In a year marked by economic uncertainty, high interest rates, and relentless pressure on household finances, one South African institution has not only survived but thrived. Capitec Bank, the challenger that upended the country’s banking landscape two decades ago, has once again delivered a set of results that will force its rivals back to the…
For nearly two decades, Jan Hofmeyr has been the steady hand on the financial tiller of one of South Africa’s most distinctive and successful insurers. He has guided OUTsurance through market booms and busts, through regulatory overhauls and technological disruptions, through the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic turmoil that followed. His has been a tenure…
On paper, the numbers tell a story of recovery. Of resilience. Of a national carrier that was once pronounced dead, buried beneath billions of rand in debt and a business rescue process that seemed endless, finally staggering back to its feet. South African Airways (SAA) has reported a profit for the financial year ended 31…
South Africa’s cost of living continued its upward trend in March 2026, with annual inflation rising to 3.1%, according to data released by Statistics South Africa. This marks a slight increase from February’s 3.0%, while prices rose by 0.6% month-on-month, signalling persistent pressure on consumers. The increase was driven by higher prices across several key…
In the gleaming glass atrium of the Sandton Convention Centre, where dealmakers in tailored suits usually trade futures in platinum and gold, a different kind of transaction is about to take place. This one is not measured in ounces or rands. It is measured in megawatts. In kilometres of rail. In the number of hours…
On paper, it looks like an odd couple. One is a century-old liquid fuel giant with a blue-and-orange star that has become synonymous with South African road trips, truck stops, and the hum of petrol pumps from Musina to Cape Town. The other is a rapidly rising Chinese automaker that, until recently, was better known…
The morning rush hour in the Johannesburg Central Business District is normally a symphony of chaos: taxis honking, vendors shouting, hawkers wheeling their goods, and thousands of commuters pouring out of Park Station like a human river. But yesterday, there was only silence. The city that never sleeps in Africa’s richest economy came to a…
A crisp Wednesday morning at the Birchwood Hotel and OR Tambo Conference Centre saw a familiar figure take the podium early. Minister of Small Business Development, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, stood before a gathering of journalists, local government officials, and economic development practitioners to officially open the much-anticipated National Local Economic Development (LED) Summit. But before the…
The sun rose over the Big Hole on Tuesday morning, casting its golden light across a city that has seen booms and busts, fortunes made and lost, dreams realized and shattered. But inside the Kimberley Diamond Pavilion, something different was happening. Something that felt, to many of the delegates streaming through the glass doors, like…
The glass-walled offices on the ninth floor of a newly renovated building on Bree Street offer a panoramic view of Table Mountain, the kind of vista that has lured countless entrepreneurs, creatives, and dreamers to the Mother City. But the people who will soon fill these desks are not here for the scenery alone. They…
