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Concern has been raised following the announcement by US President Donald Trump that South Africa will not be invited to next year’s G20 in Miami in the US and suspension of all payments and subsidies to South Africa.Ismail Joosub from the FW de Klerk Foundation said that in a series…

At the weekend, I introduced a West African founder to a UK-based WhatsApp group of high-value investors and operators I'd been plugged into a couple of years ago. The response? Crickets. Not because the founder wasn't impressive. She was. But ostensibly because the group had grown weary of introductions from people…

South Africa’s new-vehicle market posted another month of robust growth in November, surging by 12.5% year-on-year buoyed by a favourable macroeconomic environment that strengthened household and business confidence while helping to ease affordability constraints.However, the Automotive Business Council (Naamsa) on Monday said export volumes dipped but remained resilient in view…

Banele GinindzaThe Competition Tribunal has indefinitely postponed GovChat’s discovery application against Meta, signalling further delays in the high-profile data access dispute that forms part of the Commission’s ongoing prosecution of Meta for alleged abuse of market dominance.The case stems from GovChat’s 2020 complaint, upheld by the Competition Commission in 2022,…

The Ports Regulator of South Africa has approved a lower-than-requested tariff increase for the National Ports Authority (NPA), granting an average rise of 7.57% for the 2026/27 financial year—below the 9.61% originally proposed by the Authority.Announcing the Record of Decision (ROD) in Durban on Monday, Ports Regulator CEO Mukondeleli Johanna…

Remgro, the JSE-listed investment group chaired by renowned South African businessman Johann Rupert, and global shipping company MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company Holding, have proposed a restructuring of their interests in international healthcare group Mediclinic Holdings.The deal, for an undisclosed sum, will see JSE-listed Remgro acquiring full ownership of Mediclinic Southern…

The University of Pretoria (UP), the African Development Bank (AfDB), and Japan’s University of Tokyo have forged a new Africa–Asia partnership aimed at working together to develop the next generation of leaders for inter-regional public–private partnerships.The partnership is receiving financial support from the Japanese Government through the Japan Trust Fund,…

By Nqobani MziziThe truest test of a board's commitment to the future is not the strategy it approves today but the leaders it prepares for tomorrow. Succession is one of the most powerful yet neglected levers of governance. It determines continuity, shapes culture and protects the organisation from the profound…

Tharisa, the South Africa-based platinum and chrome mining company, paid a 33% lower dividend to 3 US cents (4.5 US cents) in the year to September 30, after production fell, but headline earnings improved marginally.Reef mined increased 17.4% to 5.4Mt from 4.6Mt. PGM production fell by 4.7% to 138.3koz (thousand…

South Africa’s agricultural sector entered a new regulatory era this week as the Department of Agriculture officially brought the Plant Improvement Act of 2018 and its corresponding regulations into operation from Monday, 1 December 2025.The long-awaited implementation, signed into effect by President Cyril Ramaphosa following approval by Agriculture Minister John…