Cannabis is booming as an ingredient in everything from supplementary oils, inflammation-reducing skin creams, lip balms to health drinks and gummy sweets that promise to reduce anxiety and pain and promote relaxation. The global legal cannabis market is today worth about US$69.78 billion, and this will skyrocket to US$216.76 billion by 2033. Read more: More…
THE chorus is a familiar one, a relentless refrain in South Africa’s political and social discourse: “illegal Zimbabweans” are crossing the Limpopo in droves, “stealing” jobs from South Africans, social services like health and education and transforming the essence of the nation. This narrative, politically potent and emotionally charged, is repeated in taxi ranks, talk…
Telecommunications industry body, the Association for Comms & Technology (ACT), has developed a set of industry principles and practices regarding Sim registration for its members – Vodacom, Telkom, Rain, MTN, Liquid Intelligent Technologies and Cell C – to adopt on a voluntary basis. Speaking to TechCentral in an interview on Monday, ACT CEO Nomvuyiso Batyi…
Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters South Africa expects to lift the care and maintenance status of its Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) by the first quarter of next year or even earlier, energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said on Wednesday. Once considered a global leader in the development of small modular nuclear reactors, South Africa…
South Africa spends a lot of time worrying about anchor industries like mining, finance and energy. They dominate headlines and boardroom agendas, but while we watch those traditional levers creak and strain, we’re ignoring a resource that could impact our long-term growth trajectory significantly. South Africa has one of the richest pools of diversely experienced…
Bridget Letsholo, Head of Business Restructuring & Insolvency, and Charlene Ferns, Associate: Dispute Resolution, at CMS South Africa, unpack the Business Rescue process in the form of a simple step-by-step guide, which serves as an important overview of how the process works. Managing a business presents significant challenges, and in South Africa, these difficulties are compounded…
Deputy President Paul Mashatile has pledged that South Africa’s Presidency of the Group of 20 (G20) will drive a strong Global South agenda focused on debt relief, inclusive growth, and sustainable development. Speaking at the recently held Türkiye-Africa Business and Economic Forum (TABEF) in Istanbul, Mashatile said South Africa will use its leadership of the…
South Africa’s Minister of Sports, Arts, and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, has declared that he does not want the Super Eagles of Nigeria to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Speaking during an interview with Radio 947 in Johannesburg, McKenzie accused Nigeria of attempting to undermine South Africa’s qualification campaign. The comment comes amid growing…
As global attention increasingly shifts toward Africa’s demographic and economic rise, South Africa prepares to take center stage by hosting the G20 Leaders’ Summit on November 22-23, 2025. The event marks the culmination of South Africa’s historic G20 Presidency–an unprecedented milestone as the first and potentially only time an African nation will lead the influential…
Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa South Africa’s new R2.2-trillion energy plan is going to see a dramatic increase in renewable energy, with the private sector expected to contribute two-thirds of the investment. Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, who released details of the 2025 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which maps out the country’s future energy mix, said on…
