Commissioner Thierry Breton says a post-June order has not been made as French President Emmanuel Macron says the bloc will focus on different vaccines. In times of uncertainty you need journalism you...
Having a good understanding of your company’s financial position allows you to take advantage of opportunities that may exist within the sector in which your business operates. In a post-Covid world,...
JSE-listed construction group Raubex has grown its secured order book to a record R17.1 billion on the back of increased public sector awards, particularly by the SA National Roads Agency (Sanral). “I...
South African Airways (SAA) management and the SAA Pilots’ Association (Saapa) are expected to meet on Wednesday over pending payment disputes, according to Saapa chair Captain Grant Back. Although SA...
It looks like people eventually had time to tackle their things-to-do-around-the-house lists when Covid-19 forced the whole of South Africa to stay at home for a few months. Or they noticed that the ...
Bolivian wine-growers are continuing a centuries-old tradition started by Jesuit missionaries in a bid to capture a niche market with their unique product. In the southern Tarija department in the foo...
Oil prices climbed Monday after a vital US pipeline was put out of action by a cyber attack, while iron ore and copper hit historic peaks on demand optimism. The attack comes as prices were pushing hi...
Women in the coastal village of Bargny support their families by drying, smoking, salting, and fermenting fish. In 2020, the pandemic struck keeping them at home. In times of uncertainty you need jou...
As government and public sector unions remain deadlocked over wage negotiations, additional help has been roped in to facilitate talks and avert a potential strike by civil servants. Facilitation proc...
Betting World workers picketed in Gqeberha on Friday, demanding salaries, leave pay and TERS payouts. The workers, from six branches, say they were promised salaries from April last year. Fourteen Bet...
Former MTN CEO Phuthuma Nhleko has been appointed to the JSE board as an independent non-executive director with effect from July, the local bourse announced on Monday. Nhleko will also serve as the b...
Guillaume Rozier is devising the most popular tools to emerge during France's Covid-19 pandemic. His covidtracker.fr site and its siblings, now maintained with the help of an army of volunteers, have ...
The SA Post Office (SAPO) - which is battling financial challenges which have been worsened by the lockdown - says it has reopened most branches that were temporarily closed. A number of post offices ...
Adapt IT said on Monday that its long-serving CEO, Sbu Shabalala, will take a leave of absence for three months to “attend to personal matters”. Chief commercial officer Tiffany Dunsdon, who is also a...
South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) will further discipline its suspended Secretary General Ace Magashule if he does not apologise for a letter he wrote last week resisting his su...
Adapt IT CEO Sbu Shabalala has taken a leave of absence following a newspaper report that he was allegedly involved in ordering a violent attack. The company's share price tanked by more than 12% earl...
Former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana said he never used Prasa funds to buy himself properties. He said there were only four properties that entered and exited his portfolio during his time at Prasa. He insi...
Nersa will oppose a High Court application that Eskom filed against it, it said on Monday. Eskom and Nersa have in recent years been at loggerheads over regulatory issues involving the clawing back of...
Driven by exports of catalytic converter exports to EU, which are at risk with shift to electric vehicles. Despite the severe impact of Covid-19 lockdowns on the automotive industry globally, South Af...
By Klaus-Dieter Kaempfer: Head Commercial Property Finance, Absa. During 2020 we all experienced high levels of uncertainty affecting every aspect of our lives – the biggest driver of sentiment change...
Shares in Adapt IT plunged more than 10% on Monday after claims were published at the weekend that CEO Sbu Shabalala hired armed thugs to beat up the partner of his estranged wife, Neo. The share pric...
Emerging market currencies hovered around record-high levels on Monday as weak US jobs data kept the dollar under pressure, while South Africa’s rand rose to a 16-month peak after Moody’s skipped a so...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday that if wealthy nations hogged Covid-19 shots while millions in poor countries died waiting for them it would amount to “vaccine apartheid”. Sout...
With the date set for local government elections taking place on the 27th of October 2021, many homeowners are starting to wonder whether the municipality in charge of where they live, provides adequa...
Tokyo stocks closed higher Monday on hopes for economic recovery in the United States. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.55% to 29 518.34, while the broader Topix index gained 0.99%. Japanese shar...
Markets were mixed in Asia on Monday following a record close on Wall Street. The Dow and S&P 500 finished at all-time highs, while the Nasdaq gained nearly 1%. Tokyo, Shanghai, Seoul, Manila, Mumbai,...
Last week I wrote to you about how important energy security is for our economic recovery. It is arguably the single most important economic policy issue we have to get right as a country and BLSA is...
US equity futures climbed and Asian stocks were mixed Monday following another record high for the S&P 500 Index as weak jobs data reinforced the case for stimulus. Gasoline and crude oil rose after ...
Spur Corporation CEO Pierre van Tonder has passed away peacefully in hospital. Van Tonder, who was CEO of the franchise group until his retirement in December was hospitalised a week ago as a result o...
Clicks said on Monday it planned to acquire 25 in-store pharmacies, their drug stocks and staff from retailer Pick n Pay . In a joint statement the companies said the sale, subject to regulatory appro...
Investors are about to get a snapshot of any price pressures building across the developing world — the fallout of the unprecedented stimulus that’s been unleashed to revive the global economy. Heavyw...
The Tokyo Olympics went off without a hitch. That is, at least, at a test event at the city’s National Stadium in preparation for the main spectacle. About 1 600 athletes, organisers and media got an...
Melinda French Gates began working with divorce lawyers well over a year before her split with Bill Gates was announced last week, partly over concerns about her husband’s dealings with convicted sex ...
AngloGold Ashanti reported a headline profit of $203 million (R2.8 billion) for the three months to the end of March, thanks to a higher gold price. This is despite a decline in production due in part...
On Monday, Clicks announced plans to buy the retail pharmacy business of Pick n Pay, including 25 in-store pharmacies which will be rebranded to Clicks. All staff employed in the pharmacies will trans...
Audiomack won the hearts of many Africans by allowing those without a premium subscription to download songs and listen offline. A company that’s barely known in the US and Europe is the most successf...
South Africa's controversial copyright legislation is back in the spotlight, with a local organisation claiming that the portfolio committee on trade and industry is attempting to rush through changes...
A Turkish company threatened to switch off two floating power plants that provide about a fifth of Lebanon’s electricity, amid a dispute over corruption allegations and payments. Istanbul-based Karpow...
Clubhouse, the voice-based social network, is opening its app to Android smartphone users, the company said during its weekly Town Hall discussion hosted on the app. The buzzy app, which has attracted...
Back in 2010, a young Herve Tuyishime, a recent graduate from the Kigali Institute of Management in Rwanda, landed a job as an accountant for an insurance company. He had two passions and accounting ...
The Constitutional Court has dismissed the appeal by Kingsley Jack Whiteaway Seale, Ontspan Bellegings (Pty) Ltd, HI Frank Components (Pty) Ltd, and Schoemansville Ouwerklub over the ownership and con...
The annual two-day DEVAC Infrastructure conference and expo was held earlier this month, looking at how the delivery process in the infrastructure sector be fast-tracked. The event brought together p...
Waste and recycling company Averda has concluded the refinancing of its $148m term loan, including a $30m green loan from HSBC which will be used to support a number of its existing sustainable waste ...
Every year, I have tons of prospects who ask me, “Is content marketing right for my industry?”. Their industries range from local firms, established brands, small businesses, and highly technical comp...
The real issue in the area, she says, isn’t so much a lack of tenants, but rather the amount of available stock. “My agents have been running themselves ragged with viewings this year so there are de...
Clicks Group will acquire Pick n Pay's retail pharmacy business, including 25 in-store pharmacies which will be rebranded to Clicks. In terms of the proposed transaction, Clicks will acquire the pharm...
Pierre Van Tonder, Spur Corporation's former CEO, died in a Cape Town hospital at the age of 62 on Sunday evening, 9 May. He had been in critical condition for the past week after getting severely inj...
I’m a big advocate of collaboration when it comes to content marketing. When creatives partner with sales teams to create content, magic happens. There’s nothing like sales experience to inform conte...
Informal waste pickers already ensure that all items of value are being recycled. The City of Joburg (CoJ) wants to charge all “affluent” households a levy of R50 per month from July to fund its separ...
A combination of boredom, lack of dopamine alternatives, stimulus cheques and the gamification of markets led the USA-based online stockbroker Robinhood from relative obscurity into a multi-billion do...