Illegal cigarette sales deprive the country of at least R18 billion per year in tax revenue.This is much more than the estimated R14 billion that the state wants to collect through an increase in VAT.

When a company is teetering on the edge of financial distress, the board’s response—or lack thereof—can define its future, impacting not just shareholders but all stakeholders involved, says Eric Levenstein.

The pain, said Shuntaro Takeuchi, was 10 out of 10. Not in the portfolio of Japanese stocks he runs out of Palo Alto, California, but in his appendix.

The Matsamo Communal Property Association (CPA) now owns more than 14 000 hectares which they manage in cooperation with white farmers in a rare model of successful land reform.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration granted exclusions from steep reciprocal tariffs to smartphones, computers and some other electronics imported largely from China, providing a big break to tech firms like Apple that rely on imported products.

The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), whose future is in doubt since Donald Trump returned to the White House, provides duty-free access to the United States for certain African products.

Twenty-five years after Bill Clinton Africa an economic lifeline, how did a stroke of a pen expose the fragility of its economic fortunes? Africa has been caught in today’s global trade wars, but the trouble didn’t start today, says Khaya Sithole.

Washington’s 90-day pause on higher tariffs is of little comfort to southern African economies facing the collapse of a preferential trade deal and a 25% hike on car imports, analysts say.

A massive black hole at the heart of a galaxy in the Virgo constellation is waking up, shooting out intense X-ray flares at regular intervals that have puzzled scientists, a study said Friday.

A customer whose recently purchased laptop charger exploded got a happy ending to his story, says Wendy Knowler.

President Donald Trump said he could offer some exemptions to his 10% tariff on most US trading partners — even as he insisted that it was “pretty close” to a floor for nations seeking to negotiate trade deals.

South Africa is officially one of the countries that will see a 90 day pause in US president Donald Trump’s higher reciprocal tariffs, according to Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau.

World markets crashed on Monday with Asia leading the rout, as US President Donald Trump held firm on his swingeing tariffs despite China retaliating and global recession warnings growing louder.

A new Constitutional Court judgement provides interesting reading for legal scholars, but it has unfortunately created widespread confusion the law on dismissal after retirement. Jan Truter and Barney Jordaan offer guidance for employers.

US has a trade surplus from export of services which experts say are now vulnerable to global tariffs.

Jaguar Land Rover will pause shipments of its Britain-made cars to the United States for a month, as it considers how to mitigate the cost of President Donald Trump’s 25% tariff, according to a report in the Times newspaper.

China said on Saturday “the market has spoken” in rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, and called on Washington for “equal-footed consultation” after global markets plunged in reaction to the trade levies that drew Chi

The new US trade tariffs vary wildly between southern African countries — from 10% in Eswatini to 50% in Lesotho.

In times of market panic investors tend to rush to the safety of the dollar, but when stocks swooned in response to U.S. tariffs this week, they ran away from it.

Cybercriminals never rest and one of the easiest ways for them to get your money is by getting past your password and into your account.

If you receive an income above a certain amount, it will be taxed, but there are a few tax-relief measures available to retirees. Ensure that when you retire, you make the most of these and plan your finances accordingly, says Maya Fisher-French.