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Security guards released on bail after allegedly tying up fellow guards and attempting to steal vehicles
The non-profit Mining Forum has applied for the company’s mining license to be suspended
New economic research by ETM Analytics has put South Africa in some dangerous company.
South Africans are pouring into Ghana, the world’s fastest-growing economy, with a growth rate of 14.4% last year.
Barney Barnato would hardly recognise what’s left of the rapidly disappearing Johannesburg Consolidated Investments (JCI), the mining empire he formed in 1889. Barnato was long…
Eric Samson is probably South Africa’s richest resident, though you don’t hear much of him. His unlisted Macsteel Holdings business empire generates revenue of nearly R70-billion…
South Africans are about to get hit with an avalanche of pay TV options from next year — some of them delivered to your cellphone. Until now MultiChoice — which owns M-Net and…
Royal Enfield bikes have a cult following among classic bike enthusiasts around the world, some of whom own more than 20 working models dating back to the 1930s. The bikes are…
The last two weeks were the most expensive in Gold Fields’s history. It plonked deals worth about R25-billion on the table, in the process establishing itself as the world’s top…
There were denials all round this week that Anglo American was a potential takeover target. In a high-stakes poker game, that’s what you do: you pretend to fold before the game…
The volatile rand is creating havoc for companies and investors. It lost 23% of its value in seven weeks, starting in early May, and has since regained nearly 10% of its value,…
Business is helping tackle crime, with several initiatives by Business Against Crime bearing fruit. Vehicle theft and hijackings are down about 16% over the past five years from…
Up to 450Â 000 chanting soccer fans will be shoehorned through South Africa’s airports during the 2010 World Cup Soccer tournament, creating a logistical nightmare for the…
Three months after achieving straight As in his performance review as CEO of Johnnic Communications, Connie Molusi was suspended on full pay ”pending the outcome of the hearing…
Businesses are bracing themselves for a rand at R8 or even R8,50 to the United States dollar after the shock 20% weakening in the local currency since early May. The Reserve Bank…
Gas supply in the Gauteng area is expected to return to normal over the next few days after a series of mishaps that has throttled supply since the onset of an early winter in…
Sydney Maree, the former 1 500m world-record holder, is running the race of his life. The former champion athlete and one-time head of the state-owned National Empowerment Fund…
The battle for South Deep, billed as the last piece of gold real estate on God’s green earth, could get a lot more interesting should AngloGold enter the fray alongside Harmony…
Mild panic has gripped the world’s financial markets as the stock market rout that started in early May continued, with many stocks losing up to 10% of their value in as many…
Wine, one of the great South African export stories of the past decade, is beginning to lose its fragrance. Most South African wines are now being exported at a loss as profit…
