President Donald Trump has pushed into new trade law territory with an emergency sanctions law to justify punishing 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and an extra 10% duty on Chinese goods.

We shouldn’t be worried about it, but stay vigilant, writes Wandile Sihlobo.

US President Donald Trump’s apparent disdain for key discussions at Davos is a small taster of what lies ahead for the next four years, writes Khaya Sithole.

US President Donald Trump is getting his wish that interest rates drop across the world, just not at home where a strong economy and uncertainty over his own policies have set the stage for the Federal Reserve to diverge from its central bank peers.

South Africans could soon find some unique and surprising products at Walmart-owned Massmart’s Game, Makro and Builders stores as the group looks to supercharge its supply chain to enhance its competitive edge locally.

Eskom has confirmed Stage 3 load shedding will be implemented this weekend, starting at 17:00 on Friday evening.

Diamond dealer Louis Liebenberg’s estate has been provisionally sequestrated after a court found he owed millions in gambling debts. His lawyers claimed hidden assets were stashed under trees in the Northern Cape, which the judge dismissed.

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Shares in Truworths plunged more than 5% on Friday after it warned of a sales slide in its South African operations and flagged a possible fall in headline earnings per share of as much as 8%.

An overview of the biggest business developments in SA and beyond.

The Competition Commission has approved the sale of Nestlé’s iconic Cremora brand to French multinational Lactalis’ SA subsidiary, provided no jobs are lost due to the takeover.

The Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee cut interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday.

Almost 136 000 babies are expected to be born with HIV in the next three months, mostly in Africa, because of the Trump administration’s “stop work order” on foreign assistance, according to a top research foundation.

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana vowed to keep showing “tough love” toward the nation’s ailing state-owned enterprises, rebuffing calls for a bailout of Transnet.

Research from fintech group Altron has shown that the overall ability of SA’s households to take on and service debt improved in the third quarter of last year. Along with a significant boost from the financial flows from the new two-pot system, improved confidence has also flowed through to employment and real wage growth.

The financial viability of South Africa’s state power utility remains at risk even though it has stabilised the electricity supply, according to the nation’s auditor-general.

Saks Ntombela previously managed the life and investments cluster at Hollard Insurance prior to being appointed its group CEO from 2017 until 2022. Coronation’s current chair, Professor Alexandra Watson, will retire later this year.

Six former Dimension Data executives have been granted leave to approach the Supreme Court of Appeal to challenge a high court ruling that they implemented a “dishonest” scheme to benefit from a lucrative black economic empowerment property deal.

Ein Gedi, once Israel’s flagship beach drawing international tourists to float in the world-famous waters of the Dead Sea, now sits in ruins due to climate change and industrial use.

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A nascent recovery in technology shares faltered on Tuesday and AI chip leader Nvidia struggled to rise from a record-breaking wipeout sparked by a low-cost Chinese artificial intelligence model.