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Trump's trade war leads to 1% drop in global container volumes, says Drewry

Shipping

Trump's trade war leads to 1% drop in global container volumes, says Drewry

Lisa Baertlein 29 Apr 2025

Taxation & Regulation

FSCA proposes new reporting and disclosure requirements for short sales

25 Apr 2025

Source: Mark Gibson, Senior Investment Director ILS at Schroders.

Finance

Navigating volatility: The strategic advantage of insurance-linked securities

Mark Gibson 25 Apr 2025

Source: Supplied. Nicholas de Clercq, Quantitative Analyst :Prescient Investment Management.

Markets & Investment

How unprecedented uncertainty under Trump is shaping market trends

Nicholas de Clercq 22 Apr 2025

Diary of a CMO: What’s the secret recipe to combat private label?

Research

Diary of a CMO: What’s the secret recipe to combat private label?

Issued by Kantar 25 Mar 2025

Can new leadership finally fix NSFAS?

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

Can new leadership finally fix NSFAS?

Yershen Pillay 25 Mar 2025

Markets & Investment

Loaded for Bear: With $3,000 an ounce breached, the sky is the only limit for the price of gold

Ed Stoddard 19 Mar 2025

Source: Reuters. Young residents carry water home after filling up a bottle at a community filling station in the informal settlement of Kanana after individuals died from cholera in Hammanskraal, South Africa, 24 May, 2023.

Finance

Former African presidents demand action as debt crisis reaches historic levels

Katja Hamilton 27 Feb 2025

Lesetja Kganyago, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank speaks during an interview on the sidelines of the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, South Africa, 25 February 2025. Reuters/Nic Bothma

Climate Change

No-shows, aid cuts mar G20 meet on global poverty

Kopano Gumbi and Andy Bruce 27 Feb 2025

Source: Supplied. Jessica Voerman, chief clinical officer at SH Inc. Healthcare.

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Key insights poised to define healthcare in 2025

Jessica Voerman 16 Jan 2025

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Brace! Risks stack up for the global economy in 2025

Mark John 24 Dec 2024

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Investment success isn’t as clear-cut as just following the Fed

Adriaan Pask 7 Nov 2024

Understanding Gen Z’s perception of fin-fluencers

Youth Marketing

Understanding Gen Z’s perception of fin-fluencers

Issued by KLA 26 Sep 2024

Markets & Investment

The attractions of the small-mid private equity segment

Viswanathan Parameswar, Eufemiano Fuentes Perez and Verity Howells 18 Sep 2024

Source: josealbafotos via

Agribusiness

Agribusiness confidence shows mild recovery in Q3 2024

Wandile Sihlobo 17 Sep 2024

Publishing

Financial crisis prompts major restructure for Independent Newspapers as advertising, circulation decline

13 Sep 2024

Source: Pixabay.

Finance

End of an era: Pravin Gordhan passes away

Katja Hamilton 13 Sep 2024

Agribusiness

Sustaining the agricultural engine in South Africa: Business rescue and informal restructuring

Tobie Jordaan 27 Aug 2024

Banking

Standard Bank sees increased home-loan approvals as demand resurfaces

Toni Anderson 22 Aug 2024

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Volatility likely to persist following global currency turmoil, SA investors warn

Katja Hamilton 6 Aug 2024

Final oral arguments are being heard in the disciplinary tribunal of Judge Nana Makhubele. Archive photo: Masego Mafata / GroundUp

Corporate & Commercial Law

Tribunal must decide who is telling the truth - Mlambo or Makhubele

Tania Broughton 24 Jul 2024

Markets & Investment

The MPC has held the repo rate steady - now what?

Katja Hamilton 18 Jul 2024

Property

Seeff calls for a rate cut as property sales plummet by 25% on delays

Samuel Seeff 16 Jul 2024

Agbiz/IDC Report: Agribusiness confidence hits 15-year low

Agribusiness

Agbiz/IDC Report: Agribusiness confidence hits 15-year low

Wandile Sihlobo 24 Jun 2024

Source: Supplied. Samuel Seeff, chairman of the Seeff property group.

Property

Seeff celebrates 60 years

18 Jun 2024

Survival of the fittest: How the media apocalypse is forcing PR and marketing to reinvent themselves

PR & Communications

Survival of the fittest: How the media apocalypse is forcing PR and marketing to reinvent themselves

Adam Hunter, Issued by Hook, Line & Sinker 5 Jun 2024

#OrchidsandOnions: DA crosses line in political persuasion

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: DA crosses line in political persuasion

Brendan Seery 27 May 2024

Banking

Basel III shifts South African banks' lending focus

17 May 2024

Economy

African countries can’t resolve their debt crisis under a system rigged against them

Carlos Lopes 6 May 2024

Financial Services

Outlook for global, local asset classes: What's ahead?

Herman van Papendorp 25 Apr 2024

Source: Supplied. Sanan Pillay, portfolio manager at Sanlam Investments Multi-Manager.

Financial Services

The evolution and opportunity of private debt

Sanan Pillay 19 Apr 2024

Source: Supplied. Bohani Hlungwane, head of trade and working capital, Pan-Africa, Absa CIB.

Trends

No more business-as-usual in African capital markets

Bohani Hlungwane and Ovizikhungo Sicwetsha 22 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. SA Home Loans chief executive officer, Rob Kelso.

Trends

#BizTrends: Slow recovery on cards for property market

7 Mar 2024

African airlines see 19.4% growth in demand for air cargo

Cargo & Storage

African airlines see 19.4% growth in demand for air cargo

6 Mar 2024

Woolworths delivers double-digit profit growth in SA

Banking & Finance

Woolworths delivers double-digit profit growth in SA

28 Feb 2024

Edelman's first revenue decline since 2020 reflects tougher environment for the global PR industry

PR & Communications

Edelman's first revenue decline since 2020 reflects tougher environment for the global PR industry

23 Feb 2024

Source: Supplied. Samuel Seeff, chairman of the Seeff Group.

Property

#BudgetSpeech2024: Finance Minister urged to keep personal and property taxes unchanged

Samuel Seeff 20 Feb 2024

Source: Reuters/2023. President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Economy

#Sona2024: Ramaphosa's last address - Legacy, challenges, and climate action

Katja Hamilton 9 Feb 2024

Source: Reuters.

Economy

South African factory activity slumps in January - Absa PMI

2 Feb 2024

Black Swan events and their spatial consequences

Digital

Black Swan events and their spatial consequences

Issued by AfriGIS 23 Jan 2024

Woolworths flags lower half-year profit as shoppers spend less

Retailers

Woolworths flags lower half-year profit as shoppers spend less

Nqobile Dludla 23 Jan 2024

The South African Post Office is bleeding jobs. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Union vows to fight "slaughter" of Post Office jobs

Steve Kretzmann 17 Jan 2024

Banking

Central banks should be fighting the climate crisis – here’s why

Martin Sokol and Jennie C. Stephens 12 Jan 2024

Source: Supplied.

Property

Navigating the evolution in commercial real estate: Strategies for safeguarding your portfolio

1 Jan 2024

Mining

Russia's Nornickel finally exits South Africa

Polina Devitt, Anastasia Lyrchikova and Nelson Banya 26 Nov 2023

Source: Supplied.

Property

How the evolution of the real estate industry has reshaped the role of agents

14 Nov 2023

Franchise conference shows government the strength of the sector

Franchising

Franchise conference shows government the strength of the sector

7 Nov 2023

Africa could see $168bn tourism boost in next decade

Tourism

Africa could see $168bn tourism boost in next decade

3 Nov 2023

Source: Reuters.

Economy

#MTBPS: South Africa's fiscal crisis: Rising debt and urgent reforms unveiled

Katja Hamilton 1 Nov 2023

Markets & Investment

Agoa trade deal talks: South Africa will need to carefully manage relations with the US and China

Arno J. van Niekerk 30 Oct 2023