3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (332+ words) The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof. Blade Nzimande, will lead a South African delegation to the 19th Pujiang Innovation Forum in Shanghai, China, from 11 to 14 September 2026. South Africa’s participation is especially significant because the country has been designated Country…...

3+ day, 9+ 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, 18+ hour ago   (564+ words) Business explainer South African Mining Output Tumbles 7.5% South Africa’s mining output fell 7.5% year-on-year in July, far steeper than the 4.0% decline economists had forecast and an acceleration from June’s revised 4.3% drop and May’s 5.1% contraction. On a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis, output…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (538+ words) Business explainer Global Firm Opens R55m Cybersecurity Hub in Cape Town Cybersecurity group Integrity360 has opened a R55 million hub in Cape Town, describing it as the largest Security Operations Centre in its global network of 16 locations. The facility is expected to create…...

3+ day, 16+ 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, 22+ hour ago   (538+ words) South Africans have watched Rassie Erasmus challenge convention, shuffle combinations and make the uncomfortable call when the evidence points somewhere unexpected.Willem le Roux, Head of Multi-Asset Solutions at Sanlam Investments Multi-Manager, believes portfolios need that same willingness to adapt....

4+ day, 2+ 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, 17+ 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, 18+ 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…...

5+ day, 7+ 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…...