The Roundup — Thursday, 1 October 2026

Business BagelChristian Maidman · 1 October 2026 at 04:00

Today’s edition Counter Culture Presented by Good morning. Spur is rethinking where South Africans eat, Capitec is becoming a lot more than a bank, and one company loan just made South Africa’s foreign investment appetite look a whole lot better than it really is. Not everything
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