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Gold has risen 0.7% so far this week; SPDR gold holdings up 2.5% in past two weeks

The EU calls Italy’s draft budget an ‘unprecedented’ breach of EU fiscal rules; world stocks are generally lacklustre

Crude benchmarks are set for second weekly decline as Chinese refinery throughput hit a record high in September 

Devin Shutte from The Robert Group talks to Business Day TV about Sasol, his stock pick of the day

‘All things considered, I think investors will be heading into the weekend somewhat relieved,’ Oanda analyst Craig Erlam says

China's growth rate is just the latest data set showing global headwinds, the all share would need rise 2.5% on Friday to finish the week higher

We do not want to unduly constrain an already weak economy, but we must also ensure that the average South African’s purchasing power remains intact, he says

Reserve Bank governor says inequality, poverty and unemployment are not reasons to gamble on stability

For the first time in years it is looking likely that further significant tax increases may not be required in the February 2019 budget

A new plan for SA's car industry aims to increase the local content of assembled cars to 60% by 2035, up from the current 38%

Property prices have so far broadly remained stable in the face of government expropriation policy uncertainty, the Banking Association of SA says

Production decreases 9.1% year on year in August, which was the biggest contraction in more than two years

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Multi Spectrum Property (MSP) is currently working on meeting the high demand for housing by constructing nine different developments across Gauteng.

It is a Shakespearean tragedy that the good reputation of everyone is besmirched by corporate greed, manipulation and fake news, writes Dr Iqbal Survé.

Judge Robert Nugent has maintained that poor tax and revenue collection prompted his “urgent and final recommendation” to fire Tom Moyane.

The Stock Exchange of Mauritius will launch a new index next month dedicated to African firms to attract more issuers from the continent.

Datatec has turned from a $29.4 million loss to a profit of $6.6m in the six months to August after a strong performance from a key division.

Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago says it was difficult to know of the looting at the VBS bank as they had relied and trusted the information furnished to them by external and internal auditors, the board and management of VBS. The post Banking is a business based on trust: Kganyago appeared first on SABC News […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has given suspended SARS commissioner, Tom Moyane until next week Friday to explain why he should not be fired. The post Moyane has until next Friday to oppose dismissal appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader..

The SARS Commission of Inquiry chaired by retired judge Robert Nugent will continue for the fifth day of public hearings on Friday. The post SARS Commission continues on Friday appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader..

Global stocks mostly fell Thursday on a panoply of worries as varied as higher US interest rates, the diplomatic fallout from the disappearance of a Saudi journalist... The post Global stocks fall on worries about Saudi Arabia, Italy appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South […]

Representatives of the mining industry as well as unions, business, and the health and safety sector are attending the 2018 Mine Occupational Health and Safety summit in Benoni, east of Johannesburg. The post Mining disasters under the spotlight at summit appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of […]

Investec Asset Management, a subsidiary of Investec, has bought in a firm that runs private colleges in South Africa, it said on Thursday, tapping into a fast-paced expansion in education businesses. The post Investec asset management buys stake in South African school firm appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, […]

Standard Bank has finally confirmed one of the telecommunications industry’s worst-kept secrets: it will launch a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), becoming the second major bank in South Africa to do so.

Communications regulator Icasa failed in its regulatory duty when it allowed Vodacom and Rain to enter into a national roaming agreement, Cell C told the Competition Commission on Thursday.

Regulators should lend more support to smaller mobile operators to help them break the dominance of Vodacom and MTN, Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko told the Competition Commission on Thursday.

MTN South Africa’s data prices will tumble when it gets access to new radio frequency spectrum, CEO Godfrey Motsa told the Competition Commission in Pretoria on Thursday.

Of the 21 countries in which MTN operates, its South African operation has the least spectrum assigned to it outside countries that face conflict situations.

Vodacom simply doesn’t have the network capacity to be able to sell access to its network on a wholesale basis to South African Internet service providers, CEO Shameel Joosub said on Thursday.

Emerging market equity and currency markets had a very volatile quarter. Vulnerabilities, both economic and political, are being exposed as global financial...

Following a slower first quarter, the rate of global economic growth accelerated during the Northern Hemisphere summer, with Europe being the only notable...

Reports* show that as a millennial investor you have a savvy attitude towards cash and you want to be in-the-know about how to grow your money. The value of...

Allan Gray, along with other South African institutions, is participating in a class action case being run in the Netherlands by Dutch law firm BarentsKrans ...

Past performance is often the first, and sometimes only, consideration investors make when selecting an investment manager. However, performance is just one ...

It’s National Wills week from the 17-21 September 2018 – consider taking advantage of the offer from a participating attorney to get your Last Will and...

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