Two major developments over the past few months could present a significant risk to South Africa’s electricity sector reforms and the price of solar panels in the country.
The world is panic-buying the one asset that performs when institutions fail. South Africa owns more of it than anyone else. You can guess how this ends.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is poised to tap veteran political negotiator Roelf Meyer as the country’s next envoy to the US, as Pretoria seeks to steady relations with Washington after a turbulent year.
The Competition Commission has approved AttBid’s bid to acquire RMB Holdings, paving the way for the Van der Walt brothers to gain control of the company.
A new ranking revealed that Delaire Graff Lodges & Spa in Stellenbosch and Oyster Box in Durban were among the top 20 most beautiful spas in the world.
South African investors are increasingly using “rent-vesting” to live in high-cost coastal areas like Cape Town while investing in higher-yield inland markets.
Foyle Farm, under Ian Webster, was world-class and supplied a significant portion of Zimbabwe’s national dairy needs. However, the Mugabe family destroyed the farm.
While national property sales volumes have declined, prices have surged, especially in one major city, where a R1 million home in 2014 now exceeds R2 million.
South Africa is essentially kicking the can down the road by reducing the fuel levy in April, and potentially May, as these costs been to be unwound later down the line.