Vodacom lifts Vision 2030 targets after doubling customer growth pace
Vodacom Group has more than doubled its customer growth target after a surge in new users pushed its subscriber base sharply higher, underscoring strong demand for digital services across Africa.
Boxer plans R1bn expansion, targets 60 new stores in FY27
Planned rollout follows a solid performance in the 2026 financial year, when it continued to gain market share despite a tough consumer environment
ANRI ARMER | What you learnt at your mother’s knee might need updating
Celebrating mom’s financial wisdom and how to build on what she taught you, writes Anri Armer
YURESH MAHARAJ | Banking and insurance are converging, and Africa stands to gain
The trend, already well established in Europe and Asia, has rich potential in our continent, writes Yuresh Maharaj
ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK | Land Rover sets new course in China with Chery on top
Auto China 2026 was the centre of gravity of the automotive world last week, pulling in more than 900,000 visitors and 181 world premieres among 1,451 vehicles on display, writes Arthur Goldstuck
SANDILE NKOSI | Give forestry space to branch out to its potential
If the government prunes its red tape, among other initiatives, the tree and pulp industry can provide a protective canopy for SMEs, writes Sandile Nkosi
Land Bank asks Treasury for another bailout
State-owned lender seeks R50bn as it projects running out of cash by 2028
FDI deals to come under national security scrutiny
DTIC and CIPC are preparing to tighten reviews of foreign investment deals, in line with a global trend to protect sensitive sectors
Sappi earnings hit by pulp prices and rand strength as global pressures mount
Sappi’s earnings slumped as weaker (DWP) dissolving wood pulp prices and currency volatility squeezed margins, with the group pointing to South African cost pressures while advancing its North American expansion.
Dis-Chem’s new ‘Health Hub’ to transform primary care
Dis-Chem has launched a new store format in Melrose saying that the Health Hub format would become the blueprint for all new stores from August onwards, while existing stores across the network would gradually be revamped around the same principles.
African leaders unite around heritage as an economic asset
Two decades after its founding, the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) brought governments, multilateral bodies and investors to consensus that African heritage is an economic asset requiring African-led financing.
Lesaka doubles down on township expansion
Company is also reshaping parts of its merchant business and exiting non-core operations such as ATMs
Dynamic CEO-CFO duo who transformed Standard Bank
Tshabalala and Daehnke’s tenure likely to go down in history as a defining era in the bank’s growth
Hunters, NSPCA lock horns in wildlife economy war
The 'well-being' of animals at the centre of Constitutional Court fight over legislation
Illegal plastic bag trade dodges R1bn in taxes
SARS says the nature of investigations on plastic bag taxes brought a range of complexities during evidence collection and analysis.
























