Business

Airlines cut 13,000 flights in May as jet fuel prices soar
Airlines have removed nearly two million seats from flights over the month, data from Cirium shows.

Popular shopping centre in South Africa’s richest city going on auction next week
Bram Fischer Shopping Centre in Johannesburg is going under the hammer next week, offering investors potentially R15 million in income per year.

How Codehesion won the 2026 MyBroadband Award for Best Software Development Company
Codehesion is South Africa’s leading software development company and has built an industry-wide reputation for excellence and innovation.

Important businesses exiting South Africa, and good news for people filling up with diesel
Here are five important things happening in and affecting South Africa on Wednesday, 6 May 2026.

‘I try hard to budget but wonder how I’ll cope’
The Brent branch of Little Village says there is “a lot of need” in the local area.

Codehesion will build world-class business software for your company
Codehesion boasts advanced AI and a development team pulled from the top 3% of South African software engineers.

Cathedral to help run food share scheme in city
Hereford Cathedral says it will provide operational support to help the “incredible volunteers”.

Best news in 13 years for important sector in South Africa
South Africa’s new vehicle market achieved its strongest performance in April in 13 years.

Border politics – how similar jobs in the same firm deliver different tax bills
Workers in southern Scotland can find themselves paying more tax than colleagues who live south of the border.

‘I have to make my own dog food’ – voters counting living costs on eve of election
India Lerigo makes her own dog food and batch cooks a month’s worth of meals over a weekend to save money.

Lidl’s new loyalty scheme less generous, shoppers say
Under the changed system customers collect points rather than reward coupons, with £1 spent equalling one point.

UK long-term borrowing costs reach 28-year high
There have been extra jitters in UK government debt markets ahead of Thursday’s local and national elections.