World Bank, Amazon back R1bn Eastern Cape spekboom bond
The deal channels global capital into restoring degraded Eastern Cape land while creating carbon-credit income for South Africa.
Clicks cautions about rest-of-year trading
Analysis of Clicks’s selloff and signs of consumer strain, alongside US private credit risks and any spillover to local markets.
Global growth cools, delivering cold economic comfort for Africa
Kearabilwe Nonyana of PrimeXBT weighs in on the threat to remittances, living standards and food security, with the continent being more exposed to global shocks.
Appointment of National Lotteries Commission chair inches forward
Names of three candidates submitted to minister.
Cronyism at key municipalities is hobbling big business – BLSA
Business leaders and government weigh reforms to improve operating environment and service delivery.
Bitcoiners outraged by SA’s ‘biggest exchange control’ revamp in decades
Bitcoin will be considered ‘capital’ and any cross-border transactions will need Reserve Bank permission. You could even be detained at borders and forced to hand over ‘seed phrases’ in your head.
Court backs bank on Vat deductions for cash-back scheme
Sars’s argument based on ‘conflated interpretation’ of the act.
Rail master plan will cost almost R2trn over 30 years
Aims to restore rail as backbone of SA’s logistics and mobility system.
Something new: A multi-currency token to rule them all
And it promises to be more stable than a stablecoin. Intershare CEO Pierre Oosthuizen tell us more.
Businesses adjacent to state dams may become ‘illegal’
Widespread concern about proposed new 'draconian' regulations.