What makes a country great? In economic terms, it’s all about the efficient use of capital. Brian Kantor looks at the lessons for SA from the US in the 1980s.

The Advertising Regulatory Board has ordered alcohol brand Cactus Jack to change its labelling within 90 days, after ruling it misled customers into thinking they were purchasing pure tequila instead of just a spirit cooler.

When one of his employees suffered a personal loss, Cape Town businessman Paul Francis ordered a R700 bouquet of flowers to be sent to him via Netflorist. But what was delivered came as an unpleasant surprise, writes Wendy Knowler.

The Advertising Regulatory Board has instructed PepsiCo-owned Liqui Fruit to remove or amend wording on its website that implies the fruits it uses are all sourced from local farms, ruling this is misleading.

Maya Fisher-French explains how the VAT hike would have impacted banking fees – and why Capitec customers would have experienced a 7% fee increase.

Meta on Saturday vowed to fight Nigerian fines for various consumer data violations as the US tech giant reportedly threatened to cut off Facebook and Instagram in Africa’s most populous country.

The 20th International Nomads Festival, which is held in mid-April every year, involves clean-up initiatives to protect the world’s deserts.

Standard Bank has adopted a multi-vendor strategy for its ATM modernisation programme that will see new manufacturers added to its cash machine footprint across SA.

FNB has signed a R1.8-billion credit risk-sharing facility with the International Finance Corporation and raised a further R2.5 billion of funding from a social bond issued by its parent, FirstRand, as it looks to roll out loans for more SMEs.

Imports and the variety of food that is readily available create the false impression that consumers are exempt from the impacts of climate change on their access to food, writes Peter Johnston.

Prominent Nedbank board member and former Registrar of Banks, Errol Kruger, died at the weekend, the bank announced in a statement on Monday.

The planned tariffs will push up the cost of energy projects and could slow down the country’s investments in new generating capacity, possibly prolonging load shedding and keeping the economy shackled, writes Nick Hedley.

US President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday ordered the closure of a US agency that invested billions in African and other developing countries’ infrastructure in return for good governance, effectively ceding ground to China.

Athens’ first “micro-forest” is part of an initiative by recently elected mayor Haris Doukas to plant 5 000 trees annually in the thickly concreted city, to beat the heat.

SA will need to become a much more water-efficient country in the years ahead. The state can draw on lessons from the private sector for this, writes Nick Hedley.

Wandile Sihlobo explains why there is room for a deeper conversation about how South Africa could import more wheat from Ukraine.

Cape Town fintech firm Stitch, involved in the payment needs of the likes of MTN, Courier Guy, and Mr D, has announced another R1-billion funding round.

Gold rallied to a record as a fresh bout of US dollar weakness, criticism of the Federal Reserve by President Donald Trump and persistent trade war concerns underpinned haven demand.

Driven by a conviction that it could serve customers that traditional banking had left behind, fintech group Yoco now has over 200 000 active merchants and has played a big role in quadrupling the card machine market in SA over the last decade.

Some accommodation hosts have to deal with guests that end up stealing appliances and linen. Regular insurance policies are no help as they don’t cover hosts’ losses in cases of no forced entry.

Depending on your premium patterns, your long-term insurance could become unaffordable when you need it most. This is what you need to know, writes Maya Fisher-French.