Business

Anglo disposes of De Beers after a century, weighs more cost-cutting...

Anglo American is moving ahead with plans to sell the world's leading diamond company, De Beers, while weighing further cost-cutting and capital preservation measures...

How South Africa’s agriculture has changed 32 years after apartheid

Today, April 27, 2026, we celebrate Freedom Day in South Africa. We are now roughly 32 years into South Africa’s democracy, and many have...

Seagram Capital suffers setback in R18m generator dispute case

A leveraged real estate private equity and asset management firm, Seagram Capital, owned by Johan Folley, has suffered a legal setback in its bid...

New WWF report raises red flags over corporate nature reporting

A new report by the World Wide Fund (WWF) South Africa has found that South African corporates are making slow progress in reporting how...

My research wasn’t shoddy – BEE has benefited a few connected...

Since the early 1990s, 46 largely politically connected individuals secured 60% of all the black economic empowerment (BEE) value in mining, becoming billionaires or...

Oil prices end volatile session mixed but up sharply for the...

Oil prices whipsawed in volatile trade on Friday but were higher on the week as traders weighed supply disruptions against the potential restart of...

Markets that move before the news — coincidence or something more?

Something unusual is happening in global markets. It is not just the volatility that is expected in times of geopolitical tension. It is the timing...

Tough times as financially strained consumers choose cheaper brands

South African consumers are showing sustained signs of financial strain at the tills, and are increasingly choosing cheaper store-branded products when stocking up. To read...

SA firms should rethink investment choices in the face of global...

As geopolitical tensions in the Middle East continue to ripple through global markets in early 2026, South African corporates are being urged to reassess...

Capitec shifts beyond banking as digital services drive growth

South Africa’s leading banker Capitec Bank is increasingly positioning itself as more than just a traditional lender as a surge in non-interest income signals...