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...
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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...
Banks wrapped up the syndication of roughly $52 billion of debt to fund Paramount Skydance Corp’s acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, locking in long-term financing at a hefty cost for the US media ...
Sihamba Sonke Mobility (SSM) has been announced as the new private operator of the Gautrain for the next 15 years. The 15-year concession, running from 2026 to 2041, covers the operations, maintenance...
Ted Sarandos, co-chief executive officer at Netflix, said the US streaming giant isn’t growing as quickly as he would like. “Overall, we’re not growing as fast as I want us to, and we’re working on ma...
President Donald Trump said former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell should resign from the central bank’s Board of Governors over findings the central bank mismanaged the renovation of its headquar...
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump discussed cooperation on defence, trade, energy, and critical technologies in their first phone call since June, according to a state...
Discovery Vitality is launching a HealthyWeight programme to support people who may be on GLP-1 weight-loss medicines, offering for nutrition, lifestyle and behaviour change advice – arguing that sust...
The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) issued three separate announcements on Wednesday to say it had decided to provisionally withdraw the licences of three financial firms that are authorised...
The South African Property Owners Association (Sapoa) is preparing to launch a legal battle against one of the country’s big metros over plans to use property values to determine what the municipal ra...
Highly sophisticated syndicates are intercepting payouts intended for beneficiaries of deceased estates by fabricating executor and power of attorney documents. The fraud, known in the financial indus...
Fresh from being reinstated as Public Investment Corporation (PIC) CEO after a court set aside his suspension, Patrick Dlamini used the asset manager’s annual results presentation on Wednesday to stre...
Despite retiring as CEO of Woolworths Holdings on 31 May 2026, Roy Bagattini retains long term incentives across its restricted share plan (RSP) and performance share (PS) schemes, with a fair value t...