Economics of Solidarity: Why Social Stability is Africa’s Greatest Investment Risk
By Belinda Chiroodza Executive Summary As Africa positions itself as the world’s next major growth frontier, social stability has emerged ...
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Shops under siege: The businesses paying the price for South Africa’s anti-immigration protests
By Gabriel Manyati In the heart of Johannesburg's Hillbrow, once a humming commercial artery, metal shutters hang like eyelids half-closed ...
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The hidden cost of hate: How xenophobic mobilisation is undermining South Africa’s economic foundations
By Gabriel Manyati The winter morning air in the Germiston central business district on the East Rand of Gauteng is ...
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Say goodbye to shopping malls as you know them in South Africa
Malcolm Libera South Africans must say goodbye to traditional big shopping malls that just offer retail stores, cinemas, and food ...
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The 283-year-old South African business run by the same family since 1743
Kirsten Minnaar The Van der Merwe family have been running Boplaas, a farm in the Western Cape, for over 280 ...
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South Africa’s biggest retailer, Shoprite, opens 268 new stores in massive US$240 million expansion
South Africa’s biggest retailer and largest private employer, Shoprite, has blown past its targeted store openings for the year, rolling ...
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Absa faces major investor backlash after awarding new CEO a $9 million pay package to leave rival Standard Bank
AYODEJI ADEGBOYEGA Absa is facing one of the most significant shareholder rebellions seen in South Africa’s banking industry in recent years ...
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Calm before the storm for South Africa
South Africa is expected to report modest economic growth for the first quarter of 2026—but economists warn that this will ...
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