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1 year ago | January 26, 2023

JSE loses ground, even as global stocks conclude volatile week on ...

Global stock markets rebounded on Friday after a rocky week dominated by uncertainty over whether the global economy ...

1 year ago | January 25, 2023

Renewables revolution offers brighter future for SA’s small ...

Pieter Bensch South Africa’s shortfall of power generation capacity has reached beyond crisis levels. We’ve ...

1 year ago | January 23, 2023

Anglo turned blind eye to Zambian lead poisoning, court hears

Bloomberg South Africa’s High Court was told that Anglo American turned a “blind eye” to lead poisoning in the Zambian ...

1 year ago | January 20, 2023

Nigeria enhances climate resilience

Increasing climate variability in Nigeria is causing more intense and untimely rainfall. Adding to land degradation, ...

New era for global business, investment in Africa

At a time of multiple, overlapping global challenges — from climate change to energy shocks to rising inflation and a ...

SA plans to end loadshedding in 12-18 months

DAVOS, Switzerland. — South Africa has a plan to improve energy provision that will end the need for any power cuts ...

Energy crisis seeps into South Africa’s food supply

The most severe power cuts ever experienced in South Africa are threatening food and water supplies and disrupting the ...

Mounting pressures jeopardise S. Africa’s inflation slowdown

South African inflation slowed to a seven-month low in December, though mounting price pressures including a sharp ...

1 year ago | January 18, 2023

SA Government faces legal threat over load shedding crisis

Bloomberg Opposition politicians and South Africa’s biggest labour union say they’re readying a lawsuit against the head ...

1 year ago | January 17, 2023

British American Tobacco to retrench even more SA workers as its ...

Jan Cronje South Africa’s largest tobacco manufacturer, British American Tobacco SA (BATSA), says falling ...

Economists see 45 pc chance of recession in SA in 2023 as load ...

Bloomberg Prinesha Naidoo & Sarina Yoo South Africa faces a 45 percent chance of slipping into recession this year ...

1 year ago | January 16, 2023

Two SA airports ranked in global top 20, and FlySafair is ...

Carin Smith Low-cost South African airline FlySafair is the second most on-time airline in the world, according to an ...

1 year ago | January 13, 2023

Eskom’s troubles worsen

South Africa has entered a critical phase of revamping its sole nuclear plant and needs it to run according to plan to ...

If electricity generation indicates economic activity, SA has collapsed

As far as the governing ANC is concerned, the electricity crisis is manageable and under control. Yet if you were to ask ...

‘Africa should not be arena for international competition’

Africa should not be an arena for competition between world powers, China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Wednesday, ...

JSE bars Jooste from directorships for 20 years

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) plans to fine former Steinhoff International Holdings NV CEO Markus Jooste R15 ...

Egypt’s pound sinks to new low

Egypt’s pound plunged on Wednesday to a record low, in the latest sign of the country’s severe foreign currency crunch ...

1 year ago | January 11, 2023

SA is about to roll out Covid-19 boosters for all adults – but no ...

Business Insider SA South Africa will extended Covid-19 vaccine booster shots – currently available to people older than ...

1 year ago | January 9, 2023

SA to meet global finance watchdog in bid to avoid grey list

Bloobergy South African authorities will meet peers from a global financial watchdog next week as they seek to avert ...

1 year ago | January 6, 2023

Three ways retailers can continue their golden run in 2023

The retail industry is one of the few sectors of the economy that emerged from the pandemic relatively unscathed. ...