The Western Cape’s Covid-19 infection peak will take place from late July through to early August according to the latest epidemiological models. Both longer and flatter than anticipated, the worst o...
The Western Cape’s undisputed position as the market leader has provided consistent double-digit growth for almost a decade but, the playing field has been levelling since 2017 with Lightstone’s June ...
African countries must carry out more coronavirus testing and make people use masks, a regional disease control body said on Thursday as cases topped half a million in the continent. New cases in Afri...
Growthpoint Properties has been awarded as the overall winner of the Investment Analysts Society of South Africa (IAS) Excellence in Financial Reporting and Communications 2019. The company was also ...
The winter cold snap may result in South Africa getting even chillier, as power utility Eskom warned on Thursday morning that the “possibility of load shedding during evening peak is high” and urged t...
The rand backtracked early on Thursday after gaining ground in the previous session as investors opted to take profits ahead of local manufacturing data expected to highlight the weakness of the real ...
It’s the latest sign of the pressure the industry is under as clients balk at costs and digital competitors emerge. Even before this year’s market crash, the wealth-management industry’s richest clien...
South African truck operators are being targeted in a spate of attacks that have seen drivers assaulted and killed, cargo stolen and rigs torched. The problem has flared sporadically for more than a y...
South Africa is likely to run out of intensive-care unit beds within four weeks, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize told parliament. The scarcity of beds will come even as the number of infections, which ar...
Warren Buffett’s $2.9 billion gift this week means he has now given away Berkshire Hathaway shares valued at more than $37 billion since 2006. along with Berkshire’s underwhelming stock performance r...
Asian equity markets ground higher as investors tried to look past gathering Sino-US tension and renewed coronavirus lockdowns to upcoming company earnings, hoping that global stimulus efforts will yi...
Tuber’Chips is a food processing company, based in Gabon, that makes crisps from cassava roots. The company was started in 2018. Founder Mariama Maguiraga (21) answers our questions. Tuber’Chips is ...
The different levels of lockdown restrictions has, unsurprisingly, been accompanied by different responses and trends. Now, as various business sectors adjust to a new consumer climate, and restauran...
The different levels of lockdown restrictions has, unsurprisingly, been accompanied by different responses and trends. Now, as various business sectors adjust to a new consumer climate, and restauran...
Steinhoff has agreed to dispose of its shares in home furnishings retail chain Conforama France to Mobilux Sàrl, the parent company of BUT, a French retailer of furniture, appliances and consumer elec...
// Brooks Brothers files for bankruptcy protection amid coronavirus pandemic. // The suits retailer had already shut some stores and prepared to close US factories. Brooks Brothers has become the late...
// Pandora saw customers return to stores faster than expected since reopening. // The retailer shut all of its 2746 shops in the first quarter due to the coronavirus lockdown. // It now expects secon...
// Frasers Group tells landlords it will not pay rents until trading returns to normal. // The group owns Sports Direct, House of Fraser, Flannels, Game and Jack Wills. Frasers Group has reportedly in...
// JD Sports tests warehouse workers for coronavirus after a small number test positive. // The initial cases were identified via a local track-and-trace system. JD Sports has tested at least 500 ware...
A number of South Africans were offered home loan payment holidays by their respective banks at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Some of these payment holidays are coming to an end soon. Here...
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, commonly known as Corona Virus, we have been striving to keep the virus away from our system. It’s no surprise that the COVID-19 outbreak isn’t going to ...
Africa needs large-scale infrastructure development to open doors to trade and create opportunities for economic investment. While there is a growing realisation that this will only be achieved throu...
The pre-handover inspection team of the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has examined and approved the quality of work done on the completed 33.4km section of the 111km Hoima-Butiaba-Wanseeko ro...
Assiut National Oil Processing Company (ANOPC), a subsidiary of Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC)’s Assiut Oil Refining Co. (ASORC), has awarded a major engineering, procurement, and cons...
Motorists in Dar es Salaam the capital city of Tanzania now breathe a sigh of relief after the Ubungo interchange which is currently under construction in Ubungo district, North West region of the cit...
If South Africa is to have any hope of economic recovery post-Covid-19, no sector of the economy can afford to do things the way they did before. President Cyril Ramaphosa has said as much in several...
Many businesses are struggling financially due to the extended lockdown and freeing up capital has become a necessity to keep businesses operational. One way of doing exactly this is through a sale a...
Many motorists are concerned about the insurance implications of being involved in an accident or insured incident while driving with an expired driver’s licence, because the Covid-19 lockdown has mad...
Years of work will determine the extent of the commercial prospects for SA, with the energy sector potentially benefitting. A ‘leopard’, a ‘catfish’ and ‘bullfrog’ are mooted as ways to secure South A...
Hyprop’s carbon footprint is set to decrease further with its recent expansion of its solar project across 66% of its South African shopping mall portfolio. As part of Hyprop’s drive to continually mi...
In basic terms, a force majeure clause can be described as a clause in an agreement that deals with occurrences that may take place that would excuse either one or both of the parties from performing ...
Country “is now in the eye of the storm” says Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize. South Africa’s economic hub and most populous but smallest province, Gauteng, has surpassed the Western Cape as the country...
The rand firmed on Wednesday as the dollar fell, although a resurgence of new coronavirus cases globally and fresh evidence of the weakness of the local economy kept sentiment cautious. With COVID-19 ...
Tourism-dependent countries, oil exporters and other resource-intensive economies have been hit hardest. The African Development Bank slashed its forecast for economic growth on the continent because ...
The City of Cape Town has announced the implementation of 11 new property categories aimed at enabling lower or no rates for Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs) and other charitable property owners includ...
No date has been given for the resumption of international flights. Nigeria resumed domestic flights on Wednesday after a hiatus of around three months as Africa’s most populous country relaxes restri...
‘This is scarcely 12% of the amount stated as needed by the management of the airline,’ the head of the Transport Commission, Eldorette Harmse, said. Cash-strapped Air Namibia will have its planes gro...
With the extension of lockdown, many companies are struggling financially and freeing up capital may be a necessity to keep their businesses operational. According to Spire Property Solutions, one way...
The fatal blow for Huawei’s relationship with Europe may have come in May when the US banned the company from sourcing microchips that use American technology. Huawei Technologies Co. has gone from a ...
In other precious metals, silver and platinum were higher while palladium was little changed. Gold’s allure is only getting stronger as 2020 unfolds. Spot prices reached $1,800 an ounce and year-to-d...
Scandal-hit Steinhoff International agreed to sell its stake in the struggling French unit of home furnishings chain Conforama to Mobilux Sàrl, the parent company of furniture retailer BUT, for a nomi...
Eskom has announced it will be implementing ‘load reduction’ for certain regions of the country. Once again, this will leave many individuals and small businesses without power. In many instances, g...
Employees who stand to lose their jobs will be supported by a social plan and skills development programme. labour unions and representatives of non-unionised managers and ground staff at South Africa...
South Africa’s biggest companies believe they have the solution to the racial inequality that has riven the country since the end of apartheid a quarter-century ago: Grow the economy. The debate about...
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he tested positive for the novel coronavirus after months minimising the severity of the pandemic and defying medical experts, even as the virus has ...
Asian stocks dithered on Wednesday as an increase in new coronavirus cases in some parts of the world cast doubts over the economic recovery while oil prices eased on oversupply fears. MSCI’s broadest...
The Committee of Artwork includes members from the main committee at Ashghal, Qatar Museums, the Ministry of Culture and Sports, and the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME). “The works and ...
Earlier this week the Small Business Administration and U.S. Treasury Department released a list of recipients from the government’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which so far has allocated $521...
Because of Heritage’s open bay spacing and overhead crane system, the team chose a customized metal building over conventional construction. Since its first introduction to the public in 1837, the Joh...