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Biden's withdrawal fuels market uncertainty, bolstering dollar as safe havenAndre Cilliers

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S.African homeowners' appetite for alternative power solutions declining, Absa saysNqobile Dludla

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Trump accepts Republican nomination, dollar gains capped by rate cut betsAndre Cilliers

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The MPC has held the repo rate steady - now what?Katja Hamilton

Coronation launches new brand campaign: Invest early, you’ll be so happy you didCoronation

Bell Equipment looks to expand its manufacturing capabilities in Europe

Bell Equipment to go private after family-led takeoverLindsey Schutters

Source: Supplied. Somaya Joshua, head of commercial property finance at Absa CIB.

No reason to waste a good crisis in East African property marketsSomaya Joshua and Zaharaa Khanbhai

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S.African homeowners' appetite for alternative power solutions declining, Absa says

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Trump accepts Republican nomination, dollar gains capped by rate cut bets

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Santova's Glen Gerber says the company is keen to expand its supply chain management services to a number of African countries. Image:

Santova seeks to expand trade corridors

Marc Hasenfuss 5 Jun 2014

Osayaba Giwa-Osagie says that government restrictions in SA are limiting investment from Nigerians who are keen to put money into the economy. Image:

SA's red tape restricts Nigerian investments

4 Jun 2014

Recession unlikely in second quarter: Reserve Bank

Recession unlikely in second quarter: Reserve Bank

4 Jun 2014

Purchasing and Supply Africa Managing Director Andre Coetzee says that few orders from mines are hurting the manufacturing sector as well. Image:

SA's manufacturing figures drop, raising red flags

Ntsakisi Maswanganyi and Nick Hedley 4 Jun 2014

Workers inside Graphic Packaging International's Arkansas plant have revised a way to reduce 'make-ready' waste. Image:

Mondi to buy US Graphic Packaging International for $105m

Alistair Anderson 4 Jun 2014

Succession planning is proving difficult in family-owned businesses according to a survey by PwC. Image:

Succession in family firms a difficult issue

Mpho Sibanyoni 3 Jun 2014

Naamsa says sales of new vehicles and exports of cars fell sharply in May, prompting further fears of a recession in South Africa. Image: David Castillo Dominici

New vehicle sales drop 9.2% to 49‚465 units in May

3 Jun 2014

Professor Alex van den Heever of Wits says that health care reforms are urgently needed to allow medical aids to remain affordable for members. Image:

Medical aid reforms needed now, say experts

3 Jun 2014

Crowdfunding a challenging solution to unsecured lending

Crowdfunding a challenging solution to unsecured lending

Jared Nickig 2 Jun 2014

Massmart's new Chief Executive Guy Hayward. Image: Massmart

Massmart feels 'consumer plight'

Zeenat Moorad 2 Jun 2014

Deputy General Secretary of Numsa, Karl Cloete says that a strike is inevitable if employers don't meet demands for a 15% wage hike for industrial workers. Image:

Crippling new strike threatens

2 Jun 2014

Packaging in SA is always changing shape

Packaging in SA is always changing shape

Mark Allix 2 Jun 2014

Gooderson Leisure's Alan Gooderson says results for the past financial year were pleasing with a dividend of 1.875 cents a share being paid to shareholders. Image:

Gooderson increases dividend for third year in a row

Marc Hasenfuss 2 Jun 2014

Joint Chief Executive of Standard Bank Sim Tshabalala Image: Standard Bank

Standard Bank defends high salaries to executives

Phakamisa Ndzamela 30 May 2014

DTI's Rob Davies says apart from the film industry's contribution to GDP, it has created 25,000 jobs in South Africa. Image: GCIS

DTI to improve support for film industry

30 May 2014

Mergence Managing Direcgtor Masimo Magerman wants all listed companies to disclose the wage gap between the highest and lowest paid workers when the annual reports are published. Image: Mergence Group

Mergence wants wage gap disclosed in annual reports

Evan Pickworth 30 May 2014

Verimark's Mike van Straaten says that for the first time in 37 years the company has hiked prices twice in one year because of currency fluctuations. Image:

Verimark finds import-linked price hikes deter customers

Marc Hasenfuss 29 May 2014

Adcock's new chairman, Brian Joffe says that the company will be decentralised allowing each division to make decisions. Image: Bidvest

Adcock Ingram announces decentralisation‚ drop in profit

Charlotte Mathews 29 May 2014

Portia Tau-Sekati of the Property Sector Charter Council says the contribution made by the property sector in all its forms to the SA economy is huge and will help define transformation plans. Image:

Property contributes R191.4bn to SA economy

Alistair Anderson 29 May 2014

TFR's Siyabonga Gama has urged SADC countries to put considerably more money into improving Africa's railway infrastructure. Image:

Transnet seeks greater SADC investment in rail networks

Mpho Sibanyoni 29 May 2014

Money laundering remains a serious problem worldwide and bankers are battling to meet the regulations to prevent money from being 'washed clean'. Image: AdamR

Companies forced to take money laundering more seriously

Amanda Visser 28 May 2014

Santam's Ian Kirk says personal service is what clients are prepared to pay for. Image: Santam.

Brokers offer tailor-made client solutions

28 May 2014

Mr Price has performed well, declaring a dividend of R4.82 a share. African operations performed particularly well. Image:

Mr Price earnings up 22.4% to 715.1c

28 May 2014

Alucan in Nigeria contributed upwards of US$300m to Nampak's earnings since February. Image:

Nampak earnings up 7.4% to 114.3c

Mark Allix 28 May 2014

Neotel's Sunil Joshi has confirmed that the deal with Vodacom is "very important" to the future of the company. Image:

Vodacom buyout important for Neotel

Thabiso Mochiko 28 May 2014

George Argyropoulos, head of Cruises International says there is plenty of potential for the South African cruise market. Image:

Lack of SA luxury cruise ships hurts tourism revenue

Thabiso Mochiko 28 May 2014

Vukile's Laurence Rapp says the property fund has delivered on its promises to investors for the last ten years and would continue to do so. Image:

Vukile says it will match market's performance

Alistair Anderson 27 May 2014

Telkom's Sipho Maseko plans to cut management layers in order to get closer to the thousands of customers who use the company's services. Image: Telkom

Telkom now out of intensive care

Loni Prinsloo 27 May 2014

New ministers and their portfolios

New ministers and their portfolios

26 May 2014

Weighing up pros and cons of alternative investments

Weighing up pros and cons of alternative investments

23 May 2014

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Purchasing and Supply Africa Managing Director Andre Coetzee says that few orders from mines are hurting the manufacturing sector as well. Image:

SA's manufacturing figures drop, raising red flags

Ntsakisi Maswanganyi and Nick Hedley 4 Jun 2014

Workers inside Graphic Packaging International's Arkansas plant have revised a way to reduce 'make-ready' waste. Image:

Mondi to buy US Graphic Packaging International for $105m

Alistair Anderson 4 Jun 2014

Succession planning is proving difficult in family-owned businesses according to a survey by PwC. Image:

Succession in family firms a difficult issue

Mpho Sibanyoni 3 Jun 2014

Naamsa says sales of new vehicles and exports of cars fell sharply in May, prompting further fears of a recession in South Africa. Image: David Castillo Dominici

New vehicle sales drop 9.2% to 49‚465 units in May

3 Jun 2014

Professor Alex van den Heever of Wits says that health care reforms are urgently needed to allow medical aids to remain affordable for members. Image:

Medical aid reforms needed now, say experts

3 Jun 2014

Crowdfunding a challenging solution to unsecured lending

Crowdfunding a challenging solution to unsecured lending

Jared Nickig 2 Jun 2014

Massmart's new Chief Executive Guy Hayward. Image: Massmart

Massmart feels 'consumer plight'

Zeenat Moorad 2 Jun 2014

Deputy General Secretary of Numsa, Karl Cloete says that a strike is inevitable if employers don't meet demands for a 15% wage hike for industrial workers. Image:

Crippling new strike threatens

2 Jun 2014

Packaging in SA is always changing shape

Packaging in SA is always changing shape

Mark Allix 2 Jun 2014

Gooderson Leisure's Alan Gooderson says results for the past financial year were pleasing with a dividend of 1.875 cents a share being paid to shareholders. Image:

Gooderson increases dividend for third year in a row

Marc Hasenfuss 2 Jun 2014

Joint Chief Executive of Standard Bank Sim Tshabalala Image: Standard Bank

Standard Bank defends high salaries to executives

Phakamisa Ndzamela 30 May 2014

DTI's Rob Davies says apart from the film industry's contribution to GDP, it has created 25,000 jobs in South Africa. Image: GCIS

DTI to improve support for film industry

30 May 2014

Mergence Managing Direcgtor Masimo Magerman wants all listed companies to disclose the wage gap between the highest and lowest paid workers when the annual reports are published. Image: Mergence Group

Mergence wants wage gap disclosed in annual reports

Evan Pickworth 30 May 2014

Verimark's Mike van Straaten says that for the first time in 37 years the company has hiked prices twice in one year because of currency fluctuations. Image:

Verimark finds import-linked price hikes deter customers

Marc Hasenfuss 29 May 2014

Adcock's new chairman, Brian Joffe says that the company will be decentralised allowing each division to make decisions. Image: Bidvest

Adcock Ingram announces decentralisation‚ drop in profit

Charlotte Mathews 29 May 2014

Portia Tau-Sekati of the Property Sector Charter Council says the contribution made by the property sector in all its forms to the SA economy is huge and will help define transformation plans. Image:

Property contributes R191.4bn to SA economy

Alistair Anderson 29 May 2014

TFR's Siyabonga Gama has urged SADC countries to put considerably more money into improving Africa's railway infrastructure. Image:

Transnet seeks greater SADC investment in rail networks

Mpho Sibanyoni 29 May 2014

Money laundering remains a serious problem worldwide and bankers are battling to meet the regulations to prevent money from being 'washed clean'. Image: AdamR

Companies forced to take money laundering more seriously

Amanda Visser 28 May 2014

Santam's Ian Kirk says personal service is what clients are prepared to pay for. Image: Santam.

Brokers offer tailor-made client solutions

28 May 2014

Mr Price has performed well, declaring a dividend of R4.82 a share. African operations performed particularly well. Image:

Mr Price earnings up 22.4% to 715.1c

28 May 2014

Alucan in Nigeria contributed upwards of US$300m to Nampak's earnings since February. Image:

Nampak earnings up 7.4% to 114.3c

Mark Allix 28 May 2014

Neotel's Sunil Joshi has confirmed that the deal with Vodacom is "very important" to the future of the company. Image:

Vodacom buyout important for Neotel

Thabiso Mochiko 28 May 2014

George Argyropoulos, head of Cruises International says there is plenty of potential for the South African cruise market. Image:

Lack of SA luxury cruise ships hurts tourism revenue

Thabiso Mochiko 28 May 2014

Vukile's Laurence Rapp says the property fund has delivered on its promises to investors for the last ten years and would continue to do so. Image:

Vukile says it will match market's performance

Alistair Anderson 27 May 2014

Telkom's Sipho Maseko plans to cut management layers in order to get closer to the thousands of customers who use the company's services. Image: Telkom

Telkom now out of intensive care

Loni Prinsloo 27 May 2014

New ministers and their portfolios

New ministers and their portfolios

26 May 2014

Weighing up pros and cons of alternative investments

Weighing up pros and cons of alternative investments

23 May 2014

Rebosis Chief Executive Sisa Ngebulana. Image:

Merged property funds would have muscle

Alistair Anderson and Joan Muller 23 May 2014

The construction industry is still facing tremendous pressures according to Willie Meyburgh, Chief Executive of Stefanutti Stocks. Image: Stefanutti Stocks

Building division hurts Stefanutti Stocks results

Mark Allix 23 May 2014

Repo rate unchanged

Repo rate unchanged

23 May 2014

SABMiller's Alan Clark says the outlook for the coming year is positive with growth coming mainly from emerging markets. Image: SABMiller

SABMiller's profits reach US$5.712bn

22 May 2014

Peter Motlare says problems at Dangote hurt Tiger Brands but plans are underway to resolve these problems. Image: Tiger Brands

Tiger Brands earnings from operations reach R8.56

Nick Hedley 22 May 2014

A US$30m expansion is underwas at Southern Sun Maputo, part of Tsogo Sun's growth strategy. Image:

Tsogo Sun's earnings up 18% to 176.5c

22 May 2014

Old Mutual's Julian Roberts says he is very pleased with the positive sales growth in South Africa. Image: Old Mutual.

Old Mutual gross sales up 24% to €6.2bn

20 May 2014

Barloworld's Clive Thomson expects the company to put in another solid performance this year, using capital to increase financial returns in lucrative markets. Image Barloworld.

Barloworld earnings climb 10% to 336c

Alistair Anderson 20 May 2014

Grand Parade Investments, which bought Burger King to South Africa and is extending its operations to the rest of Africa has bought a higher stake in kitchen equipment manufacturer Mac Brothers. Image: Burger King

Grand Parade ups its stake in Mac Brothers

20 May 2014

Short-stay accommodation levels were higher in March with income for hotels, guest farms and guest houses rising by 9.9% in the first quarter of the year. Image: 3Dmask

March tourist accommodation income up 2.6%

20 May 2014

Buildmax has not declared a dividend even though it made a profit of almost R270m. Image: Buildmax

Buildmax earnings up 15% to 32.9c

20 May 2014

Vodacom's Shameel Aziz Joosub has confirmed the mobile operator will buy Neotel for R7bn if it gets regulatory approval. Image: Vodacom

Vodacom earnings up just 2.8% to R8.96

20 May 2014

Astral Foods has increased its earnings by 308% and its dividend to 200 cents a share. Image: Master Isolated Images

Astral Foods diluted earnings up 308% to 386c

20 May 2014