South Africa
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19 Oct
Do Unilever shareholders have reason to be optimistic?
Do Unilever shareholders have reason to be confident that the consumer goods giant made the right decision when it called off a £143bn takeover from Kraft Heinz earlier this year?
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1 Sep
Your guide to the 9th Brics summit in Xiamen, China
China is hosting the 9th Brics summit from Sunday 5 September as tensions are beginning to appear around the group, made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
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14 Jul
Uber will challenge a ruling in South Africa that its drivers must be considered legal employees
South African labor regulations now recognise Uber drivers as legal employees, rather than independent contractors.
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13 Jun
Google is getting around South Africa’s high data prices — and that’s a good thing for the country’s telcos
Google has teamed up with South Africa mobile operator Vodacom to offer offline YouTube videos with the ambitious aim of changing consumer behaviour.
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12 Jun
Should corporate behemoths lose their ethical CSR sheen?
Corporate social responsibility (CSR), has grown from a buzzword to an industry of its own — one that now demands expertise, professional development conferences and even its own trade publications.
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1 Jun
Fear the fall: the armyworm that threatens food growers everywhere
The fall armyworm has been ravaging South America for years.
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31 Mar
Financial fallout in South Africa after president Zuma’s massive cabinet reshuffle
South African president Jacob Zuma’s sacking of his finance minister Pravin Gordhan late last night saw a five percent drop in the value of the rand, the country’s currency.
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6 Feb
Pressure on South Africa’s mining charter to combat racial inequality
South Africa’s contested new mining charter will be published by the end of March.