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Business BagelA stronger rand and shipping costs up by almost half have left Afrimat expecting a headline loss for the six months to August, its toughest stretch since listing in 2006.
Business BagelThe Competition Commission has asked the Tribunal to revoke or rework its approval of Premier's RFG takeover, saying the companies discussed closing the Tulbagh cannery and never disclosed it.
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 BagelToday’s edition Too Much Power Presented by Good morning, and welcome to your Thursday Roundup. We’ve got a bit of a weird one today. South Africa claims it has too much electricity, Africa is starting its own credit rating agency, and FNB says you can now
Business BagelThe African Union has set up its own credit rating agency to take on Moody's, S&P and Fitch, but has yet to say who owns it, who runs it or when it will rate anyone.
Business BagelPayouts for wind and solar power the grid cannot take are heading for R2.4 billion this financial year, and the minister's fix is 9,600 megawatts of batteries and gas.
Business BagelSouth Africa has had Spotify audiobooks since February, and by the end of 2026 close to fifty African markets will too, most of them through a paid add-on.
Business BagelFNB's share-trading accounts now sell five cryptocurrencies from R10, but the coins are ringfenced inside the bank: no withdrawals to your own wallet, and nothing brought in from elsewhere.
Business BagelThe S&P 500 and the Nasdaq both closed at records on Tuesday, but the gains came from a short list of chip and tech giants while the broader market lagged.
Business BagelFewer hectares and a dry Western Cape have South Africa heading for its smallest wheat crop in eight years, while barley, canola and oats all expand.
Business BagelToday’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
Business BagelWith fast food growing and value brands gaining ground, Spur is taking Doppio Zero into smaller formats, down to a 50 square metre coffee counter that cost R1.3 million to open.
Business BagelCapitec lifted headline earnings 19% to R9.5 billion without a fee increase, on more transactions and a growing trade in airtime, data and insurance, while setting more aside for bad loans.
Business BagelLindt has cut its 2026 sales growth forecast to between 0% and 2% after price-sensitive shoppers in Germany, Switzerland and Austria bought less, and says cheaper cocoa will help it grow volumes again.
Business BagelBDO estimates South Africa missed R6.5 billion in overseas tourist spending in 2025, the same year it set a record for arrivals.
Business BagelThe Reserve Bank's direct investment figure more than doubled in the second quarter on one telecoms company's loan from its foreign parent, while Stats SA counted 14,000 fewer formal jobs.
Business BagelShein's first results as a listed company knocked its shares, while South Africa's ad watchdog told local media to turn away its satin ads for polyester dresses.
Business BagelSpar is looking for a new chair, Pick n Pay has named its next chief executive and Woolworths has a new boss, all as Shoprite and Walmart press harder.
Business BagelToday’s edition Ground Control Good morning, and welcome to your Wednesday Roundup. We’re clearing up what’s actually stopping Starlink from launching in South Africa, Claude has found a way to do more with less, and Clicks is making a half a billion rand move
Business BagelSonnet 5.5 costs exactly what Sonnet 5 did per chunk of text, but Anthropic says it needs far fewer of them to finish the same work.
Business BagelFrom 6 October the platinum and gold miner's shares will also trade on A2X, while its JSE and New York listings stay exactly as they are.
Business BagelBurstone's South African buildings are beating its own forecasts, but its European warehouses and slower spending abroad will leave first-half growth just under its range.
Business BagelThe government says Starlink is welcome if it respects the 30% ownership rule, and the one route around that rule is stuck until the law changes.
Business BagelClicks has agreed to lift its stake in the premium beauty chain ARC to 61%, and the competition authorities still get the final say.
Business BagelThe JSE property group will keep half of a R5.4 billion portfolio and run it for fees, a model it already uses in Europe and Australia.