259 Picture: iStock/Sean Anthony Eddy If words like “diversification”, “equities” and “bull market” make you want to close the banking app immediately, you’re not alone. For many South Africans, investing feels like…
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Gautrain to take on Uber and Bolt: report
303 Commuters waiting to watch the Gautrain. Image: Paul Scott The Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) plans to launch its own Uber- and Bolt-style e-hailing service in October, News24 reported on Friday. The…
The AI agent dissecting Cape Town’s property market
369 FindHomes co-founder Adrian Bunge For most South Africans, buying a home is the largest financial commitment they will ever make. It is also one of the least transparent. Listings sites show…
SpaceX’s record-setting IPO is here
292 A SpaceX Super Heavy booster carrying the Starship spacecraft lifts off on its 11th test flight at the company’s launch pad in Starbase, Texas, last year. Steve Nesius/Reuters SpaceX took the…
AI and data sharing fuel rise in African tax disputes
244 Tax disputes in Africa are on the rise, with the new wave of disputes extending beyond corporate income tax and transfer pricing to value-added tax (VAT), customs duties, withholding taxes and…
Three years in, PayShap pivots to merchants
540 South Africa’s PayShap instant payments system has passed six million registered users and 905 million transactions since its 2023 launch, operator PayInc said on Thursday – even as the system’s owners…
Two telcos, $1-trillion and two very different fintech bets
258 MTN Group and Vodacom Group between them processed just over US$1-trillion in mobile money transactions across their most recent financial years – a milestone for Africa’s two largest telco-led fintech businesses,…
Plan for Eskom’s municipal debt has ‘stalled’
251Eskom takeover seen as being favoured over private-sector partnerships. As the crisis of arrear municipal debt owed to Eskom deepens, a report by the National Energy Crisis Committee (Necom) containing proposed solutions,…
Careers people are leaving behind in 2026
245 PICTURE: PEXELS/ NURSES In 2026, the global job market continues to shift as workers reassess long-term career paths in response to AI disruption, burnout, economic pressure, and changing workplace expectations. While…
There’s an oddity hiding in South Africa’s EV market
324 Plug-in hybrid electric cars (PHEVs) outsold pure battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) by more than two to one in South Africa last year, marking the local market out as a global outlier even…