With Gaza’s banking system severely disrupted and cash increasingly scarce, Palestinians are turning to gold as a store of value amid deepening economic uncertainty. The prolonged blockade has restric...
The rand remained relatively stable this week, trading around R16.19 to the US dollar as softer US inflation helped support market sentiment. Attention now turns to South Africa’s July inflation figur...
Global gold demand reached a record 1,231 tonnes in the first quarter of 2026, valued at around $193 billion. Côte d’Ivoire is emerging as a key beneficiary. Its Koné gold project is expected to produ...
Standard Bank has posted another record performance, with headline earnings rising 10% to R26.1 billion for the first half of 2026. The results put the banking group on track for more than R50 billion...
South African fintech company VezoPay is expanding its battery-free tap-to-pay smart ring to more banks, with Investec and Absa now supporting the wearable payment technology. The latest additions tak...
The Ikusasa Student Financial Aid Programme (ISFAP) is calling for closer collaboration between government, universities, schools, industry and funders to help South Africa tackle its growing shortage...
South Africa’s rand is drawing renewed interest from global investors, with government bonds recording their strongest weekly foreign inflows since January. Foreign investors bought a net R23.1 billio...
The South African rand remained relatively steady against the US dollar in early trade on Friday, 7 August 2026, trading at around R16.35/$ after weakening slightly in the previous session. Markets re...
ByteDance, the Chinese technology company behind TikTok, is reportedly developing an artificial intelligence model with as many as 10 trillion parameters, potentially making it one of the largest AI s...
Capitec’s proposed acquisition of South African payments fintech Walletdoc has moved a step closer after the Competition Commission recommended approval of the deal, subject to conditions aimed ...
