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Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih says his country will limit crude oil exports at 6.6-million barrels per day (bpd) in August

US Treasury yields climb as investors braced for news from this week’s US central bank meeting

Weaker dollar and political turmoil in US boost sentiment ahead of the Fed’s monetary policy meeting

Most local indices were higher, with the top-40 Alsi futures index gaining 0.51% to 48,156 points

Chinese Tencent, of which Naspers owns a third, rocketed in Hong Kong as Chinese authorities clamped down on WhatsApp, boosting Tencent’s messaging app WeChat

The market was following a slightly weaker rand as UK and US yields rose with some indications the Fed may adopt a more hawkish stance

OECD secretary-general Angel Gurria says SA is a highly unequal society and the lack of transparency in public affairs feeds into public frustration and the prevalence of corruption

The Quarterly Labour Force Survey follows the OECD’s Economic Survey of SA this week, writes Asha Speckman

There is so much political noise that no one is concentrating properly on the economy and what needs to be done to get it growing, the Investec CEO says

The Bank warns it will not hesitate to reverse its rate-cut decision if SA’s highly uncertain economic environment persists

Read the statement of the Monetary Policy Committee in full: 'Four members preferred a reduction‚ while two members preferred an unchanged stance'

Few had expected the Bank to cut rates just yet, even though inflation is easing and economic growth is stalling

Zimbabwe and sub-Saharan Africa focused fast foods operator, Simbisa Brands is seeking a secondary listing on London's AIM market.

Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba said the South African government wanted to probe the cost of data and its limitations to doing business in the country.

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has agreed to investigate Eskom's R30 million pension payout to its former CEO Brian Molefe.

The organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released its Economic Survey of South Africa, which identified priority areas for future action.

Company says loss reflects a stronger rand, impairments and lower sales.

Sibanye Gold announced the appointment of Ken Kluksdahl as chief operating officer for the United States region.

South Africa has again been urged to improve skills and lift entrepreneurial activity to fight low growth and unemployment.

Mineral Resources Minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, says the death of four mine workersat the Tau - Lekwa Gold mine in Orkney in the North West is unacceptable.

The recent Euro strength has surprised the market and is due to a move away from an accommodative monetary policy stance by both the European Central Bank and the US Federal Reserve

Economists expect the Euro to continue its strength this week- signalling a bumpy road ahead for the Rand.

The latest Property Sector Market Size report by the Property Sector Charter Council shows that the sector in South Africa is estimated to be valued at R5.8 trillion.

The global economic recovery is on firmer footing as improving growth in China, Europe and Japan offset downward revisions for the US and Britain, according to the IMF.

In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod chats to two of the directors behind Project Ubu, a South African start-up that's working to combine the idea of a universal basic income (but separate from government-led The post Interview | Behind SA cryptocurrency start-up Project Ubu appeared first on TechCentral.

Naspers shares rallied to an all-time high on Monday amid continued optimism over the growth prospects of its Chinese affiliate, Tencent. The share touched a new high of R2 873.93 in afternoon trade on the JSE, before The post Naspers rallies to new record high appeared first on TechCentral.

How often do you see this when you’re online, whether downloading a new app or software or signing up for some new service? You click on it, but then discover you’ve just agreed to give up your future first-born child or The post Go on, click here to accept our T&Cs appeared first on TechCentral.

Over the last week, the price of bitcoin crashed from around $2 400 to $1 800 on fears of a so-called hard fork, which is to say the digital currency would effectively split in two due to software upgrades at the end of The post No reason to fear bitcoin split appeared first on TechCentral.

Technology companies are keen to bring artificial intelligence features to phones and augmented reality goggles -- the ability show mechanics how to fix an engine, say, or tell tourists what they are seeing and hearing The post AI pushes Microsoft further into chip development appeared first on TechCentral.

President Jacob Zuma is likely to defeat a motion of no-confidence, irrespective of whether there’s an open vote or secret ballot, as most members of the ruling party will close ranks around him, a senior opposition lawmaker The post Zuma likely to survive no-confidence vote appeared first on TechCentral.

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