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2025 Budget Speech: Financial incentives key to accelerating EV transition

Fuel & Energy

2025 Budget Speech: Financial incentives key to accelerating EV transition

18 Feb 2025

Automotive

Volkswagen adds new brand to South African portfolio

11 Feb 2025

Omnichannel retail in 2025: The boundaries between digital and physical shopping continue to crumble

Sales

Omnichannel retail in 2025: The boundaries between digital and physical shopping continue to crumble

Zak Haeri, Issued by NielsenIQ 11 Feb 2025

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

The harsh mathematics of land reform in SA

Tim Cohen 11 Feb 2025

Electric vehicles in Africa: what’s needed to grow the sector

Fuel & Energy

Electric vehicles in Africa: what’s needed to grow the sector

MJ (Thinus) Booysen, Joubert Van Eeden 11 Feb 2025

Transnet signs LNG, bulk terminal deals to boost Richards Bay

Logistics & Transport

Transnet signs LNG, bulk terminal deals to boost Richards Bay

11 Feb 2025

Image source: Getty Images

Corporate & Commercial Law

Who gets a say? SCA's final word on creditor voting rights in business rescue

Juliette De Hutton, Tobie Jordaan, Jessica Osmond and Aanisah Ramroop 7 Feb 2025

#BizTrends2025: Twyg's Jackie May - Is sustainable fashion possible?

ESG

#BizTrends2025: Twyg's Jackie May - Is sustainable fashion possible?

Danette Breitenbach 5 Feb 2025

Thailand lifts 16-year ban on South African apple imports

Agriculture

Thailand lifts 16-year ban on South African apple imports

4 Feb 2025

Source: ©123branex via

Agriculture

Avian influenza, rising costs weigh on SA poultry industry, Sapa says

29 Jan 2025

Builders and PayJustNow partner to assist local construction sector

Banking & Finance

Builders and PayJustNow partner to assist local construction sector

28 Jan 2025

ITAC bends to ArcelorMittal pressure to investigate steel imports

Materials & Equipment

ITAC bends to ArcelorMittal pressure to investigate steel imports

Lindsey Schutters 21 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Adapting agriculture - key trends and strategies for a sustainable future

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Adapting agriculture - key trends and strategies for a sustainable future

Brendan Jacobs 21 Jan 2025

A worker assembles an EV car inside BYD's first electric vehicle (EV) factory in Southeast Asia, a fast-growing regional EV market where it has become the dominant player, in Rayong, Thailand. Source: Reuters/Chalinee Thirasupa

Manufacturing & Parts

EU and Asia manufacturing spooked by boogeyman Trump

Sam Holmes and Indradip Ghosh 2 Jan 2025

Local manufacturing can solve infrastructure crisis

Construction & Engineering

Local manufacturing can solve infrastructure crisis

Mervyn Naidoo 27 Dec 2024

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Brace! Risks stack up for the global economy in 2025

Mark John 24 Dec 2024

Botswana lifts ban on SA vegetable imports

Agriculture

Botswana lifts ban on SA vegetable imports

20 Dec 2024

Pharmaceuticals

Cystic fibrosis drug access secured in South Africa

12 Dec 2024

Source: ©Oleksandr Boiko via

Commodities & Fairtrade

FAO reports spike in food prices as vegetable oils soar

10 Dec 2024

The jet fuel struggles has exacerbated other airport problems in South Africa. Source: Soumya Ranjan/Pexels

Coal, Oil & Gas

OR Tambo fuel problem is a symptom of jet fuel crisis

Lindsey Schutters 10 Dec 2024

Can a traceability system drive growth in South African agriculture?

Agribusiness

Can a traceability system drive growth in South African agriculture?

Greg Talbot 9 Dec 2024

A new era for the South African agricultural sector in 2025

Agribusiness

A new era for the South African agricultural sector in 2025

John Hudson and Wandile Sihlobo 27 Nov 2024

Pivot to profits: Revamping South Africa’s poultry sector

Agro-processing

Pivot to profits: Revamping South Africa’s poultry sector

22 Nov 2024

Standard Bank Top Women Conference 2024: A powerful gathering for women’s leadership and empowerment

Events & Conferencing

Standard Bank Top Women Conference 2024: A powerful gathering for women’s leadership and empowerment

Issued by Topco Media 21 Nov 2024

Pictured: Forbes Padayachee

Energy

Astute African manufacturers will move to clean power to align with global investor and importer expectations

Forbes Padayachee, Issued by Yellow Door Energy 22 Nov 2024

Source: Pexels.

Property

The true cost of borrowing: South Africans are losing their homes

19 Nov 2024

Africa Tech Festival 2024 saw some pushback against the traditional beliefs around affordable connectivity.

Hardware

How our leaders are solving Africa's smartphone struggle #AfricaTechFestival

Lindsey Schutters 14 Nov 2024

The Supreme Court of Appeal has slammed former judge president John Hlophe for meddling in a straightforward eviction case. Photo: Ben Bezuidenhout via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Land & Property Law

John Hlophe’s meddling in eviction matter slammed by appeal court

Tania Broughton 13 Nov 2024

Angela Wamola, head of GSMA for sub-Saharan Africa presents the latest GSMA report.

Telecoms & Networks

GSMA report spotlights Africa’s ‘billion strong digital divide’

Lindsey Schutters 12 Nov 2024

Markets & Investment

How can SA businesses maximise the benefits of a strong rand?

12 Nov 2024

Africa's affordable smartphone dilemma is the biggest facing the medium since Kelly tried to text Nelly on an Excel sheet. Source: Youtube/Vevo

Mobile & Apps

Africa faces revenue dilemma in push for affordable smartphones #AfricaTechFestival2024

Lindsey Schutters 12 Nov 2024

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Euro hits lowest since late June vs dollar on tariff worries

11 Nov 2024

Global competition and local challenges shake SA maize prices

Agribusiness

Global competition and local challenges shake SA maize prices

11 Nov 2024

Energy ministry calls for more local content after R17bn spent on renewables

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Energy ministry calls for more local content after R17bn spent on renewables

Lindsey Schutters 10 Nov 2024

Electric vehicles in Africa: what’s needed to grow the sector

Logistics & Transport

Electric vehicles in Africa: what’s needed to grow the sector

MJ (Thinus) Booysen and Joubert Van Eeden 8 Nov 2024

Banking

Meezan Bank partners with ITFC to support private sector

7 Nov 2024

Middle East tension spoils petrol party in SA for November

Fuel & Energy

Middle East tension spoils petrol party in SA for November

Lindsey Schutters 4 Nov 2024

SA bets on Africa-China partnerships to offset global trade disruptions

Logistics & Transport

SA bets on Africa-China partnerships to offset global trade disruptions

Libby George 1 Nov 2024

Tobacco industry in the Middle East and Africa is growing - Euromonitor Intl

Research

Tobacco industry in the Middle East and Africa is growing - Euromonitor Intl

1 Nov 2024

Source: Reuters.

Economy

South Africa sees wider deficits, higher debt in budget review

Kopano Gumbi, Tannur Anders and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo 31 Oct 2024

The avocados arrived on 22 October 2024. Source: Supplied.

Agriculture

Westfalia Fruit's avocados make historic first arrival in India

30 Oct 2024

MTBPS: Godongwana urged to back EV shift with renewable-powered charging infrastructure

Fuel & Energy

MTBPS: Godongwana urged to back EV shift with renewable-powered charging infrastructure

29 Oct 2024

Food inflation steady at 40.1% in September, but monthly pressures persist

Agribusiness

Food inflation steady at 40.1% in September, but monthly pressures persist

Paul Makube 29 Oct 2024

Andani.Africa celebrates Afreximbank’s $2bn investment in Africa’s creative economy

Media

Andani.Africa celebrates Afreximbank’s $2bn investment in Africa’s creative economy

Issued by Andani 25 Oct 2024

Image source: Leo Arslan from

Circular Economy & Waste Management

EPR free riders beware - regulator to strengthen enforcement against non-compliance

Garyn Rapson, Paula-Ann Novotny and Michelle Morris 24 Oct 2024

South Africa must push agricultural exports within Brics

Agribusiness

South Africa must push agricultural exports within Brics

Wandile Sihlobo 23 Oct 2024

SA mulls tax rebates, subsidies to boost local EV industry

Fuel & Energy

SA mulls tax rebates, subsidies to boost local EV industry

18 Oct 2024