City summit puts manufacturing at the heart of Cape Town’s economic agenda
Business and industry leaders, government officials, and investors gathered at City Hall for the inaugural Cape Town Manufacturing Summit, jointly hosted by the City...
Retail sales starting to show signs of strain
By Siphamandla Mkhwanazi, FNB Senior Economist
Consumer spending slowed sharply in 1Q25, with retail sales rising just 1.5% y/y in March, down from 4.1% in...
BASA responds to Budget 3.0: Above-inflatione excise hike on beer – A blow to...
Charlene Louw, CEO of the Beer Association of South Africa (BASA)
The Beer Association of South Africa (BASA) acknowledges the 2025 Budget Speech delivered during...
Justice system convicts just 5% from 1 670 guns seized by City police
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says City policing operations are removing over 400 illegal guns from the streets every year, but a broken criminal...
AA responds to fuel levy increase: Calls for transparency and structural reform
The Automobile Association (AA) notes the announcement by the Minister of Finance to increase the General Fuel Levy (GFL) by 16 cents per litre...
Budget speech reactions – Experts weigh in
Boipelo Ndimande, Chief Financial Officer at Consult by Momentum
The reversal of the VAT hike is a welcome relief for South Africans grappling with the...
Mayco recommends re-appointment of Cape Town Tourism as City’s Destination Marketing Organisation
The Mayoral Committee has recommended the appointment of Cape Town Tourism (CTT) as the City’s official Destination Marketing Organisation for a further three years.
The...
Cape Town’s Solar Youth Project celebrates new graduates – and calls on industry to...
Second cohort completes training, first cohort returns for final module, and host companies are urgently needed to turn training into a long-term opportunity.
A new...
TNPA inks multi-million rand container handling deal with Grindrod Eyamakhosi JV
Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has signed an agreement with Grindrod Eyamakhosi Joint Venture to develop and operate a container handling facility at the...
South Africa’s youth jobs crisis demands bold industry partnerships
With the latest unemployment figures revealing a deepening jobs crisis, partnerships between the education and private sectors are no longer a nice-to-have. They are...
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