by nouman | Jul 31, 2026 | Business Leadership South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, Duncan Pieterse, Energy and sustainability, Eskom, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, National Treasury, News, NTCSA, Sections
The transmission operator will own the assets outright, reversing a plan approved by the energy minister in December.
by nouman | Jul 31, 2026 | Brian Mulberry, Direxion, Investment, Jake Behan, LSEG, Microsoft, News, Nvidia, Sections, Visible Alpha, Zacks Investment Management
Microsoft shares jumped 15% after cloud guidance eased fears that its AI spending had outrun demand.
by nouman | Jul 31, 2026 | Investment, Karl Toriola, MTN, MTN Nigeria, News, Sections
Second-quarter service revenue grew just 13.2% as tariff base effects washed out and airtime lending collapsed.
by nouman | Jul 30, 2026 | Accenture, AutoTrader, B&M Analysts, BAIC, BMW, BYD, Chery, George Mienie, Greg Cress, GWM, Justin Barnes, Mercedes-Benz, Mikel Mabasa, Naamsa, News, Nissan, Norman Lamprecht, Numsa, Sections, Tony Liu, Toyota, Volkswagen, Watts & Wheels
Chinese brands have gone from fringe players to a fifth of South Africa’s new-vehicle sales.
by nouman | Jul 30, 2026 | Banking, Capitec, Discovery Bank, Flash, FNB, FoneYam, GoTyme, HSBC, Kokkie Kooyman, Marks & Spencer, Merwe Scholtz, MTN, News, Pambos Soteriades, Pepkor, PlusB, Sections, Standard Bank, Walmart
Why Pepkor’s PlusB is the most credible challenge Capitec has ever faced, and what it will take to prove it.
by nouman | Jul 30, 2026 | Andrew Forbes, Button Optics, Nanyang Technological University, News, Science, Sections, Tatjana Kleine, University of Naples Federico II, Wits University
Bad weather has long wrecked quantum light signals. Wits researchers appear to have found a solution.
