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Big menu: Tashas Group is planning to open two new Flamingo Rooms next year.
DUBAI

From South Africa to the world: Could Tashas be the next Nando’s?

Natasha Sideris, the founder and chief executive of Tashas Group, details the group’s expansion plans in the United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom

  • Anathi Madubela
6 min read
Counting the cost: Used plastic straws were collected at Khung Bang Kachao Urban Forest and beach during the Trash Hero initiative in Bangkok. In South Africa the move away from plastic straws may be motivated by consumer concerns. Photo: Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images
ANGELO LOUW

Companies are grasping at straws

Companies are keen to ditch plastic straws, but replacing them with single-use alternatives is not the best option, environmentalists say

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
FAMOUS BRANDS

Famous Brands to purchase Mugg & Bean

Famous Brands on Monday said it had reached an agreement to acquire the shares in the companies housing Mugg & Bean.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI

JSE higher on miners and resources

As gold and platinum prices climbed on a weaker dollar, the JSE’s gold mining index and resources continued to lift the all-share index on Monday. By noon, the JSE’s all-share…

  • Jeff Barbee
3 min read
ABSA

JSE stays sharply lower on world markets

The JSE retained its weak tone at noon on Monday, in line with overseas markets amid renewed concerns about the health of the United States economy. At 11.56am, the all-share…

  • Jeff Barbee
2 min read