Phase Eight, Hobbs and Whistles have been hit by a cyberattack, and their owner is South African
The Foschini Group's London business is working through a cyberattack that has knocked out systems at three of its brands, while the group's stores at home carry on as normal.
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A Joburg chicken chain wants to open at BP petrol stations, to feed people who aren't buying petrol
Tasty Gallos plans to put restaurants on BP forecourts from 2027, part of a wider rebuild that is turning petrol stations into places to shop, eat and even work.
Bumble is in talks to go private for about $1 billion, after once being worth more than $14 billion
The dating app is in advanced talks to sell itself to a new Silicon Valley investment firm, and nothing has been signed yet.
AI spending kept the world growing through an oil shock, and the IMF says that is also the risk
The IMF credits the AI building boom with keeping global growth above 3%, and Tencent's latest bond sale shows what that boom looks like inside one company.
Tongaat Hulett is leaving the JSE after 74 years, and its shareholders are getting nothing for it
The JSE will strike the sugar producer off its main board on 3 November, and the company says shareholders should expect nothing from what is left.
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A strong dollar is dragging the rand down, while French debt worries pushed the euro to a 17-month low
The rand is near its weakest against the dollar since July, but a euro now costs less than R19, down from more than R20 a year ago.
Sasol shares are heading for their best year since at least 1991, and the Iran conflict did the heavy lifting
Making fuel from coal has turned this year's oil shock into a dollar return of almost 120% for Sasol shareholders, though the dividend is still waiting on the debt.
Fund managers called 2026 a bumper year for local shares, and retail companies are feeling it
Shares in companies that rely on South African spending were among the JSE's worst performers between July and September, months after fund managers tipped them for a big year.
The African countries with the most wind have built almost none of it, and South Africa leads instead
A new industry report says Africa has built almost none of the wind it could, and that in South Africa it is companies and local lenders now driving the build.
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The US has extended its trade deal for Africa to 2028, but South Africa still has to make the list
AGOA now runs to 2028, but Washington is reviewing who qualifies for 2027. Solidarity's research arm puts 576,000 jobs behind US exports, and the worry has already set Neal Froneman against the Presidency.
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Boxer cut its prices while food got dearer everywhere else, and its profit still grew 9.1%
The discount grocer sold more by charging less, kept more of each sale through a better mix and economies of scale, and named supply chain chief Justin Galloway to take over from Marek Masojada.
Apple new launch is called Welcome Home, and a kitchen-counter screen is reportedly the star
Apple's Welcome Home launch is at 3pm South African time today, and Bloomberg reports the main act is a home-control screen called HomeView that will have no App Store.
Africa Bitcoin Corporation's board quit before shareholders could vote it out, and two directors are left
Four of the JSE-listed company's six directors resigned after shareholders led by co-founder Warren Wheatley's family investment company asked for a vote to remove them, weeks after a regulator banned Wheatley from financial services.
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A Joburg chicken chain wants to open at BP petrol stations, to feed people who aren't buying petrol
Tasty Gallos plans to put restaurants on BP forecourts from 2027, part of a wider rebuild that is turning petrol stations into places to shop, eat and even work.
Bumble is in talks to go private for about $1 billion, after once being worth more than $14 billion
The dating app is in advanced talks to sell itself to a new Silicon Valley investment firm, and nothing has been signed yet.
Tongaat Hulett is leaving the JSE after 74 years, and its shareholders are getting nothing for it
The JSE will strike the sugar producer off its main board on 3 November, and the company says shareholders should expect nothing from what is left.