Suvashree Ghosh, Bloomberg on 13/03/2026

Bitcoin tops $72 000

As Middle East tensions roil markets.

S Suvashree Ghosh, Bloomberg
Jeremy Maggs on 13/03/2026

Airbnb vs housing: Cape Town considers crackdown

Contractors warn payment delays are choking South Africa’s construction sector. How are South African households coping financially? And the Karoo farmer turning pistachios into a multibillion-rand opportunity.

J Jeremy Maggs
Jeremy Maggs on 13/03/2026

Jeremy’s weekly wrap: Supply chains in crisis, crime and looming elections

This week on Moneyweb@Midday we looked at shipping disruptions threatening stock availability, a kidnapping surge at alarming levels – with Gauteng at the centre, vehicle recalls raising manufacturing red flags, and a record 508 parties lining up for local elections.

J Jeremy Maggs
Simon Brown on 13/03/2026

Trump can’t Taco out of this war

Analysis of Standard Bank’s strong results and growing rest-of-Africa earnings, and new trends emerging after vehicle sales reached a decade high.

S Simon Brown