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Business BagelToday’s edition House Rules Presented by Good morning, and welcome to your Thursday Roundup. Sun International is trying to get ahead of South Africa’s growing gambling problem, while government has a problem of its own ahead of next week’s mini-budget. Meanwhile, dairy farmers
Business BagelThe IMF expects 1% growth this year against Treasury's 1.6%, and next Wednesday's mini-budget will show how much of the tax take still rests on gold and platinum prices.
Business BagelThe casino group has launched a voluntary charter limiting its ads and blocking declared grant recipients, as Treasury weighs a 20% tax on a betting market that has grown almost fivefold in five years.
Business BagelBritish American Tobacco South Africa wants a legal minimum price of R38 a pack, on the back of an Ipsos study it commissioned into how cheaply cigarettes are being sold.
Business BagelThe IMF credits the AI building boom with keeping global growth above 3%, and Tencent's latest bond sale shows what that boom looks like inside one company.
Business BagelAGOA now runs to 2028, but Washington is reviewing who qualifies for 2027. Solidarity's research arm puts 576,000 jobs behind US exports, and the worry has already set Neal Froneman against the Presidency.
Business BagelThe state bank that pays out social grants blames a R44.5 million SARS interest charge for its loss, but its fee income halved under a Reserve Bank restriction and a write-back from Land Bank repayments held up what was left.
Business BagelThe World Bank now expects Sub-Saharan Africa to grow 4.3% this year, better than it forecast in April, but says growth is still too slow to cut poverty or create enough jobs.
Business BagelBDO estimates South Africa missed R6.5 billion in overseas tourist spending in 2025, the same year it set a record for arrivals.