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As the pet industry in South Africa continues to boom, Nadia Koegelenberg, the photographer behind the lens at Moonrise Creative Studio, was able to blend her two most loved passions, animals and photography into a blossoming business.  Koegelenberg's Moonrise Creative Studio specialises in photography and graphic design putting her Bachelor’s…

Sars confirmed record highs on a number of fronts in its Revenue Announcement which took place on April 1, 2025.This included taxpayer compliance behaviour, improved voluntary compliance, and Sars employee engagement levels. Most notably however is Sars’ gross revenue collection, being a staggering R2,303 trillion, at the end of March…

The imposition of a 30% reciprocal tariff on South African agricultural exports by the US represents a turning point in bilateral trade relations. This protectionist measure, seemingly implemented in response to South Africa's trade barriers, threatens to undermine decades of carefully cultivated economic cooperation while exposing the vulnerabilities of the…

Tawanda KaromboNampak has concluded agreements for the disposale of its Zimbabwean unit with the transaction now subject to suspensive conditions.Through Nampak Southern Africa, the South African packaging manufacturer is disposing of Nampak Zimbabwe to TSL, a Harare-based logistics and processing company.“Regarding the proposed disposal of a 51.43% shareholding in the…

While Wednesday was meant to mark the beginning of a significant shift in international trade dynamics, US President Donald Trump back tracked on his sweeping tariffs he announced last week.The US President said that he would be pausing all tariffs imposed on various nations that he announced last week, however,…

The rand recovered instantanously on Wednesday night after suffering a near record low earlier in the day after US President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on his sweeping tariffs, whic hammered global markets and raised the odds of recession. Trump on Wednesday gave all countries a 10% baseline except…

US President Donald Trump has announced a 90-day pause on tariffs - but has hit China with 125% tarrif.Trump's latest move sees all countries slapped with a 10% baseline, except for China, which will see even higher tariff levies. In a post on Truth Social, Trump noted that China had shown…

US President Donald Trump abruptly backed down Wednesday in his global trade war with a 90 day pause for most countries, but slapped even more levies against China in what has become a full-scale confrontation between the world's two largest economies.Following days of global market turmoil, Wall Street stocks surged…

The rand hit a concerning milestone on Wednesday, crossing the R19.80 mark against the US dollar, reflecting deeper turmoil as the United States and China trade war went up a notch with retaliatory tariffs. Despite a recent weakness of the dollar, the rand found itself trading on the backfoot throughout Wednesday,…

The funding of South Africa's ambitious National Health Insurance (NHI) initiative has recently sparked significant concern among medical professionals and civil society, as government proposals indicate a potential 0.5% rise in the Value Added Tax (VAT) to support this landmark health reform.Dr Mvuyisi Mzukwa, Chairperson of the SA Media Association…