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Life changes fast. Financial obligations, health status, and family dynamics evolve, sometimes gradually, sometimes in an instant. Yet, traditional life insurance policies are designed as rigid, one-size-fits-all agreements that don’t easily adapt to the realities of life’s twists and turns.This is where claim-stage flexibility is becoming a critical innovation in life-risk products.…

The recent suggestion by UMkhonto WeSizwe Party (MKP) chief whip, Mzwanele Manyi, to scrap weekends has sparked understandable outrage across South Africa. The immediate backlash highlighted a crucial point many South Africans instinctively grasp: weekends aren't a luxury, they are essential for rest, recovery, and maintaining wellbeing in the face…

Vukile Property Fund’s Spanish subsidiary Castellana Properties, through its 70%-owned subsidiary Caminho Propício has reached an agreement with DWS Grundbesitz, a German company, to acquire for €63.32 million (Ri.36 billion) the shopping centre known as Forum Madeira, located in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.The acquisition is Vukile's fifth retail asset in Portugal since…

Kumba Iron Ore ended its year to December 31 with almost 20% less employees following a significant restructuring of its business and job losses that were forced by the continuing poor logistics performance by Transnet, and low iron ore prices.The mining group’s integrated annual report released Friday said while there…

Gemfields Group’s share price plunged 22% on Friday after it announced a $30 million (R577.8m) rights offer due to funding constraints caused by unrest in Mozambique.The share, which is also listed on the London AIM market, was trading at R1.16 on the JSE on Friday afternoon, and the day’s decline…

We've had a dramatic start to the year - DeepSeek's disruption of the artificial intelligence (AI) narrative, a seismic shift in defence and infrastructure spending out of Germany and of course "Liberation Day". As a result, we initially witnessed significant divergence in performance across and within asset classes and, more recently, a…

Washington's 90-day pause on higher tariffs is of little comfort to southern African economies facing the collapse of a preferential trade deal and a 25% hike on car imports, analysts say.The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) which provided duty-free access to the US market for some African products had…

Tawanda KaromboPhoevos Pouroulis, the CEO of Tharisa said on Thursday that demand for chrome has been rebounding while platinum group metals (PGM) prices in rand terms have stabilised although global trade wars are ocassioning economic uncertainty that could dent demand for some commodities.Tharisa is a PGM and chrome miner and processor in…

As cryptocurrency continues to gain traction, scams involving fake messages posing as popular crypto platforms are becoming more prevalent in South Africa. These scams typically appear through phishing emails, fake SMS messages, and fraudulent social media accounts. Scammers often impersonate legitimate platforms, claiming there’s an issue with your account and…

How quickly do markets recover from a crash?Words on Wealth  Last week, in reaction to the US government’s extraordinary imposition of tariffs on goods coming into America from almost every country in the world (including islands inhabited only by penguins), stock markets understandably tanked. By the time you read this, they…