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Exporters of raw material slam proposal that would assist local ferrochrome producers as ‘a costly mistake’

The Minerals Council South Africa, which represents 90% of South Africa’s mining industry, says a "highly unionised" labour force has led to workers’ pay increase while productivity has declined.

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized two major cities in eastern DRC in January and February, posing the biggest threat to the government in Kinshasa in two decades.

Khokha allows small businesses to receive digital payments with its point-of-sale devices

Industry executives warn that peer nations are undertaking huge industrialisation drives

WhatsApp is slowly emerging as an e-commerce channel, as retailers explore ways to integrate it with their payment platforms.

Corporate travel is alive and well on the road to recovery in South Africa, despite political instability and the rise of remote work, says City Lodge Hotels CEO Andrew Widegger.

CEO says the combined group is open to any distribution partnerships with producers

Canal+, the new owner of MultiChoice Group, has ambitious plans for pay-TV and wants to be in half the households in South Africa and the other African countries in which it operates.

Discovery CEO Adrian Gore has lamented an overly dark and “corrosive” narrative that makes SA’s crime problem appear worse than it really is.

Company to list on JSE’s main board on Monday while shifting focus offshore

Standard Bank says crime is still top of mind for potential investors in South Africa but the government is making some headway in addressing the problem.

FNB says it has beefed up its physical presence in townships through AgencyPlus, a platform that brings banking services to the “underbanked” and is gaining traction within its broader African market.

Providing informal businesses with online visibility and digital payment systems will boost revenues for a burgeoning part of the economy, allowing more jobs to be supported by the country’s smallest businesses, says André de Wet, founder of digital business platform Flood.

The company was meant to be pushed to the margins of the global technology industry; instead it used the restrictions as a springboard, writes Arthur Goldstuck.