“I went to Sassa nine times last month to renew my disability grant and only on the ninth time was it approved,” says 30-year-old Howard (name changed) who was diagnosed with Schizoaffective Disorder ...
From February to May 2022, many places in Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia have seen record-breaking daily and monthly rainfall. Repeated periods of persistent and intense rain have ...
The latest data shows that there has been an increase in hospital admissions in both the public and private sector. In light of the approaching winter months combined with the recent lifting of the na...
Richemont is a high quality, globally diversified hard luxury business that owns some of the world’s most desirable and enduring heritage brands. These brands have legacies that span centuries and ca...
Since 2017, the African Union (AU) has undergone institutional reforms to increase its efficiency and effectiveness. The gist of these reforms was proposed by the so-called Kagame Report commissioned...
The world’s food problem is already severe as prices jump and protectionism flares but there’s a good chance governments can stop it from getting way worse if they heed a lesson from the crisis in 200...
Shoprite and Checkers have recalled a specific batch of canned tuna products due to possible defects in the cans. Some 170g cans of Cape Point light meat shredded tuna in water may have defective doub...
It's time for SA to put pressure on international partners to move on the COP26 deal, says Minister Patel. There may be an opportunity for President Cyril Ramaphosa to raise SA's frustrations at the u...
Almost a quarter of South Africa’s R340 billion worth of strategic infrastructure projects have been delayed or put on hold, according to Standard Bank Group. The government has officially announced 6...
The Land Bank has faced significant operational, financial and stability challenges in recent years. Uncertainty about its future as a going concern added urgency to the new board's plans to get the e...
The jet fuel shortage at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg is expected to be largely resolved by the end of May, the Jet Fuel Forum Committee (JFF) said in a statement on Thursday evening...
Hosken Consolidated Investments has reported a strong surge recovery in its results for the financial year until the end of March on Friday. The results followed a week of confusion, where the group r...
Glencore has agreed to plead guilty to several bribery and price manipulation charges spanning several countries. But the guilty please come when the company's trading business is cashing in on soarin...
Siyabonga Gama and other former Transnet executives are facing charges relating to the acquisition of 1 064 locomotives. Other accused are Garry Pita, Phetolo Ramosebudi, Eric Wood and Daniel Roy. The...
Countries should take quick steps to contain the spread of monkeypox and share data about their vaccine stockpiles, a senior World Health Organisation official said on Friday. “We think that if we put...
A group of Southern African countries where two-thirds of the world’s African Elephants live rowed back from a threat to leave an international governmental body that regulates trade in endangered spe...
Momentum paid a record R8.97 billion in 2021, of which R4 billion was for Covid-19 related deaths. The insurer says behind these numbers, it witnessed the devastation Covid-19 caused to families left ...
Load shedding will remain on Stage 2 during evening peak hours over the weekend, Eskom confirmed on Friday morning. Spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha said any changes would be announced in due cours...
The bank said there was a 2 million tonne fertiliser supply gap across the continent. The African Development Bank is looking to source around 500 000 tonnes of fertiliser for west Africa by the end o...
The Turkish lira was set for its sixth straight weekly loss on Friday, while Hong Kong stocks rose as investors found comfort in signs of improving Sino-US relations and expectations that Beijing will...
Approaching day 100 of Russia’s war, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged additional military support for Ukraine, including offensive weapons that can strike targets from much further away. The US ...
Coreen Lee Kooy was arrested while attending court on a separate civil matter, where deVere sought an interdict to bar her from criticising the company online. “I am still an existing client of deVere...
Magistrate Brian Nemavhidi has granted the bail applications of five former Transnet and Trillian executives, who were arrested by the Investigating Directorate (ID) and the Hawks at the Brackendowns ...
The Investigating Directorate (ID) and the Hawks, on Friday, confirmed the arrest of five former Transnet senior executives at the Brackendowns Police Station. The arrest took place at around 7:00. A...
Northam Platinum has launched an application to the Competition Tribunal to intervene in the approval process for Impala Platinum’s acquisition of stake in Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat). The move b...
Pepkor grew its headline earnings per share by 28% to 91.5 cents in the six months to end-March, with revenue up 3% to R42 billion. The Pep and Ackermans owner did not declare an interim dividend. Pe...
The rand firmed early on Friday, as the US dollar sank to a one-month low amid signs the Federal Reserve might slow or even pause its monetary policy tightening in the second half of the year. At 0634...
Hong Kong’s tech gauge was up 3.6% as of 11:23 a.m., while the benchmark Hang Seng Index gained 2.8%. China’s CSI 300 Index climbed 0.6%. Chinese tech shares jumped as two of the biggest Internet gia...
Five former Transnet officials have been arrested by the Hawks and the National Prosecuting Authority's Investigating Directorate on Friday morning on charges of fraud, corruption and money laundering...
South African retailer Pepkor Holdings reported on Friday a 28.3% jump in half-year earnings, benefiting from the implementation of a global claims settlement by its parent company Steinhoff Internati...
Investors are supposed to receive about $100 million of interest on Russian foreign debt in their accounts by Friday, payments President Vladimir Putin’s government says it has already made. That’s u...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he’s willing to facilitate grain and fertiliser exports as global concern mounts about food shortages and rising prices — but only if sanctions on his country are...
An EU study says SA is not taking full advantage of export opportunities. There is potential to export more food and motor vehicle components. The block says it wants to assist SA to move towards gree...
This article was originally produced for the NTU-SBF Centre for African Studies at the Nanyang Business School in Singapore. Every day, hundreds of containers of cargo destined for the landlocked coun...
Mobile telecom network operator MTN (brand value up 49% to US$4 billion) has retained the number one place on the ranking of the most valuable African brands, according to the new Brand Finance Africa...
Industrial action by workers affiliated with the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) and the Public Servants Association (PSA) continues at the South African Revenue Service (...
British Petroleum Southern Africa (bpSA) has sold its liquid bulk fuels import terminal at the Port of East London to black women-owned and managed independent petrochemicals company Wasaa in a landma...
The latest results from the three listed healthcare groups in South Africa have two things in common. Firstly, patient numbers have been increasing steadily from the lows of the Covid-19 pandemic, an...
It brings lower cost and scalability, as you are no longer limited to a fixed number of voice channels and have the flexibility to increase or decrease your channels as your business grows – Sharon Ma...
JSE-listed construction group Stefanutti Stocks has experienced difficulties in implementing some elements of its restructuring plan, which aims to put in place an optimal capital structure and access...
Rebosis Property Fund has published its reviewed interim financial results for the six months ended February 2022, reporting an increase in its distributable income to R72.5 million from a R71.3 milli...
Spear REIT marked its sixth reporting period since its debut on the JSE with a 16.36% growth in distribution per share for its 2022 financial year. The company reported a trend towards a pre-Covid-19...
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma has suffered another setback in his attempts to remove the lead prosecutor from his arms deal corruption trial, as a top judge dismissed his latest petition ...
Britain's finance minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday unveiled a sizeable support package for consumers hit by soaring energy bills, with help from a temporary windfall tax on oil giants. A government pa...
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he was glad some foreign companies had left Russia because home-grown businesses could take their place, and he warned the West that Moscow would still f...
Shoprite-owned Computicket has agreed with the Competition Commission that it would pay a fine of more than R11.3 million. The commission found that Computicket entered into exclusive deals with theat...
Zwelinzima Vavi said Numsa would not leave the federation on his account. Rather, he said opposition to him at the Saftu conference was in the "heat of the moment". Despite tension between himself and...
Twitter director Egon Durban, the co-Chief Executive Officer of private equity firm Silver Lake, failed to get enough votes for re-election to the board during the company’s annual shareholder meeting...