The deals, results, leadership and strategy of the companies shaping South Africa.
Scooters Pizza is back to ten sites and wants twenty by the end of November, and the pitch to franchisees is built mostly on the fees it says it is not charging.
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The Midrand manufacturer exports the design and the right to make it, and says NATO countries that had no interest two years ago are now in the market.
Revenue rose 34% to R99.2 billion and the dividend is the largest the miner has ever declared, but the finance director says the better returns are no longer in South African gold.
Foot-and-mouth disease made red meat dear, feed got cheaper, and the poultry producer finished the year keeping 12.5 cents of every rand it took in.
Unit 1 tripped just before 1am on Thursday, Unit 2 has been down since April, and the station that normally carries about 5% of the country's power is generating nothing.
Labat declared 1c a share in June, certified it could afford it, postponed the payment a day before the record date, and has still not named a new one.
One-off gains from selling its asset manager and from a dilution in India lift one profit measure and are stripped straight back out of the other.
Revenue of $96.2 billion, guidance of $108 billion with nothing assumed from China, and an order book led by companies building their own processors.
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The group has a Dubai partner, a first phase of 150 megawatts and land already under negotiation, and it still will not say how much of the venture it owns.
The bank swapped cash-handling branches for smaller outlets that do not touch notes, and its South African points of presence went up rather than down.
The insurer expects headline earnings for the year to June to rise between 31% and 36%, with a gain on ending the lease over its Sandton building doing much of the lifting.
The world's largest pension funds and asset managers objected in writing before Wednesday's annual meeting, where a small group of insiders hold shares carrying a thousand votes each.