The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) is close to implementing a business visa for the region.Speaking at workshop to finalise policies and challenges hindering cross border movem...
By Lynn Murahwa and Funny Hudzerema | Published: 02 July 2014
JOHANNESBURG - Numsa announced yesterday that more than 220 000 of its members in the steel and metal workers sector would embark on a strike across the country this week."The national executive commi...
By Fin24. | Published: 30 June 2014
South Africa's annual inflation touched the upper limit of the central bank's target range in March, data showed Wednesday, raising expectations that the bank will hike interest rates next month.South...
By WSJ | Published: 23 April 2014
The JSE's logo and colour palette moves to a bold black, white and green combination while the typography takes on a clean, digital feel. The revitalised brand follows on from an extensive brand audit...
By APO | Published: 23 April 2014
Economic growth rate in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) continues to rise from 4.7 per cent in 2013 to 5.2 per cent in 2014 boosted by rising investment in natural resources and infrastructure as well as st...
By BERNAMA | Published: 08 April 2014
South Africa's rand hit its strongest level against the dollar this year in Tuesday's early trading session as positive momentum continued for riskier emerging market currencies.At 08:31 SA time, the ...
By Reuters | Published: 08 April 2014
LAGOS - New data has revealed that Nigeria has overtaken South Africa as the continent's largest economy after a rebasing calculation nearly doubled its GDP. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2013...
By Reuters | Published: 07 April 2014
Johannesburg - The South Africa Reserve Bank (Sarb) on Wednesday introduced a new R2 coin commemorating the centenary of the Union Buildings.The coins would be released for circulation and as part of ...
By Sapa | Published: 18 December 2013
It is no secret that Africa is on the rise and increasingly offering lucrative opportunities to local businesses due to the continent's steady economic growth, increased disposable income and high con...
By APO | Published: 18 December 2013
American civil rights leader Jesse Jackson says it's time for South Africa to wipe out economic inequality. Jackson says the lives of millions of South Africans who still live in poverty need to be u...
By CNBC Africa filed this report. | Published: 13 December 2013
THE recent global attention and prayers for Madiba’s passing only served to cement what we already knew - seldom has any public figure been so loved by so many, and for so long.In fact, I would go s...
By Anton Ressel I Fin24 | Published: 09 December 2013
NELSON Mandela, South Africa's first democratically elected president and an icon of peace and reconciliation the world over, has died at the age of 95.The announcement was made by President Jacob Zum...
By Riaan Wolmarans and Natasha Marrian with Wyndham Hartley, Reuters, Sapa-AP and Sapa | Published: 06 December 2013
Johannesburg - Eskom said yesterday its chief executive would step down in March, departing the power utility at a time when South Africa struggles to keep the lights on due to tight electricity...
By Fin24. | Published: 06 December 2013
Mozambique will commence its first commercial production and sale of crude oil in 2014 from an inland oilfield at Inhassoro, Johannesburg- based integrated energy company, Sasol Petroleum has said.The...
By Ventures Africa | Published: 05 December 2013
The issue of cheap imports flooding the market has become a problem not only in Zimbabwe, where they have literally killed the manufacturing sector, but in the region as a whole.According to the Commo...
By Business Reporters | Published: 02 December 2013
London - Britain-based brewer SABMiller posted rising first-half net profits on Thursday, boosted once again by strong growth in emerging markets.Earnings after taxation rose by almost nine percent to...
By AFP | Published: 21 November 2013
Geneva - The planet's poorest nations such as Angola and Ethiopia have largely failed to cash in on booming economic growth to create the jobs needed to push their ballooning populations out of povert...
By AFP | Published: 21 November 2013
Johannesburg - South Africa's banked population has grown substantially from 23.9 million people in 2012 to 27.4 million people in 2013, an 8 percent increase that signifies strong growth in financia...
By Ventures Africa | Published: 18 November 2013
Research and consultancy firm Frost and Sullivan has forecast that the rising demand for energy and new power projects in southern Africa, along with escalating costs of coal, could lead to an increas...
By African Review | Published: 18 November 2013
LUSAKA - Dangote Industries Zambia Limited has announced that the construction of its multi-million dollar greenfield cement plant in Masaiti District in Copperbelt Province is on course and schedule...
By Staff reporter | Published: 01 November 2013
LUSAKA - Zambia's Bond and Derivatives Exchange is set to begin trading in its first product on November 5 after it signed on three clearing members, chief executive officer Allan Thomson said.Zambia ...
By Bloomberg. | Published: 29 October 2013
The Southern African Development Community plans to form a development bank with seed capital of $1.2 billion to provide financial support for regional infrastructure projects, it has been learnt. Spe...
By Business reporter | Published: 01 October 2013
Mobile broadband is the fastest growing technology in human history, according to the 2013 edition of the ITU’s State of Broadband Report which was released on 21 September.Released in New York at t...
By Staff reporter | Published: 30 September 2013
JOHANNESBURG - MTN has been recognised as the best African brand in a ranking of the continent's most admired and valuable brands by Brand Africa.The Brand Africa 100 award for the Most Admired and Va...
By Staff reporter | Published: 23 September 2013
ABOUT a trillion US dollars will be spent on investments using cement in South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe between this year and 2018, according to market research house Frost and Sullivan.South Afric...
By BDLive | Published: 23 September 2013
David Coltart takes on the Church of England 
South Africa ripe for a coup 
India dumps US Treasury bills 
Zimbabwe's dollar stock exchange surges 45% 
Gold edges up as traders await guidance 
fastjet introduces Bulawayo-Victoria Falls flights 
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