Business

The involvement and participation of South Africa in the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) is expected to significantly boost the nation’s economy and cement its dominant position as the African Union’s largest exporter. South Africa started trading under AfCFTA on 31 January 2024, enabling the nation’s companies to export certain products duty-free or with […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa appears to be pleased with himself. The country’s new 10-party unity government is forging closer ties with the business community, with positive spin-offs for the country at large. Speaking at a lobby group known as Business Unity South Africa’s annual general meeting between government and business the President said in a speech

Durban Business Woman and CEO of the Zikhulise Group Shauwn “MaMkhize” Mkhize has admitted to working with the “construction mafia,” who are known for using violence and intimidation to extort money from business in the public work sector. Mkhize’s confession comes weeks after her name trended in relation to an assassination attempt on a SARS

President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the Electricity Regulation Amendment Bill at the weekend, which is meant to create a competitive electricity market. The bill amends the Electricity Regulation act of 2006 to “open up pathways to greater competition and reduced energy costs; increase investment in new generation capacity to achieve energy security; establish

South Africa has made a new commitment to industrialize, re-industrialize, transform and establish a capable state through economic growth based on constitutional principles aimed at building a better future for all. This was the message given by Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) Parks Tau on Friday, during his virtual participation in the eight

Political analyst Andre Duvenage has stated the time had arrived for drastic changes in the political landscape. According to Duvenage it was highly unlikely that political parties would have an outright majority come elections in the future. Devenage said the only possibility was seeing parties amalgamate (merge) or working close together, just like the progressive

It has been warned by fiscal experts that abundant evidence has shown that government spending has been inefficient. Much of this is to do with how state funds are managed in nature by the Executive Branch. Much of the misuse of scarce resources is planted in cadre deployment and the break down of systems of

South Africa finds itself in a complicated tug of war concerning relations with the European Union and a member of the BRICS+ economies. Pretoria plans to approach the EU to discuss its proposed tax on carbon-intensive imports. The argument that the South African government has given is that it will negatively impact the emerging economies

The risk of pollution in ground water is increasing. South Africa’s water pollution situation is well-documented, with surface water resources under immense pressure from overuse, pollution and climate change. However, amidst the concerns, the cleanliness of ground water as a source of drinkable liquid remains under threat. This underground reservoir, accessed through boreholes and springs,