3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (591+ words) Mr Price Foundation’s youth empowerment and enablement programmes delivered measurable economic and educational returns in FY2026, the first year of its 10-year strategy to empower 500,000 South African youth by 2035. The results, detailed in the Foundation’s newly released Integrated Impact Report FY2026, follow…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (270+ words) South Africa’s unemployment crisis has reached a point where incremental solutions are no longer enough. With the official unemployment rate climbing to 33.6% in Q2 2026 and millions of discouraged work-seekers no longer actively looking for work, the country cannot continue viewing education…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (541+ words) The fintech story in Africa has moved well beyond the question of whether digital financial services can transform the continent. That transformation is already unfolding in real time, reshaping how millions of people save, transact, borrow, invest and participate in…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (382+ words) Outsurance lifted normalised earnings 20.9% to R6bn for the year to June and declared a special dividend of 87.5c a share, taking full-year special distributions to 117.8c on top of an ordinary dividend of 291.5c, itself 22.7% higher. Headline earnings per share rose 23.5% to 368.5c and normalised…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (289+ words) The impact of the Challenge is already evident through the achievements of previous participants. The 2025 South African winners demonstrated how innovation can be leveraged to address environmental and developmental challenges at scale. Gift Mabena, founder of AgriAdapt, created a mobile-first…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (528+ words) businessexplainer.co.za Vodacom Cuts Emissions 77% But Sends a Grid Warning Vodacom brought business leaders, energy specialists and policymakers to Vodaworld in Midrand on Wednesday for a discussion on decarbonising Africa’s ICT sector, drawing on the group’s white paper of…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (666+ words) Business explainer How Lehlohonolo Ndlozi Is Building a South African Mining Equipment OEM Lehlohonolo Thomas Ndlozi is trying to do something few South Africans have attempted: build a homegrown original equipment manufacturer capable of competing with the Swedish giants that…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (636+ words) The South African botanical industry can become a global force, not only for its rare and powerful plants, but for a new standard of ethical innovation that includes traditional knowledge communities as essential partners in the value chain. As global…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (555+ words) At the heart of every successful organisation are the people who bring its strategy, values and ambitions to life. For Janet Frost, Human Resources Director at UD Trucks Southern Africa, building that capability means creating an environment where people can…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (598+ words) South Africa’s fragile economic recovery is at risk of stalling, according to Nicky Weimar, Nedbank’s chief economist, who told delegates at the 2026 Nedgroup Investments Treasurers’ Conference that the country faces a dangerous combination of weak investment, mounting inflation pressures, and…...