# Italian fashion house Prada announced it had reached a deal with US group Capri Holdings to buy its flashy rival Versace for 27-billion-rand. The acquisition will create a luxury group with revenues of over 129-billion-rand that could better compete with industry giants such as the French conglomerates LVMH and Gucci. Prada group chairperson and […]
# Die Lughawensmaatskappy van Suid-Afrika vier fees nadat drie lughawens onder die bestes ter wêreld aangewys is op 2025 se Skytrax-toekennings. Die Kaapstadse Internasionale Lughawe het drie groot titels gewen: beste lughawe in Afrika, beste personeeldiens en skoonste lughawe. Die King Shaka Internasionale Lughawe is aangewys as die beste streekslughawe in Afrika, terwyl die InterContinental […]
# Airports Company South Africa is celebrating after three airports have been named amongst the best in the world at the 2025 Skytrax Awards. Cape Town International Airport, won three major titles including Best Airport in Africa, Best Staff Service, and Cleanest Airport. King Shaka International Airport was named Best Regional Airport in Africa, while […]
# South Africa has climbed from eleventh to seventh in the emerging markets section of Kearney’s 2025 Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index. The jump is driven by improved power supply, infrastructure reforms, and green energy developments. Investors praised Eskom’s stability, logistics unbundling, and hydrogen project investments. The country’s mineral wealth and exemption from key US […]
# Suid-Afrika het van die elfde na die sewende plek gestyg in die Opkomende Markte-afdeling van Kearney se 2025 Buitelandse Direkte Beleggingsvertroue-indeks. Die verbetering is te danke aan verbeterde kragvoorsiening, infrastruktuurhervormings en ontwikkelings met groen energie. Beleggers het Eskom se stabiliteit, die ontknoping van logistieke dienste, en beleggings in waterstofprojekte geprys. Die land se minerale […]
# Vervaardigingsproduksie het in Februarie met 3,2-persent gedaal vergeleke met verlede jaar. Volgens Statistieke Suid-Afrika was die grootste dalings in motorvoertuie en petroleum. Produksie het egter effens gestyg met 0,3-persent vanaf Januarie. Nicolai Claassen van Statistieke SA sê die afgelope drie maande het produksie met 2,3-persent gedaal en motorvoertuie en ystersektore het die negatiewe groei […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die Wêreldhandelsorganisasie versoek om te verseker globale handelsreëls bevorder billike ontwikkeling. Hy het ‘n toespraak gelewer oor die organisasie se 30ste herdenking en gesê huidige reëls beperk vordering vir ontwikkelende lande wat hulle in laewaarde-produksie vasvang en blootstel aan ekonomiese skokke. Ramaphosa vra hervormings wat vervaardiging en ekonomiese groei ondersteun:
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged the World Trade Organisation to ensure global trade rules promote fair development. Delivering a message on the organisation’s 30th anniversary, he said current rules limit progress for developing nations, locking them into low-value production and exposing them to economic shocks. Ramaphosa called for reforms that support industrialisation and economic […]
# Manufacturing production dropped by 3.2-percennt in February compared to last year. According to Statistics South Africa, the biggest drops came from motor vehicles and petroleum. However, production rose slightly by 0.3-percent from January. Stats SA’s Nicolai Claassen says over the past three months, production fell by 2.3-percent, with motor vehicles and iron sectors leading […]
