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New reporting by GroundUp and data group The Outlier shows online betting has exploded past R1 trillion a year, while calls to the gambling helpline have jumped more than fifteenfold.
Telkom lifted its dividend by two-thirds after a year in which data revenue climbed to nearly 60% of the total and cash flow strengthened.
A feared shortage turned into a glut, and wholesale pork has slid from about R40 a kilo back down to R30. Here is what happened.
A 45% jump in sales looks stellar, until you strip out the new German chain and see how hard South African consumers are being squeezed.
In a single week, six directors quit the Public Investment Corporation, the chair resigned and the finance minister stepped in. At the centre: a fight over top investment jobs and a R411 million payment.
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Most economists bet on a rate hike this week. The Reserve Bank held steady instead, the rand tumbled, and even the governor admits he might be proven wrong.
A five-year, UN-backed programme aims to give the country the labs, skills and recycling to claim a place in the electric-vehicle battery chain.
The invitation-only Forbes Global Properties network has launched locally, aiming to sell Atlantic Seaboard and Winelands trophy homes to foreign buyers.
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The retailer behind Pep and Ackermans is merging Flash and Shop2Shop into a payments business aimed at the country's R1 trillion informal market.
The country's medicine regulator is weighing a dozen generic copies of the drug behind Ozempic and Wegovy, and cheaper prices should follow.
The Industrial Development Corporation has spent about R430m on a five-star Mozambican getaway, and now it wants a partner to help finish it.
A new venue called LSE 24 would run from evening to dawn, built for algorithms and AI agents to trade around the clock.