Experts have called for an intervention as union tensions shake an already volatile industry.
Energy Minister Dipuo Peters is sticking to her guns on electricity policy.
The JSE proved its resilience this week, with stocks rising to a two-month high on Wednesday, despite concerns about labour unrest.
An influential bank has decided to continue funding new high-carbon energy projects in Europe.
A draft of new legislation is changing the face of South Africa’s short-term insurance sector and could lead to higher costs for consumers.
An idea to harness hydropower from municipal water pipes has led to a legal standoff between Rand Water and a small power company.
Of the 18.84-million credit active people in the country, 46.7% of them have impaired records, the National Credit Regulator said in October 2011.
American stocks soared on the news that United States employers had created 165 000 jobs in April.
Apple TV is bound to get the television industry feeling decidely nervous.
A renowned academic is adamant that austerity and deficit reduction will not aid a recovery.
One Thousand & One Voices (1K1V) investment movement has been launched ahead of the World Economic Forum on Africa.
Apple will not release a large-screened "phablet" phone to compete with archrival Samsung this year, according to analysts.
Africa’s growth might help to reassure sceptics who were concerned about the sustainability of the continent’s dependence on mining.
China has become a massive trading partner, and the currency a hedge against dollar fluctations.
The hostel systems of the past have to be replaced by housing with one individual per room, writes Johann Barnard.
The public enterprises minister has asked Eskom’s board to keep Paul O’Flaherty as its financial director.
There is nervousness in the sector as companies have to ensure they comply with the mining charter’s requirements by next year.
Africa does not have the same coffee export volumes to follow what Latin America did in the 1970s, but the ingredients for success are the same.
Inequality barometer is far lower than officially calculated if grants are taken into account.
The recent lavish Gupta family wedding, estimated to have been a multimillion-rand affair, has focused the spotlight on the controversial clan.
Star Times’s takeover of TopTV terms means that the government will suffer a huge loss on its venture.
Only the wealthy have the assets to afford the get-out-of-jail-free card, sequestration, and most South African’s can’t afford it.
BHP Billiton has defended the appointment of Xolani Mkhwanazi to its South African operations after his five-year stint at energy regulator Eskom.
The black middle class has grown from strength to strength and, as a result of doubling in size in the past decade, it has made its mark on sectors.
Electronics giant Panasonic hopes to win over new regions with its eco-friendly products and beauty range.
China’s StarTimes has walked away the winner of TopTV, although one of the losing consortiums is considering challenging the deal’s legality.
A "cautious alliance" has been formed between the Democratic Alliance and the ANC to address the issues underlying agricultural unrest.
Critics take issue with an ‘unworkable’ plan to licence even the smallest of businesses.
No one wants even to conceive what will happen to our resource shares if commodity prices fall further from current levels.
Many investors have lost hope that the gold price — which has plummeted to its lowest level in two years — will ever get back to its 2011 mark.
Although it is tempting for social media users to help to solve cases like the Boston bombing, they should leave it to the experts.
With Eskom’s rolling blackouts highly likely this winter, consumers have no choice but to switch off.