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South Africa’s private sector returned to marginal growth in June, but business optimism sank to a five-year low.
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Pick n Pay’s asap! app is adding Penny, a Gemini-powered assistant that builds your basket by conversation.
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A government delegation will embark on a charm offensive in the US this week to retain preferential access to American markets.
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The intensification comes just days after the electricity minister praised Eskom for maintaining lower levels of load shedding.
Vodacom South Africa MD Sitho Mdlalose has warned input costs in the telecoms sector are rising at a faster rate than inflation.
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Former Absa CEO Steve Booysen, who now heads up Metrofibre Networx – in which he is a significant investor – has outlined plans by the broadband telecommunications specialist to become the latest player to target South Africa’s fast-growing fibre-to-the-home market
Changes to South Africa’s competition law have widened the scope for the country’s antitrust bodies to punish anticompetitive behaviour. But implementing the changes, which were passed into law five years ago, is proving to be fraught with difficulty. The Competition Amendment Act
