Business Day - July 18, 2025

Way is open for sweeping consolidation of media

Floating on air

Retail rocks

G20 finance leaders aim to cut cost of cross-border payments

Way open for media consolidation

Two-pot pension system ‘risks leaving people very poor’

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Ramaphosa sets R2-trillion goal for investment conference

Gambling ‘a long-term threat to SA economy’

Organisations go to court over ‘expired’ water-use charges

Court rules claim that Mantashe received miners’ R40m is false

Russia ‘must be ready for pre-emptive strikes’ on West

UK, Germany boost ties with new treaty

Ukraine’s new prime minister pledges ‘swift, decisive’ overhaul

UK plans to extend teenagers‘ vote

Japan, US talk ahead of tariff deadline

Power demand hits record high in China

Georgia detains two for uranium sale bid

Brics unmasked in a broken world

Cuckooland coup not the threat

Crises bedevil transport sector

THABISO MOSHIKARA

FAUJA SINGH

Support grows across the spectrum for independent review of the NPA

Executive credentials would be a boon

SACP underwhelms as its banner hits the ballot

We track economic sentiment because optimism isn’t enough

Over-50s workforce offers untapped value

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CHESS

FirstRand battle for trademark will reach SCA next month

AECI surges after offloading noncore assets

M-Kopa disburses more than R35bn in loans

Sanlam’s Satrix taps Kenyan market after success in SA

Government urged to stop supporting ‘Amsa corpse’

Residential property starts to stabilise

Redefine signs R80m Rosebank office block sale to reduce debt

OUT OF OFFICE

Samsung chair cleared of fraud charges

Investor to defend his role in Facebook privacy case

Couche-Tard abandons $46bn bid for the owner of 7-Eleven

EU executive delays X investigation

US cost pressure squeezes Elevance

S&P downgrades Nippon Steel

Weaker dollar helps give PepsiCo a lift

Ghana’s central bank calls urgent meeting

‘Citizen Kane’ sled much more than a movie prop

Works critique the view of women as walking wombs

Five things for you to watch

Ixopo’s mountain biking SA champ is primed to take on the world

Rugby Africa’s dilemma one of big dreams and small budgets

Banyana peaking at right time ahead of quarters

Wales locked out of Lions as Curry starts

Lions squad

Boks brace for brutal Georgia

Work your nuts off to win, then it’s party time

Proteas urged to go on attack

Pogacar power too much for wilting Vingegaard

All Blacks make seven changes for series finale

Barcelona in sponsorship deal with DRC tourism