The world is changing fast and to keep up you need local knowledge with global context.
Jackie Cameron
The Foschini Group is to buy Jet stores for about R500m. Jet owner Edcon, which also owns Edgars, applied for bankruptcy protection in April.
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a ban on the sale and distribution of alcohol with immediate effect and a curfew from 9pm to 4am for everyone from Monday 13 July.
With hyperinflation in Zimbabwe running at more than 1,000%, earning a basic salary is now worth the equivalent of less than one US dollar a day.
Gauteng, the richest province in South Africa, has become the centre of the country’s coronavirus outbreak. The region surpassed the Western Cape.
Justice Minister Ronald Lamola told parliament that the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture has cost taxpayers R700 million so far.
The difference between the Old Mutual London and Harare listings has become a widely used proxy measure for figuring out the market value of the Zimbabwe dollar.
Nick Hudson, the PANDA actuary who tells it like it is, says he’d be very surprised if we see this month go out without a national peak in Covid-19 deaths.
A small Cape Town restaurant, Café Chameleon, triumphed against Guardrisk Insurance, part of insurance giant Momentum Metropolitan Holdings.
PANDA, a thinktank of actuaries, economists and other number crunchers devoted to understanding Covid-19, has ripped Western Cape data analysis to shreds.
News highlights: Capitec bank, the Islamic State threat to Africa’s largest investment in Mozambique, state capture dirt on ANC politicians, CPD bailout.