[TOP STORY] Consumer spending: Needs trump wants

Agbiz chief economist Wandile Sihlobo looks at the China-Africa Framework agreement and how our meat, grain and wine industries stand to benefit if we are able to secure better tariff levels there.

Kieran Witthuhn from Anchor Capital breaks down Gold Fields’s results – a strong dividend and solid performance – and where he’d be putting new money now. Wandile Sihlobo, chief economist at the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa, on a potential tariff deal with China, the latest on foot and…

CEO Cobus Loots unpacks the company’s stellar H1 financial results and future growth plans.

Independent analyst Jimmy Moyaha unpacks a strong Grindrod update alongside a softer set of numbers from Sibanye-Stillwater, as the group writes down the Keliber lithium project again. Cobus Loots, CEO of Pan African Resources, on record-setting results – even as all-in-sustained-costs come in well above guidance. Dr Andrew Golding, chief…

Colin Timmis from Xero considers the emotional drain in running an SA SME during tax season.