Star 2025-07-28

The JSE on Friday said it had fined Anushka Bogdanov, a former director of EOH Holdings, R500 000 and immediate disqualification from holding the office of a director or officer of a company listed on the JSE for a period of 10 years for fake qualifications. It said that Bogdanov was appointed as an independent non-executive director of EOH Holdings on June, 20, 2019 and served as the chairperson of the Social and Ethics Committee, a member of the Governance and Risk Committee and Nomination and Remuneration Committee and then as the lead independent non-executive director in February 2020. Bogdanov resigned from EOH with effect from July 28, 2020. Upon Bogdanov's appointment as director of EOH, her Curriculum Vitae provided to the company stated that she held a PhD…

Recent “leaks” between the US and SA governments indicate deep mistrust between the two administrations US foreign policy expert Michael Walsh has warned that the recent “leaks” between the US and the South African governments were indications of deep mistrust between the two administrations. Reuters reported on Saturday that US embassy Charge d'Affaires in South Africa, David Greene, reached out to Washington asking for clarification whether non-whites such as "coloured" South Africans who speak Afrikaans qualify for the refugee program for South Africans under the contentious US policy. US President Donald Trump's February executive order in February establishing the program specified that it was for "Afrikaners in South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination," referring to an ethnic group descended mostly from Dutch settlers. Walsh - a…

At South Africa’s northern border, the crossings continue quietly, steadily and mostly unrecorded. While public debate often centres on the visibility of foreign nationals, the far more consequential reality remains largely neglected: South Africa has not conducted a comprehensive national audit of migration flows in over a decade. There is no integrated system tracking who enters, who stays or how movements across borders intersect with labour markets, infrastructure pressure or regional development. This absence is not merely an administrative gap; it is an entrenched institutional blind spot that weakens governance, inflames public anxiety and erodes our credibility in a continent that is moving towards integration through data. The Department of Home Affairs, along with other state organs, operates with fragmented or outdated systems. A biometric border management system, budgeted at…

Cape Town and Durban have emerged as two of Africa’s most investable logistics and industrial markets due to their resilience, adaptability and strong investor appeal, according to Cushman & Wakefield | BROLL. Cape Town continues to outperform, with rising rents and declining vacancies underpinned by a period of semigration, operational stability and constrained industrial land. “Demand is being driven by a flight to quality, semigration from other provinces and growing e-commerce,” said Shane Howe, the head of Western Cape Industrial Broking at Cushman & Wakefield | BROLL. Strong governance and functioning infrastructure position the city as a low-risk node compared to Gauteng. “The Cape market is supported by limited stock availability and escalating demand, especially for modern industrial parks,” said Howe. Development hotspots such as Brackengate and Richmond Park are…

South Africa’s labour market faces a difficult contradiction: unemployment is high, yet many businesses can’t find the skilled workers they need. This is especially true in sectors like logistics and construction, where foreign labour is often used to fill urgent gaps. While this approach helps keep operations running, it often raises concerns that jobs are being taken away from South Africans. But framing the issue as a choice between local and foreign labour doesn’t capture the complexity of the problem. What’s needed is a practical, balanced approach - one that meets immediate business needs while supporting long-term local skills development. Temporary Employment Services (TES) providers can help businesses strike this balance by handling legal compliance, ensuring fair hiring, and supporting programmes that transfer skills from foreign to local workers. Skills…

The Bureau for Market Research (BMR) has remained cautiously optimistic about the consumer landscape in South Africa over the next three years. This is according to the BMR's latest flagship study, titled Consumer Market Outlook for 2025 to 2027, which delivered critical insights into evolving consumer sentiment and spending habits shaped by macroeconomic influences in South Africa. Authored by Dr Requier Wait, chief researcher at the BMR, the report examines how changing economic and policy conditions are poised to impact consumer behaviour over the next three years. The BMR projected that modest growth in real household consumption, underpinned by wage increases and easing inflation, will battle against high household debt and a heavier burden of personal income tax. The report forecasts a 2% rise in retail sales in real terms…