Stats SA release figures showing an alarming increase in households surviving on social grants, and Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel to exit government after a fifteen-year tenure.
The BHP bid is back in play, no interest rate likely despite a slight drop in consumer inflation, but a decent drop in fuel prices could be on the cards.
Coronation fund managers to pay an interim dividend, the fight to save Transaction Capital continues, and a 50 per cent spike in doctors and nurses wanting to emigrate.
PetroSA says the Gazprom Unit Deal has moved to the feasibility stage, Implats finalises massive BEE deal and Eskom to retain three coal-fired power stations.
The NHI Bill is signed into law against major opposition, analysts have their say over BHP's bid for Anglo American, and the price of fuel to drop come June.
Anglo American rejects BHP's latest offer, Eskom's energy availability factor reaches 70 %, and Telkom has restored its network after a massive service interruption.
Excellent results from SA Breweries, Canal+ increases its stake in MultiChoice, and Trade and Industry says the economy has suffered a loss of R850bn due to six "successive shocks".
A court battle is unfolding over Durban's container port, Amazon has launched its South African marketplace, and Emirates issues a stern warning to Boeing.
Shell confirms its exit from downstream business in SA, French bank BNP Paribas quits Mzansi, and BHP's ambitious bid for Anglo American puts South Africa and the mining sector on the spot.
Loadshedding to remain suspended due to a sustained improvement in generation performance and a reduction in unplanned outages, and Shell could exit South Africa amidst a BEE fallout.
Some good news, the Absa Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) has bounced back, new car sales figures get an uptick, and BHP forges ahead with its bid to buy Anglo American.
Fewer power cuts boost Astral's share price, and the forensic investigation into allegations of governance breaches at Saipa has been completed.(Chris Buchanan was standing in for Chris Gibbons)
A Cape Town attorney has launched a High Court bid to declare the RAF, its chair and CEO delinquent, BHP ups its offer to buy Anglo American, and Impala Platinum could axe up to 3,900 jobs.
BHP's shares fell 4% after its 'opportunistic' bid for Anglo American, and a massive blow to Pravin Gordhan as the botched SAA deal is referred to the Special Investigating Unit.
Anglo American receives a buyout proposal from BHP, and Transnet is looking for liquid bulk precinct partners at the Port of Cape Town.
25 Apr 2024
2 min
300 – 320
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