public censure against primary New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)-listed gold miner AngloGold Ashanti plc for breaching its listings requirements after d...
Oil steadied after a two-day gain as the US sent an additional aircraft carrier to the Middle East, potentially escalating the war with Iran and threatening to hamper a recovery in energy flows. Brent...
South African taxpayers are increasingly being forced into the courts to challenge the South African Revenue Service (Sars) over its refusal to suspend payment of disputed tax debts. By law, taxpayers...
Discovery Health Medical Scheme (DHMS) says its medical aid contributions will increase by between 7.4% and 8.9% from 1 January 2027, with what it terms as two-thirds of beneficiaries facing increases...
The Department of Transport (DoT) is in the process of reforming its public transport grant system into a unified support model available on selected routes to both bus and taxi operators. Minister of...
A full bench of the Pietermaritzburg High Court ruled on 30 September that eThekwini had no reasonable prospects of success in its appeal against the December judgment. In the initial judgment, the hi...
The price of petrol 95 is expected to breach the R30-a-litre mark in October for the first time, according to the latest projections from the Central Energy Fund (CEF). The CEF’s final monthly update ...
The usual calculations of how much consumers will have to pay on their mortgages, car instalments and credit cards, and how much more it will cost to fill their cars with fuel, do not come close to de...
Former Miss South Africa Tatum Keshwar-Wheatley will no longer provide consulting services to Africa Bitcoin Corporation (ABC), while chief investment officer Akshay Karan has stepped down with immedi...
A near $100 billion rout in September has left South Africa’s benchmark stock index at its most oversold level in 17 months, according to a momentum indicator that measures the speed and magnitude of ...
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says the arrest of two Home Affairs officials accused of selling fraudulent passports marks a decisive step in dismantling a criminal syndicate that has exploi...
Persian Gulf oil producers are shifting critical cargo transfer operations even farther out of the war-hit region as waters just outside the Strait of Hormuz become congested with tankers. It’s anothe...
Zimbabwe said that compensation to White farmers for land seized 26 years ago has now reached $508 million, as the southern African nation seeks to restore access to international capital markets. “Th...
Pandora A/S is seeing US demand stabilise at a low level as consumers grapple with inflation and high gas prices, Chief Executive Officer Berta de Pablos-Barbier said. The Danish jeweller saw consumer...