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2 days ago | April 17, 2024

Are you informed enough to navigate SA’s economic landscape?

Moneyweb As SA navigates a complex economic landscape, the country’s central bank remains steadfast in its commitment to ...

2 weeks ago | April 5, 2024

BR engages private sector for passenger train service

Botswana Railways has formally invited the private sector to submit expressions of interest to collaborate in the ...

3 weeks ago | March 29, 2024

SA business vs government: Biggest trust gap in world

The annual Edelman Trust Barometer last week provided some interesting insights into the public’s view of business and ...

3 weeks ago | March 28, 2024

El Nino may see first South Africa white-corn imports since 2017

Bloomberg South Africa may import significant amounts of white corn, used to make a staple food, for the first time ...

4 weeks ago | March 22, 2024

SA must engage with Middle East for agriculture investment

For countries like South Africa, with diverse interests worldwide, the Middle East’s growing interest in Africa requires ...

1 month ago | March 19, 2024

SAA: Government missed the deal of a lifetime

moneyweb.co.za By Ryk van Niekerk  The airline was worthless in June 2021, but even at the revised valuation of R6bn, ...

1 month ago | March 15, 2024

Scorching heat raises SA food inflation risk

Dryer and hotter-than-usual weather across South Africa’s main summer crop growing regions is hurting the outlook for ...

1 month ago | March 7, 2024

Platinum’s ‘worst crisis’ means more job losses in SA

By William Clowes, Bloomberg Miners are trimming their workforces in South Africa – a politically sensitive move as the ...

1 month ago | March 6, 2024

Elephant poaching declines in Lower Zambezi Mana Pools ...

Thanks to vigorous conservation and anti-poaching efforts, poaching of the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) is ...

2 months ago | March 1, 2024

SA Shoprite billionaire Wiese returns to diamond-hunting roots

Christo Wiese (pictured), South Africa’s billionaire retail king, is going back to the future. The 82-year-old serial ...

SA plans to slash time taken to issue work permits

South Africa will slash the time taken to issue work permits to foreign executives and technicians employed by the ...

2 months ago | February 23, 2024

‘SA’s Budget 2024 critical to business sentiment’

Busi Mavuso SA’s budget speech this week is more critical than ever to business sentiment. The financial performance of ...

Mozambique port vital to chrome exports gets upgraded railway link

The biggest port in Mozambique that’s become a key hub for global chrome exports will upgrade a railway link, bolstering ...

2 months ago | February 20, 2024

 SA seeks private money for climate response fund

Bloomberg South Africa will seek private-sector participation in a planned climate-change response fund announced by ...

2 months ago | February 16, 2024

How much has your ZAR depreciated?

What to consider before the budget speech As the curtains rise on the economic stage of South Africa, all eyes turn to ...

Load shedding, debt pose biggest risks to SA’s economic outlook

The biggest risks to South Africa’s 2024 economic outlook may come from insufficient power supply, strains on debt ...

3 months ago | January 18, 2024

Rand extends losses against strong dollar

Reuters The rand extended its losses against the US dollar early on Wednesday, as the greenback hovered near a one-month ...

3 months ago | January 17, 2024

Zim truckers, refused licence renewals in SA, head for Poland

Moneyweb Zimbabwean truckers are being denied the ability to renew their South African driver’s licences as the Zimbabwe ...

4 months ago | December 13, 2023

SA plans more nuclear power to ease supply crisis

moneyweb.co.za By S’thembile Cele, Bloomberg The first of the new units will likely be operational in 2032 or ...

4 months ago | December 8, 2023

SA consumers face lean festive tables despite fuel price drop

Consumers will have a lean festive table despite the drop in the price of fuel as food prices continue to escalate at an ...