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Lin Songtian, China’s ambassador to South Africa, took out a half-page advertisement in a key local newspaper to attack the stance of the US and President Donald Trump on global trade.
The spat is among the nastiest bust-ups in recent South African listed-corporate history and has pitted Peter Moyo against Old Mutual Chairman Trevor Manuel.
The dominance of Naspers over the South African stock market is about to be reduced – partially at least. And that’s good news for a number of fund managers.
Sasol delayed its annual financial results for a second time to allow for a more in-depth investigation into what went wrong during construction of its $13bn Louisiana chemical project.
The Open Society Foundation for South Africa strongly condemns the recent incidents of violence against women and attacks on non-South Africans.
Mobile-phone giant MTN Group and grocer Shoprite are among South African firms facing a backlash to xenophobic violence in their home country.
The rand headed for its biggest gain against the dollar in more than two months as a combination of positive local economic data and a global risk-off mood enticed investors to the country’s high-yielding bonds.
After shrinking sharply in first quarter of the 2019, the economy rebounded from a low base to record positive growth of 3.1% in the second quarter.
The installation of 520 Powerwall batteries, with two going into each base station, is the largest telecommunications project in which Tesla has participated to date.
Steinhoff nominated Mazars’s Netherlands unit as its new group auditor as the South African retailer looks to make a fresh start after it was almost destroyed by an accounting scandal.