Editor’s pick
South Africans are spending more online than ever, and it’s creating a R159 billion market
World Wide Worx expects R159 billion of online spending this year, an increase almost the size of the entire 2020 market, coming from a slightly smaller share of adults.
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Sibanye is bringing a South African gold mine back to life after more than a decade
Burnstone was mined for two years, flooded, and mothballed in 2012, and the shaft still standing there is most of the reason the project passed a board vote in 2026.
The Competition Commission is questioning why cheaper crops aren’t translating into cheaper groceries
Its third Cost of Living Report finds record gaps on maize meal, sunflower oil and frozen chicken, and its chief economist says margins like these may be worth a look.
Oura turned a tiny health-tracking ring into a billion-dollar business, and now it’s going public
The smart-ring maker booked $1.21 billion of revenue in nine months and a real profit behind it, and it is listing into a market four rivals are already crowding.
Capitec is joining a second stock exchange as the JSE’s smaller rival keeps gaining ground
A2X says its members now handle 85% of the listed-share trades executed in South Africa, and from Monday Capitec's shares trade there as well as on the JSE.
A huge platinum price recovery just turned Impala Platinum into a R17.1bn payday for shareholders
Implats went from R732 million of headline earnings to R22.9 billion in a year, and is handing back about 82% of its spare cash while warning that costs keep climbing.
Uber has switched off in Nigeria and Uganda after more than a decade
The company gave no reason for leaving Lagos, and says the decision stops at those two markets.
The Roundup — Friday, 4 September 2026
Albany is selling bread off the pavement, and wants 3 000 stands doing it
Tiger Brands supplies the stand and the daily delivery, the vendor supplies the labour, and the company puts the income at about R1 300 a month.
Medical schemes want South Africa to consider compulsory membership to bring the cost of cover down
An association whose members include Discovery Health, Momentum and Fedhealth says forcing everyone above the tax threshold to join would cut the cost of cover by between 10% and 30%.
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Discovery Bank has stopped costing its parent money and started feeding it customers
The bank turned its first full-year profit, R370 million, and seven in ten of its new customers had no other Discovery product.