South Africa’s big four retail banks have been steadily cutting the number of (costly) branches in recent years. That’s no surprise, given the shift in transactional banking to electronic channels. Those transactions that still need some form of physical

Legal documents indicate that South Africa did sign a nuclear deal with Russia, environmentalists who have taken the government to court alleged on Wednesday. In its legal proceedings against the department of energy, Earthlife Africa and the Southern African

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has answered the Hawks questions regarding the alleged South African Revenue Services “rogue” unit on Wednesday, stating that the unit acted lawfully as far as he is aware. “I am advised that the Sikhakhane Panel

The following is the full and unedited text of a statement issued by finance minister Pravin Gordhan, in which he explains how he has answered a set of questions from the Hawks regarding the establishment of a so-called “rogue” unit at the South African

An increase in the fuel levy, together with international petroleum price hikes, mean consumers should be ready for a stiff fuel price increase in April, according to the Automobile Association. “Including the additional 30c/l fuel levy, petrol is likely to see

Former finance minister Des van Rooyen said on Wednesday he does not believe billionaire Johann Rupert influenced his redeployment a few days after his appointment as minister. An EWN reporter quoted the cooperative governance minister on Twitter

PC shipments in Africa and the Middle East fell by 28,7% year on year in the fourth quarter of 2015, the steepest ever recorded in the region for a single quarter, technology research and consulting firm International Data Corp said on Tuesday

The constitutional court will hand down judgment in Nkandla matter on Thursday this week. In a letter by the senior registrar’s clerk of the constitutional court, it informs parties

Mark Pamensky was appointed to the Eskom board three months after joining the board of Gupta-owned Oakbay Resources and Energy, Eskom revealed on Tuesday. The Eskom website describes Pamensky as group operations officer of Blue Label Telecoms

Dimension Data sister company, NTT Data, is acquiring the IT services subsidiary of American technology giant Dell for US$3,1bn, or about R48bn at the current exchange rate. Dell is selling Dell Services – the former Perot Systems, which it bought