Bitcoin has slumped more than 10% over the weekend to a two-week low as fears of a crackdown of cryptocurrencies grew on mounting scrutiny of Facebook’s planned Libra digital coin.

EFF Commander-in-Chief Julius Malema has officially joined the legal wrangle between Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, filing an intervention application at the High Court in Pretoria.

Zambia’s dollar-denominated government bonds jumped on Monday after the country’s president sacked Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe.

Congress holding hearings on Facebook’s plan for a possible digital coin suggests that the high-profile debut for Libra was likely a public relations effort gone bad.

Tanzanian lenders are facing increased supervision after a surge in non-performing loans eroded capital and dampened profits.

South Africa is currently stuck in a type of quicksand: not yet porous enough to engulf the country completely, yet highly debilitating and extremely threatening, writes Daniel Silke.

Established South African industry leaders are struggling with the well-known challenges of doing business in Africa writes Nick Ndiritu.

Ahmet Cemil Miroglu, Turkish ambassador to Kenya told journalists that both countries are keen to improve the environment for investment and trade.

Absenteeism, presenteeism and other widespread costs are all linked to poverty, and it’s in the interests of corporates to mitigate their effects, says Sifiso Skenjana.

Uganda will invest $40m in the first phase of a $263m vehicle-assembly plant with the view of starting production by mid-2021 to tap rising demand in the East African Community region.

Pretoria is a preferred home location for many first-time buyers according to the FNB Property Barometer May 2019.

The head of Juul’s comments come in a documentary about an “epidemic” of vaping among young people.

Photos show “737 Max” has been replaced with “737-8200” on plane, fuelling speculation about a rebrand.

Annual inflation hit 175.66 percent, up from 97.85 percent in May, statistics agency ZIMSTATS said is the highest rate since runaway money.

Teaching English as a foreign language gives young South Africans a passport to travel the world and the opportunity to earn money as well.

US markets rallied on Friday pushing equity markets into record territory levels. The momentum continued to favour the bulls on Monday as Asian markets and US markets continued to advance.

Among other things, Ivan Pillay has alleged that ex SARS commissioner Tom Moyane pressured a former official to provide “some sort of report to implicate” the former deputy commissioner.

Towards the end of May, the PIC proceeded to issue a summons against AYO over processes regarding the R4.3 billion transaction that was made into the company, by the PIC.

Towards the end of May, the PIC proceeded to issue a summons against AYO over processes regarding the R4.3 billion transaction that was made into the company, by the PIC.

SA can learn something about building business confidence from the tech giants like Google and Amazon, says Grant Sieff.

New savings data shows that South Africans are under increasing financial pressure, with many living from paycheck to paycheck, and being unable to save.