44 While official inflation has eased, many South Africans are still struggling with shrinking buying power and stubbornly high grocery prices. The growing anxiety as South Africans stare at grocery slips is…
Category: Business
Dunlop Industrial accused of withholding payment over ‘false allegations’ of collusion
79 The company accused two brothers of colluding to win business – but those claims are denied and are about to be tested in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court. This is a story…
Entrepreneurs have a week left to enter the Kasi SME pitch challenge with R1m prize
77 National winner to walk away with R1 million. Entrepreneurs have until Friday, 22 May 2026, to enter the provincial round of the Standard Bank Kasi small and medium enterprise (SME) Pitch…
Taxi fares to increase in Western Cape, Limpopo on Monday
67 Taxi associations say these increases cannot be avoided. Taxi fares in the Western Cape and Limpopo will increase for both local and long-distance travel from Monday, as taxi associations respond to…
Eskom’s municipal agency agreement heads to court
62 Support from treasury, electricity minister, others ‘unlawful’. South Africa’s energy regulator Nersa and the National Treasury are among several state institutions in the crosshairs of Afriforum that has just applied to…
South Africa marks a full year without load shedding
61 South Africa has reached a milestone that would have seemed unthinkable just three years ago: a full 12 consecutive months without a single bout of load shedding. The last time Eskom…
Absa’s defence against frontier AI cyberthreats: more AI
65 Absa Group CITO Johnson Idesoh Absa Group will deploy AI-powered “super agents” to scan its systems for vulnerabilities and shorten patch cycles as it prepares its defences against a new class…
PrimeXBT wins ‘Best Multi-Asset Trading Platform South Africa 2026’ award
70 The awards highlight organisations that demonstrate strong performance and innovation in their respective categories. PrimeXBT, an FSCA-regulated broker, has been awarded the Best Multi-Asset Trading Platform South Africa at the Global…
Green ID’s days numbered as smart ID roll-out accelerates
61 The department of home affairs plans to expand its smart ID rollout to 750 bank branches by year-end – including self-service terminals at Capitec branches – citing the early success of…
Malatsi pitches Reit overhaul to channel capital into digital infrastructure
68 Communications minister Solly Malatsi. Image: DCDT Communications minister Solly Malatsi has backed a proposal to extend South Africa’s real estate investment trust (Reit) regime to digital infrastructure – a reform the…