Business

By S’thembile Cele and Ntando Thukwana. Cabinet will back a value-added tax increase in exchange for a commitment from the

By Adelaide Changole, Bloomberg. FirstRand’s profit rose 10% as South Africa’s biggest lender by market value boosted loans in its home

By Lehlohonolo Lehana. The latest annual 1Life Insurance Generational Wealth Survey reveals that the majority of South Africans are struggling

By Schalk Burger. The Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) declined slightly by 0.6 points to 44.7 points in February, remaining

By Lehlohonolo Lehana. Cabinet has approved Professor John Lamola’s permanent appointment as the group chief executive officer of South African

By Ntando Thukwana. South African inflation accelerated after the statistics office revised the data used to calculate household expenditure, giving policymakers

By William Clowes. Sibanye Stillwater’s full-year loss narrowed after higher gold prices offset low palladium rates that weighed on the

Business Reporter. (News24 and Reuters) – Early on Friday morning, the rand reached R18.32/$, wiping out all losses triggered by

By Lehlohonolo Lehana The 2025 budget announcement has been moved to 12 March after Cabinet failed to agree on a

By Ntando Thukwana and Dana Morgan. South Africa’s finance minister is under pressure to chart an economic course that navigates the

By Lehlohonolo Lehana. Old Mutual Group has confirmed that Iain Williamson will be stepping down as the CEO and executive director of the company on 31 August

By Thando Thukwana. Photo Credit:Ting Shen. South Africa must take bold steps to ease a suffocating debt burden and boost