US Federal Reserve officials left interest rates unchanged and reiterated their commitment to containing inflation, but without offering a clear signal they might raise rates at their next meeting in ...
Bahari Bay, a R3 billion residential development in Shelly Beach on KwaZulu-Natal’s (KZN) South Coast, has sold more than 100 residential plots, attracting buyers from across South Africa and internat...
The International Monetary Fund said South Africa is restoring fiscal credibility despite geopolitical risks, but needs to deliver faster economic reforms to lift investment and growth. Africa’s large...
Russian President Vladimir Putin will host dozens of African leaders in Moscow as the Kremlin seeks to deepen ties with a continent that has taken on greater strategic importance for Russia since its ...
Oil rose on a report the US may resume military strikes on Iran after next week’s midterms, and as traders tracked a tight Israeli election. Brent climbed toward $116 a barrel after a two-day drop, wh...
Global hotels and leisure giant Marriott International has officially opened The Cape Town Edition. The opening which took place at the V&A Waterfront on Tuesday marks the debut of the Edition brand ...
Morocco has overtaken South Africa in the latest Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) Where to Invest in Africa report, but its authors warn that investors should look beyond the rankings when deciding where to a...
The Johannesburg Labour Court has called out a Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) commissioner for relying on a fake judgment, presumably AI-generated, to make an unlawful r...
The Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority (PPRA) says property practitioners do not need black economic empowerment (BEE) certificates to renew their operating certificates ahead of the 31 Octob...
Food prices are the biggest financial pressure facing middle-class online shoppers, according to a survey by shopping site OneDayOnly, with more than 40% of respondents earning R25 000 or more a month...
Two multi-million rand South African mansions owned by the Gupta brothers, a trio of India-born businessmen at the centre of a corruption scandal that triggered the nation’s worst political and econom...
Morocco overtook South Africa to become the continent’s fourth-most attractive investment destination as years of industrialisation and faster growth propelled it ahead of the region’s biggest economy...
South Africa will deploy troops in KwaZulu-Natal to ensure security in a province that has witnessed incidents of anti-immigrant violence, as the country prepares for municipal elections next week. Pr...
Russia is stepping up the number of Africans it recruits to counter a personnel shortage in its military and is targeting some of the continent’s most dysfunctional states for manpower, a presentation...
Africa’s biggest initial public offering has already secured enough commitments from Nigerian and retail investors to meet its fundraising target, according to people familiar with the matter. That’s ...
Japan’s vulnerability to cyber attacks was on full display again Tuesday as hackers threatened to leak customer data of retail foreign exchange traders and to conduct a ransomware attack unless they w...
Alibaba Group Holding won a US court ruling in its challenge to a Department of Defence blacklist, testing Washington’s ability to curtail Chinese companies’ activities. A federal judge in San Jose, C...
Anthropic PBC’s initial public offering may give Commonwealth Bank of Australia an opportunity to cash in on a stake it purchased in the artificial intelligence startup more than a year ago and whose ...
Flávio Bolsonaro abandoned plans to challenge the result of Brazil’s presidential election, while his Liberal Party went a step further and formally conceded defeat to reelected President Luiz Inácio ...
Surging oil prices and the AI boom are widening a currency-market divide, deepening losses across most emerging Asian currencies while providing a buffer for others, such as the Korean won. The Philip...
Oil declined for a second day — pulling further back from a six-month high — as stepped-up diplomatic efforts strengthened expectations that a broader escalation in the US-Iran war may be averted. Bre...
Fitch Ratings expects South Africa’s debt as a percentage of GDP to start rising again in the year to March 2029 mainly due to weak economic growth, challenging National Treasury and Moody’s Ratings’ ...
Poland’s railway industry is positioning itself for a bigger international role, with Africa emerging as a potential growth market for manufacturers of rolling stock, traction systems and railway tech...
Retailer Pick n Pay will continue to trim space across its store estate after a reset plan saw it shut dozens of loss-making stores in the last three years. It will do this as leases come up for renew...
Most investors will quickly correlate the strong recovery in Sasol’s share price – from less than R60 in April 2025 to current levels of around R300 – with the sharp increase in oil prices. It is corr...
The Minister of Finance presented the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) in parliament last week, which showed just how far we have travelled along the path of restoring the health of our pub...
South Africa’s blood stocks have fallen to 3.9 days’ cover, below the five-day minimum target, prompting the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) to appeal for more donations as collections fa...
Elon Musk said SpaceX has closed a $40 billion debt deal to pay for the chips it needs to fuel its artificial intelligence ambitions. People familiar with the discussions, though, told Bloomberg News...
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado arrived in Caracas Sunday night, capping a daylong journey through five states that drew crowds of supporters and raised expectations for a return to ...
President Donald Trump said it’s “getting to be decision time” on whether he will make a deal with Tehran or resume attacks as Iranian and Houthi threats against Americans in the Middle East continue ...
Pick n Pay narrowed its loss in the half-year to 30 August by 56.3% to R139 million, with minimal growth in volume in Pick n Pay sales as the group struggles to turn the loss-making retailer around. T...
Japan’s government said it will convene a ministerial meeting on Monday to address cyber threats as a growing number of data breaches expose the nation’s online vulnerabilities. “Due to a number of cy...
Emerging-market stocks started the week lower as investors awaited earnings from some of the world’s biggest technology companies for clues on whether the artificial intelligence trade can recover fro...
Oil retreated as the US and Iran stuck to familiar rhetoric in their conflict, and a technical gauge pointed to overbought conditions. Brent fell below $115 a barrel after surging to a six-month high ...
JPMorgan Chase & Co’s private bank is using artificial intelligence (AI) to onboard clients, for investment research and other tasks in an effort to increase productivity among its wealth advisors. Th...
Triggered by comments made by Famous Brands CEO Darren Hele during the company’s results call, and the subsequent reaction on X, a closer look at South Africa’s shopping centre sector reveals some int...
The High Court in Johannesburg has reaffirmed that residential estates and communities may not charge or impose a fee on estate agents who wish to market or sell property within such communities. The ...
There’s an estimated R5 trillion in offshore portfolio assets that South Africans have accumulated over the decades, with most of the management fees going to offshore players. Some estimates put the...
South African Airways (SAA) is paying staff salaries in stages rather than in full on the usual payday as its financial pressures mount. The state-owned airline says it has faced a cash crunch in rece...
Matriculants at Eyabantu Senior Secondary School in KwaMaqoma (Fort Beaufort) in the Eastern Cape were hoping to write their exams in new classrooms they have been promised since 2019. But the school...
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana announced on Wednesday that the government will spend just under R290 billion on social grants this financial year. 20 years ago, when Sassa began operating, governme...
There’s a striking moment near the end of Musk, a new documentary by Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, when the world’s richest man is asked why he considers it important to develop X into what he ...
Coca-Cola Co took a $5 billion swing at the coffee market and whiffed. The acquisition of Costa Coffee, often referred to as the “Starbucks of the UK,” was former Coke chief executive officer James Qu...