Business Day - October 08, 2025

SA hits up Afreximbank for $2bn-$3bn backing

Double the joy

King gold

Transnet flags going-concern risks but backs recovery plan

Probe launched into crisis-hit RAF

Red flag raised over state lab service

SA hits up Afreximbank

BD: Indicators

QUOTE of the DAY

22%

How branches grow with communities

Discovery expands rewards to promote sufficient sleep

Think-tank outlines steps to tackle jobs catastrophe

Joburg water crisis could lead to 4,000 job losses, DA warns

Delayed judgments inevitable due to lack of staff, JSC told

Parliament’s probe stalls on dispute over Mkhwanazi affidavit

Macron pressed to end France’s political mess

India accuses missile maker of evading taxes

US court lets Epic Games ruling stand against Google

Eurozone households keep piling up savings

Russia awaits US clarity on Tomahawk supply

Austria may strip fugitive of citizenship

Airbus A320 deliveries overtake Boeing

The monster of late payments is still gobbling businesses

Critical minerals tumble into governance gaps

Hold Lesufi to account for failing to act after Deokaran murder

The benefits of China’s socialist system

THIRD UMPIRE

Raising R40bn from private businesses is a pipe dream

Eskom profitability a milestone, not the finish line

Doubling down on protocol as things fracture

Rethink rural future as youngsters look beyond farming

A 3% shortcut to BEE compliance — smart incentive or costly loophole?

How gold and bitcoin are repricing the global economy

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CHESS

Glencore, Sibanye get green light to merge chrome assets

Illegal mining ‘should be national priority’

Afrimat weighs options for Nkomati amid smelter woes

Sanlam Private Equity signs deal to acquire Medhold

SA manufacturing is on the brink, Italtile warns

Datatec’s earnings set to double

US department of war buys stake in South32 partner

SABC races ahead with its online streaming to 1.5-million users

SA Corporate exits Bluff Towers in R545m deal

Growthpoint Healthcare expands into senior living

Augrabies is so much more than a waterfall

What a difference 25 years make for wine drinkers

ATP mulls heat policy after Shanghai sauna

Amateurs vs pros at Australia Open

Boks aim to end on a high — Marx

Harmer aims for new era

Return of big guns boosts Bafana

Call-ups disrupt Lions and Dolphins