MTN Nigeria has issued a 100 billion naira fixed rate bond in the first quarter of 2021, due in seven years, under a 200 billion naira bond programme to refinance existing debt...
Chijioke Ohuocha 5 May 2021
Digital marketplaces such as Amazon, Alibaba, click and collect models, and food delivery ecosystems have rapidly changed consumer behaviour, and increased the demand for convenience...
Haydn Townsend 3 May 2021
In this report, we discuss the first quarter 2021 results of the rental market component of our FNB Commercial Property Broker Survey...
John Loos 20 Apr 2021
Covid-19 has created enormous disruptions in the lives of African youth. Millions of young people have had their learning put on hold for the better part of a year...
Dr Edward K. Brown 13 Apr 2021
We continue with the first quarter 2021 results of our FNB Commercial Property Broker Survey, which surveys a sample of commercial property brokers in the six major metros of South Africa...
John Loos 8 Apr 2021
There will be a four-day ban on the sale of alcohol for off-premise consumption over the upcoming Easter weekend...
The South African Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has unanimously decided to leave the repo rate unchanged at 3.5%...
South African retailer confidence has declined by 13 points in the first quarter of 2021, impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and related trade restrictions...
2020 has been a year like no other, forcing us to adapt our lifestyles and behaviours in ways we never thought possible. Having traded boardrooms for virtual meetings and holidays for staycations, our lives look a little different than they did 12 months ago.
Karabo Kopeka, Issued by MiWay 23 Mar 2021
The Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence Index (ACI) improved from 61 points in the fourth quarter of 2020 to 64 in the first quarter of 2021. This is the highest level of the Agbiz/IDC ACI since the second quarter of 2014...
For over a decade, the South African corporate tax rate has remained unchanged at 28%. This was so even in the face of a global trend which saw many countries reduce corporate tax rates...
Finance minister Tito Mboweni presented a "positive budget" under challenging circumstances, perhaps the most challenging over the last 27 years...
Samuel Seeff 24 Feb 2021
South Africa's consolidated fiscal deficit is expected to narrow this year because of an economic rebound, although the long-term trend of higher debt remains unchanged due to Covid-19 and pre-existing spending...
Vuyani Ndaba 20 Feb 2021
Although we maintain a bullish outlook for global equities in general for 2021, we are switching our bias from a preference for the so-called quality and growth stocks to an increasingly optimistic outlook for value equities...
Steve Brice 20 Feb 2021
The South African National Biodiversity Institute (Sanbi) has decided to implement dual pricing at the National Botanical Gardens from 1 April 2021. Sanbi considered the increased costs to the organisation and financial setbacks of 2020 due to Covid-19 during its annual entry ticket pricing review.
Level three restrictions in the middle of the December holiday season came as an unwelcome, albeit not altogether unexpected, surprise on 28 December. So, what happens to your existing travel plans under level 3?...
Issued by Domestic Flights South Africa 9 Feb 2021
Worldwide, 2020 was the worst year in history for air travel demand. Bookings for future travel made in January 2021 were down 70% compared to a year ago, putting further pressure on airline cash positions and potentially impacting the timing of the expected recovery...
Twenty-twenty was one of the worst years for air cargo demand since performance monitoring began in 1990...
Over the next 12 months, Dentsu South Africa (SA) will be rebranding Vizeum to create a future focused, highly distinctive, end-to-end media, performance agency integrated with iProspect (iP)...
Issued by Dentsu 1 Feb 2021
In April 2020 the Legal Practice Council recorded a profound and direct effect on the sustainability and viability of law practices in its assessment of the Covid-19 Lockdown on legal practitioners' practices...
Issued by LexisNexis 25 Jan 2021
Cancer - like many other health issues - does not simply stop because a swiftly spreading coronavirus appeared in late 2019...
Justus Apffelstaedt 25 Jan 2021
BetterBond CEO Carl Coetzee has welcomed the Monetary Policy Committee's recent decision to hold the repo rate steady at 3.5%...
The repo rate remains unchanged at 3.5% per annum, South African Reserve Bank governor, Lesetja Kganyago, said during a virtual media briefing on Thursday...
While a further reduction to the interest rate would have been a bonus for aspirant first-time home buyers and existing homeowners...
Dr Andrew Golding 21 Jan 2021
Here are five brands we believe are worth watching in 2021...
Issued by eatbigfish 19 Jan 2021
The majority of a 15-member panel expects the South Africa Reserve Bank (Sarb) to hold the repo rate this week but over a third (36%) think the bank should cut the rate...
Level 3 restrictions in the middle of the December holiday season came as an unwelcome, albeit not altogether unexpected, surprise on 28 December. So, what happens to your existing travel plans under level three...
Issued by Domestic Flights South Africa 11 Jan 2021
Despite the dissemination of vaccines in the months ahead, a larger portion of consumer spending will be impacted by recessionary conditions...
Ailsa Wingfield 11 Jan 2021
According to Alexandre de Juniac, IATA's director-general and CEO, this is because governments responded to new outbreaks with even more severe travel restrictions and quarantine measures...
Wineries may continue to sell wine during licenced trading hours throughout the week.
Despite volatile prices during 2020, cryptocurrency has withstood the Covid-19 stress test and emerged with new support from previous naysayers...
Marius Reitz 15 Dec 2020
The winners of The Innovation Hub's annual competition, the Gauteng Accelerator Programme (GAP), have been announced...
Google has revealed the results of its 2020 Year in Search, sharing what the world and South Africans searched for, asked about, looked for, ate and dreamt of exploring in 2020...
Mobile menus are revolutionising the way diners order & pay at SA restaurants thanks to Mr Yum.
Following a notable recovery to 51 points in quarter three of 2020, the Agbiz/IDC #Agribusiness Confidence Index rose to 61 points in quarter four, which is its highest level since quarter three of 2014...
Sabinet, one of the most respected thinkers at the intersection of law and technology, is proud to announce a new service - Sabinet Judgments...
Two out of the three global ratings agencies blamed the Covid-19 pandemic and the effects of lockdown on South Africa's economy for further downgrading the country's investment status...
What we are experiencing at present is a continued strong uptake in demand for residential property acquisitions around the country - particularly in the price band up to R3m...
Dr Andrew Golding 20 Nov 2020
The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) has kept the repurchase (repo) rate unchanged at 3.5% per annum...
The South African Reserve Bank has once again left the repo rate unchanged at a record low of 3.5% in its November 2020 meeting...
Paul Makube 20 Nov 2020
Unemployment in South Africa has soared to 30.8% in the last three months, the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the third quarter of 2020 revealed...
Unilever is focused on direct investment and partnerships in waste collection, building capacity by buying recycled plastics and supporting well-designed extended producer responsibility schemes...
This limited-edition Ford asserts a very pronounced, aggressive stance and entices the driver to take on the long and winding road. Here's all you need to know about the Ranger Thunder...
Naresh Maharaj 27 Oct 2020
Paul Geary (director at One Custom) writes about some reasons why data adoption by businesses hasn't been as comprehensive as it should be; and how successful data-driven businesses and marketing efforts should be entirely underpinned by strategic intent and operational follow-through that embeds effective information systems, customer data and predictive analytics at their core...
Paul Geary 26 Oct 2020
Well the answer is, of course, that nobody knows, because nobody knows how a global epidemic plays out. But assuming that we don't end up in some apocalyptic scenario where old buttons are our only meaningful currency and we end up living on a diet of artisanal pool algae, there will be restaurants. And we will go to them. But what will the industry look like?..
John Davenport, Issued by Havas Johannesburg 8 Oct 2020
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations' Food Price Index averaged 97.9 points during the month, up 2.1% from August and 5.0% higher than its value in September 2019...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets in August showing that improvement remains slow amid insufficient capacity...
On 17 September 2020, Sanlam announced that it had awarded newly-appointed CEO Paul Hanratty a share-based remuneration package potentially worth between R161m and R500m.
Emma Schuster & Melody Kozah 28 Sep 2020
The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) has kept the repurchase (repo) rate unchanged at 3.5% per annum...
The Sarb considered risks to both growth and inflation as balanced, and signalled no intention to make further cuts for the remainder of 2020. However, in the second half of 2021 we may see the first round of hikes...
Paul Makube 18 Sep 2020