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'Keep an open mind': Q&A with 2025 Innovation champion Johan Coetzee

'Keep an open mind': Q&A with 2025 Innovation champion Johan Coetzee

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How business owners find calm on the road ahead

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Sanlam Investments Multi-Manager appoints René Basson as head of marketing

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The surprise driver of higher grocery bills this month isn’t fuel

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Investec ramps up fight for wealthy clients in South Africa and UKNqobile Dludla and Lulah Dube

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AI could add R528bn to South Africa’s GDP

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merchant services, Africa at Network International and Payfast by Network.

Payfast-backed platform brings municipal billing to WhatsApp

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Investec reports marginal rise in full-year earningsNqobile Dludla and Lulah Dube

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Eskom in talks with World Bank over nuclear expansion in SAWendell Roelf

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Economists warn: Inflation spike could weigh on household spendingJohn Loos

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South Africa inflation forecast hits 4% as oil prices surge

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Treasury to recover billions owed to municipalities

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Investec ramps up fight for wealthy clients in South Africa and UK

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A vehicle passes a Shell gas station in Wijchen, Netherlands. Image credit: Reuters/Piroschka van de Wouw

Shell in talks to sell 600 South African petrol stations in $1bn deal

15 Apr 2026

(Source: @Meet Frank Publicis has announced its Q1 2026 results

Publicis outperforms industry, confirms growth guidance for 2026

14 Apr 2026

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Standard Bank, Anthem drive South Africa’s largest solar PV infrastructure project

14 Apr 2026

Source: GCIS. SA Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana.

G20 rift widens as South Africa excluded from key finance discussions

14 Apr 2026

South Africa’s township businesses are fighting a silent cashflow crisis

South Africa’s township businesses are fighting a silent cashflow crisis

14 Apr 2026

Payfast founder acquires iVeri in fintech move

Payfast founder acquires iVeri in fintech move

14 Apr 2026

Source: Supplied. Kim Rew, Partner: Associate at Webber Wentzel.

From claims to compliance: How AI is transforming South Africa’s financial sector

Kim Rew & Jered Shorkend 13 Apr 2026

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Businesses invited to comment on release of SA's draft financial education policy

13 Apr 2026

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Safe-haven dollar gains as peace talks falter, US to blockade Hormuz

Gregor Stuart Hunter 13 Apr 2026

FNB targets digital gap among SMEs with new initiative

FNB targets digital gap among SMEs with new initiative

13 Apr 2026

The cover most businesses think they have (but often don’t)

The cover most businesses think they have (but often don’t)

Simply Financial Services 13 Apr 2026

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South Africa private sector returns to growth but Iran war clouds outlook, PMI shows

10 Apr 2026

Source: Reuters. Andrew Dabalen, chief economist, Africa region, World Bank, speaks during the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund annual meetings in Washington, DC, US, 18 October, 2025.

Sub-Saharan Africa faces slower growth as US-Iran war raises costs

10 Apr 2026

Source: Supplied. Preggie Pillay, chief executive officer for Commercial Property Finance at FNB.

FNB backs R800m Beachwood coastal estate deal in Durban North

10 Apr 2026

EXCLUSIVE: The rise of AI-driven hyper-personalisation loyalty programmes

EXCLUSIVE: The rise of AI-driven hyper-personalisation loyalty programmes

Salomon Erasmus 10 Apr 2026

Source: Reuters. A satellite view of smoke billowing at a Saudi Aramco oil facility after a reported attack, following the announcement of a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war, in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia 8 April, 2026.

Oil climbs as strikes on Saudi facilities stoke anxiety, Hormuz near standstill

Colleen Howe and Siyi Liu 10 Apr 2026

Old Mutual-MFC Khokha Umoya campaign reminds families that peace of mind is always within reach

Old Mutual-MFC Khokha Umoya campaign reminds families that peace of mind is always within reach

Old Mutual Mass and Foundation Cluster 10 Apr 2026

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Africa to pilot bond aimed at formalising artisanal mining

Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 9 Apr 2026

Beer bottles pass through a conveyor belt along a production line at the East African Breweries' microbrewery as the company released its half-year results in Ruaraka, Nairobi, Kenya, 26 January 2024. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi

Kenya court dismisses bid to stop Diageo's $2.3bn sale of East African Breweries

Duncan Miriri 9 Apr 2026

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SAISC warns on tariff fallout

9 Apr 2026

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Northern Cape to host inaugural jobs, investment conference

9 Apr 2026

Two South African insurance giants collect 87% of all funeral policy premiums deducted directly from pension and disability grants paid out by the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa). Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Two insurance giants dominate Sassa funeral deductions

Anton van Zyl and Raymond Joseph 9 Apr 2026

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Hundreds killed in Lebanon, oil surges

Katja Hamilton 9 Apr 2026

Absa boosts fuel cashback as petrol and diesel price surge hits SA consumers

Absa boosts fuel cashback as petrol and diesel price surge hits SA consumers

OnPoint PR 9 Apr 2026

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Bank of America endorses SA as leading investment destination

8 Apr 2026

Source: Waterfall City.

PIC invests R2.7bn in Waterfall City, backing 23,000 jobs

8 Apr 2026

Source: CLG Lawyers and Business Advisors.

New Sars chief named

8 Apr 2026

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South Africa's fuel price mechanism to receive a major overhaul

8 Apr 2026

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Dollar drops as Iran ceasefire prompts risk-on turn for markets

Gregor Stuart Hunter 8 Apr 2026

Engaging the financially excluded market – how private equity can be an architect for inclusion

Engaging the financially excluded market – how private equity can be an architect for inclusion

Articulate Partners 8 Apr 2026

Africa news

(Source: @Meet Frank Publicis has announced its Q1 2026 results

Publicis outperforms industry, confirms growth guidance for 2026

14 Apr 2026

Fuel price shocks hit African SMEs as conflict drives volatility

Fuel price shocks hit African SMEs as conflict drives volatility

2 Apr 2026

With reports that Formula One race organisers are considering scrapping or relocating several Middle Eastern races this year due to heightened security concerns, the events industry is once again confronting the reality of operating in an unpredictable world (Image source: @ Scuderia Ferrari Club https://sfcriga.com/ Scuderia Ferrari Club]])

Event organisers need a mindset of resilience as global instability shapes the events landscape

23 Mar 2026

Deep trust, strong brands: 9 South African banks in Brand Finance’s global top 500

5 Mar 2026

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