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1 year ago | November 25, 2022

Pep taps booming phone market

Africa’s largest clothing retailer is expanding rapidly in one of its newest segments — the sale of affordable mobile ...

Load shedding economy is the ‘new normal’

Every business I talk to is suffering from load shedding. It is simply not possible to run a modern economy without ...

1 year ago | November 18, 2022

The impossible job at Eskom that no one wants

Perhaps it was the flue gas duct of unit one at Kusile Power Station ripping away from the chimney that was the final ...

SA CEOs confident of business growth

Despite an anticipated recession South African CEOs are already mitigating against expected risks with hopes of shaping ...

‘Energy transition in Africa must be bold, long-lasting’

As talks in Sharm entered their final week, Tuesday marked an energy-themed day, with efforts to expand access to clean ...

1 year ago | November 17, 2022

South Africa’s competition tribunal approves Impala-RB ...

Reuters South Africa’s competition tribunal said on Wednesday it has approved with conditions Impala Platinum’s proposed ...

South Africa is hooked on fossil fuels

 – The Conversation South Africa has experienced power shortages with rolling blackouts on an unprecedented scale ...

Key data suggests SA’s economy has averted a technical recession

Bloomberg South Africa’s economy is likely to have averted a technical recession in the third quarter despite record ...

SA revamps finance system in face of gray listing risk

Bloomberg South Africa’s financial system is being overhauled to address weaknesses that have placed it at risk of being ...

1 year ago | November 11, 2022

SA’s goals for COP27

Busi Mavuso The 27th Congress of Parties (COP27) kicking off this week at Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt is a big event for ...

Pick n Pay’s secret weapon

Until last month, no one besides executives at Pick n Pay knew just how big a part of the overall business its Boxer ...

To regulate, or not to regulate the digital industry in Africa

The African Telecommunications Union (ATU) says the continent needs digital innovation to spill over into all segments ...

Tongaat asks lenders to extend business plan deadline

Tongaat Hulett’s business rescue practitioners have asked lenders to extend to the timeline for publishing its business ...

1 year ago | November 9, 2022

Tongaat crisis: Small farmers get money for Sept, but 300 bigger ...

Sibongile Khumalo News24.com Small-scale farmers who supply the Tongaat Hulett mills at Felixton, Amatikulu and ...

1 year ago | November 8, 2022

Lubu Coal to install coal wash plant

Business Writer   Contango Holdings, the London listed natural resource company developing the Lubu Coal Project in ...

2 years ago | November 4, 2022

Africa’s hospitality sector set to soar

JOHANNESBURG. — As the South African and broader African hospitality market continues to recover post-Covid-19; ...

Kganyago defends Reserve Bank’s focus on inflation

South Africa’s central bank said it will continue using interest rates to curb inflation, and responded to calls for its ...

Glencore flies cash across Africa to pay bribes

Glencore Plc officials delivered cash in private jets to officials across Africa, UK prosecutors said as they laid out a ...

Pick n Pay to start accepting cryptocurrency payments

One of South Africa’s largest grocery retailers Pick n Pay is expanding a pilot of adding cryptocurrency as a payment ...

Bridging infrastructure gap imperative for AfCFTA success

Prosper Ndlovu in GABORONE, Botswana AFREXIMBANK chairman and president, Professor Bennedict Oramah, says urgent ...