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Frustration over unemployment and weak growth has fuelled anti-migrant protests culminating in a nationwide march on June 30, 2026, prompting thousands of African migrants to leave South Africa. Retail, along with construction, farming and delivery services, relies heavily on foreign workers, and Shoprite Group's Sixty60 delivery platform reported disruption after data showed fewer than a quarter of its drivers were South African, while foreign-owned spaza shops that support wholesalers and local employees also face pressure.
Economists warn of unintended consequencesNorth-West University lecturer Mpho Lenoke says migrants often fill hard-to-fill vacancies in retail, transport and the informal sector, and that migrant-run businesses employ South Africans and boost competition. The World Bank has cut its 2026 growth forecast to 1.0%, with unemployment near a third, and analysts warn protests risk disrupting supply chains, jobs and investor sentiment.
New pest control system targets customer-facing retail spacesHygiene provider Sanitech has launched Lumio, an insect control system designed for front-of-house use in retail and hospitality settings rather than the traditional back-of-house placement. MD Robert Erasmus says the discreet, LED-based unit uses three light wavelengths and a dual-surface glue board for better insect retention, consumes only 16 W, is mercury-free and RoHS-compliant, and can be branded for wall-mounted or free-standing installation.
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Business technology company Zoho has launched a South African edition of its point-of-sales (POS) solution that enables local retailers to manage billing, inventory, purchases, payments, customer...
South African hygiene and sanitation services provider Sanitech has launched a new insect control system specifically designed for customer-facing environments, such as businesses in the...
Frustrations over unemployment, crime and years of weak growth are driving South Africa's anti-migrant protests. But economists warn that the departure of thousands of foreign workers could end up...
By: Mahir Hamdulay - Equity Research: Head of Financials Research at Absa CIB South African commercial property has now delivered four consecutive years of positive capital growth, a milestone that...
JSE-listed Fortress Real Estate Investments has reaffirmed its distributable earnings forecast of at least R2.15-billion for the financial year ending June 30. This translates into a forecast...
By: Junaid Kleinschmidt – Intelligence lead and Ntsako Baloyi – Data & AI lead for Accenture, South Africa Within the South African business community, cloud adoption has moved well beyond early...
The Dubai Chamber of Commerce recently hosted a series of bilateral business meetings between companies from Dubai and South Africa, in Johannesburg, noting that businesses in both markets see...
The Business Confidence Index (BCI) published by financial services firm RMB and economic research organisation the Bureau for Economic Research (BER) fell by eight points to 39 in the second...
Core enterprise systems have become economic infrastructure across various sectors, including financial services, telecommunications, retail and manufacturing, with enterprise resource planning,...
By: Kgomotso Lebele - Country Managing Director for Accenture, South Africa Consider this: you lead a large retail business. Six months ago, you approved a significant generative AI investment to...
By: Charles Coetzee - Buildings & C&SP Lead for Sub-Saharan Africa at Schneider Electric Large-scale retailers operate with notoriously tight margins while managing some of the most...
By Adheesh Ori – Customer and Growth lead for Consumer Goods & Services, Retail and Automotive at Accenture Song and Rajesh Duvooru – Commercial Account Director for Consumer Goods & Services at...
JSE-listed real estate investment trust (Reit) Dipula Properties has reported a 20% year-on-year increase in distributable earnings to R310-million for the six months ended February 28, supported...
JSE-listed real estate investment trust Redefine Properties reported a 7.4% year-on-year increase in distributable income for the six months ended February 28. This prompted it to increase the...
Global business insolvencies are set to rise by 6% this year, on the back of a 6% rise in 2025, which would result in the fifth consecutive year of growing insolvencies, before plateauing at a high...
By: Adheesh Ori - Consumer Goods & Services, Retail and Automotive lead for Accenture Song, South Africa South Africa’s Consumer Goods and Services sector is entering a defining stretch. Years of...
The National Treasury’s latest payment data shows a worsening late payment crisis across national and provincial government departments, raising concerns about the sustainability of current payment...
JSE-listed Growthpoint Properties is advancing its strategy of reinvesting in high-performing South African retail assets with a R75-million redevelopment of the Edgars premises at Walmer Park...
Amid a structural rental housing backlog of about 3.7-million units in South Africa, financial services provider Sanlam’s Property Impact Fund aims to address this shortfall, particularly targeting...
Following two consecutive quarters of declines, the Rand Merchant Bank (RMB)/Bureau for Economic Research (BER) Business Confidence Index (BCI) rose by five points to 44 in the fourth quarter of...
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