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Cape Town has Most Expensive Addresses in SA

By SAPeople Staff Writer 07-04-16 10:59

Cape Town has most of the top expensive streets in South Africa, according to a new survey, which put six of the country’s top 10 costliest addresses on the Atlantic Seaboard side of the city. Three were in Johannesburg. Top out of the list is Nettleton Road, high above Clifton, which, with a value of almost R45 million, was almost […]

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South Africa’s FNB Latest to Cut Ties with Guptas

By SAPeople Staff Writer 07-04-16 18:12

Only days after global accounting firm KPMG and Sasfin Bank announcned that they were no longer doing business with the Gupta family, First National Bank has done likewise. According to a statement on Wednesday by the Gupta’s Oakbay Investments, it demanded  an explanation from Jacques Celliers, CEO of FNB, “for the closing of the Company’s accounts. […]

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New Abu Dhabi Flights Fill Gap Left by SAA

By SAPeople Staff Writer 06-04-16 07:48

The Abu Dhabi-based airline Etihad will run a flight to Johannesburg for three months over the northern hemisphere summer, filling the gap left when embattled carrier South African Airways cut the route from its offerings last month. These will be added to the flights to the region already operated by Qatar Airways and Emirates, which both […]

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KPMG, Sasfin Cut Links with Firm Owned by Zuma Friends

By SAPeople Staff Writer 04-04-16 16:52

JOHANNESBURG – Global accountancy firm KPMG and South African investment bank Sasfin have severed ties with a company owned by the Guptas, a family of Indian-born businessmen, due to a scandal over their relationship with South African President Jacob Zuma. In an email to KPMG staff seen by Reuters, local chief executive Trevor Hoole said […]

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As Elon Musk Launches Lower-Cost Electric Car, Orders Rocket

By SAPeople Staff Writer 23-12-20 22:24

After producing the more exclusive Roadster, Model S and Model X electric cars, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Thursday that a five-seater sedan selling for a lot less – $35,000 – would come off the production line in 2017. Within 24 hours of the announcement, orders had reached 180,000. The car, which was launched in […]

Why the Johannesburg Stock Exchange Knows What Rivalry is All About

By SAPeople 01-04-16 13:20

The recent announcement of the imminent opening of a rival stock exchange to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) caused considerable media excitement. It is indeed a historic development in South Africa’s economic history and is to be welcomed, as competition often brings new thinking that benefits customers. But to claim, as commentators have, that the […]

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BBC Worldwide Invests in South African Production Company

By SAPeople Contributor 31-03-16 09:21

BBC Worldwide announced Tuesday that it has invested in South African production company Rapid Blue. Based in South Africa, Nigeria and Angola, Rapid Blue produces original productions and international television formats for South African, African and international audiences. Rapid Blue – headed by dynamo couple Kee-Leen and Duncan Irvine – has produced thousands of hours of […]

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Be on Your Guard, Dezinformatsiya is Coming

By SAPeople Contributor 30-03-16 19:57

The erstwhile Russian KGB called it dezinformatsiya and spent a large amount of energy and resources on it: the distribution of false information, malicious rumours, fabricated intelligence reports and forged documents, letters and photographs. The aim was to disrupt and discredit opponents, to deceive and obscure and to influence public opinion. Dezinformatsiya came straight from […]

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Joburg Mayoral Candidate Herman Mashaba in London this Friday

By SAPeople Contributor 30-03-16 10:48

South Africans in the UK can meet prominent businessman and DA 2016 mayoral candidate for Johannesburg, Herman Mashaba, this Friday in London. When the former head of the Free Market Foundation announced his Joburg mayoral candidacy last month several expats in the UK asked “is he any good, is it worth coming back to SA […]

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South African Bank Rated Best in the World

By SAPeople Contributor 29-03-16 11:55

South Africa’s Capitec Bank has been ranked the best in the world, according to London-based international banking advisory group Lafferty, in its first Bank Quality Rankings (LBQR). The organisation used the banks’ own annual reports to make use of a combination of financial and non-financial disclosures to determine the quality of the banks and their respective […]

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Klippies Takes Global Award

By SAPeople Staff Writer 25-03-16 09:36

Lots of people might make fun of Klippies and Coke, but South Africa’s Klipdrift Brandy has just taken the top award in an international brandy competition. The World Brandy Awards announced on Thursday that Klipdrift Premium was its best brandy of the year. It also won for best brandy aged 2-3 years. Van Ryn’s Distillers […]

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South Africa’s Foschini Group Buys Whistles

By SAPeople Staff Writer 24-03-16 15:38

JOHANNESBURG – South African fashion retailer The Foschini Group said on Thursday it had acquired all the shares in high street chain Whistles for an undisclosed sum. Foschini, which last year bought clothing, footwear and accessories retailer Phase Eight, said in a statement it has acquired Whistles’ 46 stores and online retail business through its […]

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6 South African TV Journalists Who’ve Gone Global

By SAPeople Staff Writer 05-04-18 00:10

Anyone watching news reports in England, the US or Australia these days might be struck by a growing phenomenon – South African accents. More and more journalists from South Africa are either taking the anchor seat on leading international news programmes or reporting for them from hot spots around the world. Whether it’s on an […]

Zimbabweans Poorest in Africa, Johannesburg the Financial Hub

By SAPeople Staff Writer 17-03-16 10:18

In a report released by an international survey company that tracks the wealth of people across Africa, it was found that Mauritians are the wealthiest individuals not he continent and Zimbabweans the poorest. The Annual 2016 Wealth Report released by Research and Markets said that Mauritians had about US$21,700 per person, while people in Zimbabwe had US$200 per […]

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To Uber in SA or Not to Uber? 10 Points to Think About

By SAPeople Staff Writer 13-03-16 16:49

The fast-growing company Uber has been in the news quite a lot lately, as it further entrenches itself as a taxi and transport alternative in several South African cities. So what’s the deal? The process is fairly simple. You join Uber as a customer via your phone on the Uber app, and it costs nothing […]

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Clifton Views and a Lot More for a Cool R85 Million

By SAPeople Staff Writer 12-03-16 09:46

The New York Times last week promoted a house for sale high above Clifton, Cape Town, for a cool $4 million (or R65 million) in its regular feature “House Hunting in … “, which looks at property for sale around the world. The house it publicised was a four-bedroom on the slopes of Lion’s Head. A […]

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Happy Birthday, Mr Pick n Pay!

By SAPeople Staff Writer 10-03-16 11:35

Raymond Ackerman, who put what is arguably South Africa’s favourite supermarket on the map after buying three stores in the turbulent 1960s, turns 85 today. Last week, quite coincidentally, a documentary about Ackerman’s life and how he strived to run a fair, non-racial business in apartheid South Africa, “Good Business, The Story of a South African Retail Giant”, […]

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BRICS Bank Regional Office Opens in Johannesburg

By SAPeople Staff Writer 07-03-16 17:16

PRETORIA – The New Development Bank of the five-nation BRICS grouping is officially open for business and has started hiring staff, according to the National Treasury. The bank is in the process of establishing its Africa Regional Centre in Johannesburg, as announced by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan in his 2016 Budget Speech, and the Treasury […]

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Barclays Bank is Leaving Africa but Barclays Africa is Here to Stay

By SAPeople 02-03-16 07:18

Barclays Bank confirmed on Tuesday that it is leaving Africa – after a long history on the continent – but that it will be a long goodbye. The bank said it will not pack up immediately, but will sell down its 62 percent stake in Barclays Africa over two to three years. Investors seemed satisfied, with profits […]

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South Africa’s Fastest Growing Fast Food Franchise Heads to the USA

By SAPeople Contributor 02-03-16 02:06

Good news for braai-loving South Africans in Nashville, Tennessee. South Africa’s fastest growing franchise – Chesa Nyama – is heading stateside. The take-away restaurant chain, which boasts food that’s “flame grilled the traditional way”, has grown from just one store to 300 in just three years! Just over two weeks ago, on 12 February, Chesa Nyama’s holding […]

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Barclays: “We continue to be optimistic about our prospects in Africa.”

By SAPeople 29-02-16 22:58

In a series of tweets on Absa’s official Twitter page today, it reiterated Barclays Africa’s commitment to Africa, and that it continues to be “optimistic about our growth prospects, and to operate in the normal course of business.” In a media release on Absa’s website – following reports in the Financial Times that Barclays plans to announce […]

So How Much Has South African Media Transformed?

By SAPeople Contributor 29-02-16 22:42

In this week’s episode of The Listening Post on Al Jazeera, Nicholas Muirhead examines whether the news media in his native South Africa have transformed since the end of apartheid over two decades ago. “Under apartheid, the media – like every sector – were, for the most part, white-owned and operated,” says Muirhead. “In 1994, when the African National […]

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