TUESDAY, 14 APRIL 2026, 09:05
A day after US President Donald Trump threatened to wipe out a “whole civilisation”, that country’s ambassador to South Africa, Leo Brent Bozell, heard President Cyril Ramaphosa saying that South Africa seeks a “global order defined by peace and friendship amongst all the nations of the world”.
A R150 million expansion of Piquetberg Mall, a shopping centre in Piketberg in the Western Cape, will double its size and transform it into a key regional retail hub.
One of SA’s most valuable banks is exiting the United Kingdom following a ‘disproportionate’ motor finance hit.
The South African rand jumped by over 2% in early trade on Wednesday, sending the currency to its best level against the US dollar in over a month.
SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter collected R2.01 trillion in the last financial year, the most tax revenue in South Africa’s history.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced that the ceasefire would apply “everywhere including Lebanon and elsewhere”, positioning Islamabad as the central diplomatic channel in a rapidly shifting conflict
Former New Zealand international Ma’a Nonu has been suspended for three weeks following a “dangerous” tackle in the Champions Cup.
For the third year running, Codehesion has proven itself to be the deserving winner of this prestigious award.
South Africa’s fixed investment levels are declining, and one reason for this is late payments by the government, which is severely affecting the local construction industry.
Oil prices slid, stocks and bonds surged while the safe-haven dollar was knocked back on Wednesday, as a two-week Middle East ceasefirebrought some relief to marketson hopes for a resumption of oil and gas flows through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Hungry Lion is set to open 200 new stores this year, which is the fastest rollout of any fast-food restaurant chain in South Africa.
Oil plunged below $100 a barrel after the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire that’s expected to halt the American-Israeli military campaign in exchange for Tehran reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran’s plan, according to wire agencies, includes its continued control over the Strait of Hormuz, the withdrawal of US combat forces from the region, the cessation of war on all fronts, including in Lebanon, and acceptance of Iran’s uranium enrichment programme.
On the same day Trump threatened Iran with power plants and bridges, Russia and China killed a UN resolution in its sleep. South Africa sat square in the wreckage of both.
MTN awarded nearly R160 million in performance-linked shares to executives under its Performance Share Plan, including R39.97 million to CEO Ralph Mupita.
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Donald Trump is no stranger to provocative language. But his threat to wipe out Iranian civilisation and other recent menacing comments have prompted critics to question the US president’s mental health.
SA’s first consignment of the twice-a-year anti-HIV injection, lenacapavir – 37 920 doses – arrived last week at OR Tambo International Airport via two shipments from Dublin.