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Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has moved to make it much harder to unwind approved mergers, days after the Competition Commission moved to unwind Premier Foods’ R6 billion RFG takeover deal.
Capitec CEO Graham Lee says SA’s small open economy is at risk from a deteriorating global economic backdrop characterised by ongoing geopolitical tensions and rising interest rates.
SA’s largest retail bank delivered bumper half-year earnings thanks to a strong performance from its personal banking unit, while its fairly new business banking unit shot the lights out.
The Public Investment Corporation, which invests on behalf of the Government Employees Pension Fund, on Wednesday, announced a stellar set of results for 2025/26, with a 20% increase in assets under management, bringing its portfolio to R3.657 trillion.
Defence Minister Angie Motshekga has promised retired soldiers that they will continue to receive healthcare, while admitting that their medical fund is “unsustainable” in its current state.
The Constitutional Court’s decision to declare the Public Procurement Act invalid may have inadvertently imperilled the SA Reserve Bank’s plan to replace Jibar with Zaronia.