Normalised headline earnings rose 13% to R7.06 billion for the year to June, clearing the Impact strategy's target twelve months ahead of plan, with five business units each earning more than a billion rand.
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The Federal Open Market Committee lifted American rates a quarter point on Wednesday, six days before South Africa's own rate-setters meet with a survey in front of them that was taken before any of it happened.
Six projects were named as the first wave of South Africa's national green hydrogen programme, and only the Saldanha Bay aviation fuel plant has taken a final investment decision.
The Senate refused to open debate on the Clarity Act on Tuesday, leaving the crypto industry without the federal rulebook it has spent the election cycle paying for.
PayInc's index of the real value of money moving through South Africa's electronic payment system rose 0.8% in August, a second straight monthly gain, six days before the Reserve Bank decides on interest rates.
African Bank filled four executive seats and confirmed a Section 189A retrenchment process on the same day, five days after its chief financial officer walked out and six months after its chief executive did.
Brent crude near a four-month peak and the US 10-year Treasury yield at its highest since 2007 took the rand to R16.34 on Monday, its weakest since the first week of August.
Nako Energy has asked the courts to liquidate PetroSA over R605.5 million it says the state oil company acknowledged owing in May 2025, a year after PetroSA sold it a diesel cargo it could not pay for.
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Five of South Africa's biggest companies are moving into banking at once, and deposits, not banking fees, are what they are actually after.
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Starship's fourteenth flight carries 26 third-generation Starlink satellites, aims for orbit for the first time in thirteen attempts, and would be the first launch to earn SpaceX's launch division anything.
LVMH closed Tuesday at about EUR201 billion against L'Oreal's EUR203 billion, losing the French crown and its place in Europe's ten largest listed companies for the first time since 2017.