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Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana.

PIC crisis escalates as whistleblower accuses Godongwana of board interference

A whistleblower has escalated the governance crisis at the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) to Parliament, alleging that Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana attempted to…

Businessman takes on African Bank

Businessman Sikhumbuzo Brian Mkhabela is set to lodge a fresh court application challenging African Bank's governance processes. This follows the Durban High Court dismissing his…

The new Angola capital markets story

Angola is transforming its financing model, moving from reliance on external borrowing to empowering domestic capital markets. BODIVA is central to this shift, aiming to…

The Making of generational wealth

Family Offices are rapidly expanding across Africa, moving beyond their traditional developed-world strongholds. This surge aligns with the continent's significant wealth growth,…

Trends: Several forces are creating fertile ground for investors to overemphasise the importance of recent events in assessing the future. Photo: Credit Magnific

Investors at risk of biases

How investors interpret shifts during periods of uncertainty depends on recent and generational experience. When these go unchecked, they harden into biases that obscure…

Beyond the spread - How serious traders judge South African brokers

Advanced traders in South Africa look beyond headline costs and welcome offers when choosing a broker. They prioritize execution quality, real market costs, platform stability…

Businessman Kagiso Matjila has threatened the PIC, the Government Employees Pension Fund and PIC chief executive Patrick Dlamini with a R1 billion damages claim in an escalation of the battle over the Lanseria International Airport dispute.

Why a settled Lanseria dispute still haunts the PIC

What began as an arbitration over Lanseria Airport has escalated into a major governance crisis for the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), involving a whistleblower complaint…

How Lanseria became the fault line in the PIC power struggle

The Public Investment Corporation (PIC) is embroiled in a significant governance crisis, stemming not from a recent whistleblower complaint, but from a long-standing dispute over…

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana.

Godongwana steps in as PIC probe gathers pace

The Public Investment Corporation (PIC) board has formally assumed oversight of a whistleblower complaint against chief executive Patrick Dlamini following a special meeting with…

Capitec at 25: how scale, trust and practical innovation are reshaping access to finance

Capitec reports headline earnings growth of 23% to R16.8 billion, celebrates R1 billion in client savings, and enters its next chapter as a diversified financial services group…

“While Africa watches war, the real disruption is unfolding in supply chains, finance, labour and education — dividing the digitally prepared from the rest of the world”. Photo: Supplied

While Africa watches war, the real divide is digital

While global tensions play out in real time, their lasting effect will not be measured only in territory or political outcomes. It will be measured in how economies are reshaped,…

Gen Z’s expectations of work have been shaped by a very different social and technological environmen

If organisations want Gen Z talent, they must rethink workplace culture

Gen Z’s expectations of work have been shaped by a very different social and technological environment. Many entered adulthood during a period marked by global uncertainty,…

The Government Employees Pension Fund said on Tuesday that it had temporarily suspended the submission of withdrawal applications from the two-pot retirement system for its members from 7 October to 21 October to allow for a system update.

Two-pot withdrawal system temporarily suspended for Government Employees Pension Fund

The fund said its system was undergoing an update and would be offline until 21 October

Studies estimate that if women had equal access to resources, their yields could increase by 20% to 30%.

Pilot programmes are over – Africa’s agriculture must scale, with women at its heart

Ask African governments how they feel about agricultural innovation and their answer might surprise you. “They’re tired,” says Vanessa Adams, Founder and CEO of…

South Africans could face rising living and borrowing costs after inflation accelerated to 4% in April, with economists warning that fuel-driven global price shocks — not domestic demand — are complicating the South African Reserve Bank’s interest rate outlook

Gen Z South Africans make ends meet through hustle and pragmatism

The findings challenge stereotypes, showing a generation that’s resourceful, pragmatic and shaping its own financial future

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SA’s unemployment rate edges up to 32.9%

Jobs were lost in the formal sector, as well as in trade, construction and private households

(Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)

The proposed Transformation Fund aims to work with and for black women

It advocates for SMMEs owned by women, addresses problems women have with financing and targets sectors such as agriculture, where women labourers are concentrated

Enlit Africa 2025 Spotlights Investment and Finance as Catalysts for Africa’s Energy Future

Cape Town, South Africa – April 2025 – Enlit Africa, the continent’s premier gathering for the power, energy and water sectors brings a sharp focus on investment and finance to…

All asunder: The Economic Freedom Fighters led by Julius Malema is divided on how to respond to the budget proposed by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. (David Harrison)

EFF leaders split over national budget, VAT increase

Divisions in the party have emerged over VAT hikes, coalition negotiations, and fiscal policy strategies

2025 Budget Speech Commentary: Economic Policy and Its Impact on Low-Income Households

The budget speech poses an ideal opportunity for us to reflect on the influence policy has on the economic outcomes of all South Africans. The South African economic system…