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US President Donald Trump last night lowered tariffs on goods from dozens of countries to 10% for 90 days.

Five Gauteng Government officials have been dismissed for their role in awarding an irregular tender to refurbish a private hospital for over half a billion rand.

Spar has acknowledged the SCA’s decision to dismiss its request for special leave to appeal in its long-running credit dispute with the Giannacopoulos Group, Business Day says.

Spar has been dealt a blow after the SCA slapped down its special leave application to overturn a High Court ruling that its decision to cut off its biggest franchisee, the Giannacopoulos Group, was done in bad faith.

JSE-listed Caxton and privately-run Capital Newspapers have announced that they are taking their legal battle directly to the Constitutional Court following the Competition Appeal Court’s ruling that allows Media24 to shut down several of its print publications, including Beeld, Rapport, City Press, and Daily Sun.

Six white former executives of IT group Dimension Data say their legal team is preparing an application for leave to appeal a High Court ruling that implicated them in a ‘brazen and dishonest’ scheme to benefit from a lucrative BEE property deal, according to Fin24.

En commandite partnerships offer a strategic advantage in structuring transformation deals for government procurement, balancing BBBEE compliance with operational control. This article explores the legal benefits of en commandite partnerships, highlighting their role in attracting investment, managing risk, and ensuring long-term sustainability in public procurement projects, all while driving meaningful transformation in South Africa’s economy.

The National Consumer Commission has warned South Africans to be cautious after it identified 40 suppliers it can no longer trace, TechCentral says.

London Stock Exchange and JSE dual-listed global asset manager Ninety One is set to acquire all the issued shares in Sanlam Investment Management (SIM), while Sanlam Group will, in turn, receive a 12.3% stake in Ninety One, the group said in a joint statement issued on Sens yesterday.

A court showdown involving some of SA’s major media stakeholders looks set to reshape the country’s media landscape.

BP SA has confirmed that it is experiencing a fuel shortage at its service stations in Cape Town after an unplanned local refinery outage.

Takealot has told SARS that Chinese e-commerce majors Shein and Temu should be forced to set up bases in SA through local offices and distribution centres so that the fiscus and economy benefit from their operations.

Sibanye-Stillwater may be liable for as much as $1.2bn (about R21bn) in compensation to a UK private equity firm after a court ruling that threatens to worsen the strain on a company already reeling from tumbling platinum group metal (PGM) prices, reports Business Day.

The Cape Town-based trading platform Banxso has strong links to one of the world’s largest international binary options scams operating between 2010 and 2017.

Standard Bank, roped in as an independent expert to consider French media giant Canal+'s R125 per share offer for MultiChoice, has determined the offer is fair and reasonable.