Old Mutual’s underlying business had a strong half, despite a 30% drop in earnings
Two measures in the same results went opposite ways, and which one a reader looks at decides what happened.
South Africa just had its best ever second quarter for farm exports, and Africa bought most of it
Africa bought two fifths of the quarter, and the chief economist behind the numbers is writing warnings rather than victory laps.
A herpes virus is killing South African sardines, and the canned fish aisle is carrying on regardless
Pilchard herpesvirus has been confirmed in South African sardines for the first time, and the safety of a tin turns on the canning process rather than the sea.
AVI's revenue barely moved this year, and it is paying shareholders a special dividend of 300 cents anyway
Cost cutting, a fishing turnaround and a smaller payroll turned 1.4% more sales into 4.4% more profit, and a payout on top.
The Roundup — Tuesday, 8 September 2026
South Africa is taking another crack at a problem we have complained about for years: expensive data
The regulator has gazetted a market inquiry into whether South Africans can afford to be online, four years after the auction that was meant to settle it.
Hilton is opening its first-ever hotel in Zimbabwe, and a South African developer is behind it
Hilton's first hotel in Zimbabwe will be built by Terrace Africa, and neither side will say what the deal is worth.
Tesla’s new driverless taxi has no steering wheel or pedals, and regulators aren’t happy
American carmakers certify their own vehicles as road-legal, and the safety regulator wants to see how Tesla did it for one with no controls.
South Africa’s worst foot-and-mouth outbreak on record has turned into a fight over the price of vaccines
Onderstepoort Biological Products is not allowed to profit on foot-and-mouth doses, and the minister has put allegations about their pricing to its board.
Sun International is riding South Africa’s gambling boom, growing its casinos while cutting jobs at the same time
The group used its best casino numbers in three years to disclose a retrenchment process it has been running since July.
America’s AI spending spree has created an unlikely opportunity for South Africa’s Bell Equipment
The Richards Bay truck maker is absorbing American tariffs on the machines America is buying, and paid shareholders anyway.
Europe is putting R5.6 billion behind fixing basic services in South Africa’s biggest cities
The money goes to a Treasury programme for the eight metros, and Treasury says in the same statement that it will not be enough.