Business

South Africa has some of the richest individuals on the African continent. Even though it has many hardworking young people, not too many are in the class of the very rich. Needless to say, there is still a class...

Sam Mshengu is a controversial South African businessman who has gradually climbed the ladder of success and has his story told time and time again. Although a South African, sources have reported his birth country differently. While others claim Makwarela, Venda, South Africa, others claim he...

Often regarded as the Steve Jobs of South African tombstone business, Lebohang Khitsane has built an empire in what many would never have believed had the prospects of anything significant. It is thanks to this that he had a...

So much has changed about TV licences in South Africa from the times when you were only obligated to pay for only actual TV sets to the present times when you users are expected to pay licences on mobile...

Sam Holdings is one of the young but popular companies in South Africa, partly because of what it does, and partly because of its owner; Sam Mshengu Chabalala who is famed for owning the business venture, a logistics company...

Sbu Mpisane was once just another police constable with hardly a name on the public space. However, he rose from being a metro police constable in Durban to become a wealthy business tycoon who was considered one of the...

When Zimbabwe celebrated her first-ever all-female deck crew, the story was indeed an inspiration, which has led us to uncover more inspiring but lesser-known tales. It has become an established fact that being a woman in this part of...

Profile Summary and Key Facts Name: Patrice Motsepe (Patrice Tlhopane Motsepe) Date of Birth: 28 January 1962 Place of Birth: Ga-Rankuwa, Pretoria Nationality: South African Net Worth: $2.2 billion USD Source of Net Worth: Mining and Other business investments Wife: Precious Moloi-Motsepe Children: 3 The idea of black wealth...

Arguably, Zando is South Africa's biggest online fashion store. While it was founded as a subsidiary of The Jumia Group by Rocket Internet AG in 2012, the company has metamorphosed into a leading online fashion shopping destination in South...

The name, Richard Maponya, is one that rings a loud bell in the South African business arena. He was a South African business powerhouse, famed as one of the most successful pillars of black business in the Rainbow Nation....

Despite the harsh economic conditions in South Africa, a number of young South Africans, particularly the South African under 30 Female Entrepreneurs, have continued to make a difference in Africa and the world at large. Apparently, ordinary South Africans are the...

Johann Rupert is a South African business magnate and the chairman of Rich Goods Company located in Switzerland and also Remgro, a company based in South Africa. Rupert started his business before later joining his father and decades later,...

Botswana is said to reveal the highest per capita income growth in the entire world. This is because the government has been able to sustain sound fiscal policy despite consecutive budget deficits beginning from 2002 to 2004. The government...

Banking in the South African region is an important service as it serves a variety of purposes, including businesses, consumers, and investors. South African Banks are among the biggest banking corporations in the entire African continent. And the existence...

There are not as many people that can boast to be very close with former President Jacob Zuma as Dudu Myeni, a South African businesswoman who many have speculated to have even had a romantic relationship that produced a...

Money rates or what is commonly known as currency exchange rates is one of the most complex things for most people. But much as many people find them complex, they are actually very simple. This is simply a way...

Modern economies look up to the national currencies to determine their operations. It is easy for people to express the value of any product even across borders, cultures and oceans. In addition, it is easy for one to transport...

The British Pound commonly knows as GBP, is the official currency of the United Kingdom and one of the most valuable currencies in the world. The South African Rand, also known as ZAR, is the official currency in South Africa...

All countries in the world use money as a means of exchange for goods and services. However, as much as it may sound simple, the amazing fact is that they all have a different type of currency and this...

We have recently covered lots of currency conversion articles on these topics: South African Rand to dollars, South African Rand to Euro, US Dollars to rand, Converting South African Rand to British Pound Currency Exchange and converting British Pounds to South African Rands. But we have...