Anglo American's CEO steps down after nine years at the helm, South Africa could be a coal transition model for other countries moving to cleaner energy, and veteran entrepreneur Brian Joffe in talks to sell Long4Life.
South Africa has signed a major deal at COP26 to fund the move away from coal, Rand Merchant Bank warns that the motor industry could lose access to lucrative export markets unless it retools its factories to manufacture electric vehicles, and all eyes are on the US Federal Reserve today.
Sharp fuel increases coming our way tomorrow, East London's Industrial Development Zone manages to secure nine new investors, and the markets are watching and waiting ahead of decisions on interest rates by several major central banks.
The Hawks are investigating a portion of a suspect fuel tender linked to EFF leaders, the Public Investment Corporation has finally fired its Chief Financial Officer, and the EOH achieves a massive turnaround.
Impala Platinum planning a deal that would create the world's biggest producer of platinum group metals, take over talks are still underway between Dutch beer brewer Heiniken and Distell, and where did all the covid emergency money go? - the IMF wants to know.
South Africa to prioritize the production of electric cars, the medium-term budget policy statement has been delayed by a week due to the local government elections, and an unseemly row at the top level of South African business rumbles on.
A big addition for Aspen's flagship manufacturing site in Gqeberha, Nigeria becomes the first country in Africa to introduce an E currency, and USA car rental company Hertz buys one hundred thousand Tesla electric cars to add to its fleet.
The Treasury Deputy General says it "pays to be a criminal in South Africa", Business Unity SA is going to court to seek legal certainty on companies rights to require their staff to get vaccinated as demand for the jab falls off, and Friday was a much better day for…
The strike in the steel and engineering sector is over, Chinese property giant Evergrande is reported to have found the necessary funds to pay a dollar bond, and a US regulator has made a record payout to a whistleblower.
Are we heading for an interest rate increase? Multichoice Nigeria is cleared to appeal a 4.4 billion US dollar tax claim, and Bitcoin records a new record high.
Are foreigners net buyers or sellers of government bonds? Airports Company SA reports its worst loss in 28-years, and Fly Safair wants the government to move weekday public holidays.
South Africa faces a catastrophic increase in the price of fuel before the end of the year, the tourism industry continues to battle the effects of the covid pandemic, and the markets are in reasonable shape.
NERSA rejects Eskom's price plan going into 2025, MTN and Vodacom join Telkom in suing ICASA over a bid to take back emergency spectrum, and the strikes in the steel and engineering sectors continue.
SA's Energy Minister says developed countries must not give South Africa conditions for international funding, while an analysis by Tech Central suggests as much as half of Eskom's coal fire stations are offline, and legendary entrepreneur Brian Joffe steps down.
The NUMSA led strike in the engineering sector looks set to continue while union members at SAA continue to protest what they deem to be 'deplorable' working conditions, the markets remain mixed.
The ongoing strike in the steel sector could lead to job losses, the global energy squeeze continues as France swings back to nuclear power, and the JSE slightly down.
Shares in cement maker PPC jump due to a new protective government ban, stand by for a probable interest rate hike in November, and the Nobel prize in economics is shared by three US scholars.
The tourism industry breathes a sigh of relief as South Africa is removed from the UK's red list, in a major coup for small businesses Santam loses appeal on covid-19 payouts, and the markets are in much better shape.
The SA liquor industry resumes tax payments of two and a half billion rands per month, the new communications minister says the outage of global social media platforms this week is a reminder that government can do more to support the development of similar technology, and the markets look a…
7 Oct 2021
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