Business

Fita’s legal battle against government to lift cigarette ban goes up in smoke

How will PSG fix its ‘Capitec’ problem?

Foreign funding is South Africa’s best option

DA calls for essential-goods stores to be allowed to sell their usual inventory immediately

Bank of England warns of worst recession in centuries

SAA’s business rescuers issue notice that most staff will need to be retrenched

Steenhuisen to ask Ramaphosa if SA expects 45,000 to die from Covid-19 over three years

Virus pounds global businesses, Netflix and soap aside

Twitter to block virus 5G conspiracy theory tweets

Eskom warns suppliers of resurfacing procurement scams

Mashaba claims SA debt will skyrocket with more loans from IMF, World Bank

Crisis-hit oil market in frantic hunt for storage

Personal Finance

Can I capitalise on the bear market by doing an RA/LA swop?

Coronavirus cases escalate to 90 at Mediclinic Morningside

Ecsponent Financial Services accused of selling high-risk preference shares to pensioners

Sars should be reminded of its constitutional duty

Booze sales may be coming back, along with much more, according to ‘leaked’ presentation

National Lotteries Commission sets up R150m Covid-19 relief fund

NYDA extends R10K relief funding to youth-owned enterprises

Virus-hit news industry needs tech giant aid: UK union

Netflix profits soar as pandemic shut-ins sign up

Spur to remain closed post lockdown

Parent company moves to put Cash Paymaster Services into business rescue

A decade after Deepwater, BP faces new existential challenges

Crude market crisis keeps traders on edge as equities sink again

Business expects Covid-19 impact to be worse than 2008 crisis

Nersa defends complete suspension of operations

Personal Finance

Should I continue with my home purchase after lockdown?

DA calls on Ramaphosa to announce bigger welfare grants, business loans, free masks

SABS warns against uncertified sanitisers

DA wants meeting with committee to discuss Land Bank’s future

Patel says he ‘loves hot food’, explains why it’s been put on ice for now

NYDA sets up relief fund to assist youth-owned enterprises

DA gives Ebrahim Patel time till midday to supply reasons on cooked food ban

Land Bank: Possible default on R50 billion notes

Property sales down 40%, and that was before lockdown

Wider relief for companies struggling to pay workers

Three hot potatoes for government as legal battles begin

US oil bounces after crash but Asia stocks suffer big losses

Reserve Bank starts moves to free up more cash

US oil price collapses to -$37.63 (yes, sellers have to pay buyers to take it now)

We can’t money-print our way out of economic trouble

Government explicitly bans sale of all cooked hot food, shutting down planned legal cases

Economists propose Ramaphosa should spend 10 times more to save Covid-hit SA

Sasol suspends production due to lower petrol demand

Personal Finance

COVID-19 relief options for businesses: ETI measures explained

Thulas Nxesi says UIF is experiencing pressure with Covid-19 TERS claims

Construction sector pleads to be allowed to return to work

Personal Finance

Inflow into gold exchange-traded funds accelerates

Personal Finance

The ‘cheapest’ way to finance a payment holiday

Unions respond to SAA severance package offer

Woolworths to close hot food counters despite legal opinion

The real cost of the liquor ban

Court row threatens to heat up with government over the temperature of food

Gordhan called on to explain why SAA now being ‘thrown to the wolves’

Sakeliga threatens legal action against DTI over cooked food ban

DA: Government must explain why selling cooked food is illegal

Ten years after huge US oil spill, fears of offshore drilling persist

Cuba’s private sector suffering from a lack of tourists

Gauteng Liquor Forum accuses Ramaphosa of ‘blatant racial discrimination’

The highs and lows of lockdown advertising in SA

Is the lockdown unravelling and is government losing the plot? Experts say yes

How bankrupted SAA can be wound down and reborn – expert

Africa

Africa still needs $44bn to fight pandemic – World Bank and IMF

Google to waive ad fees as part of journalism relief effort

Africa

Virus lockdown darkens hopes for Zimbabwean tobacco rebound

Africa

Africa’s billionaires called to help coronavirus fight

Ford expects $2bn loss in Q1 as virus shutdowns hit sales

Tobacco association announces it will launch a legal challenge of cigarette ban

Ramaphosa tells alcohol traders he won’t submit to their demands

Gilead shares surge on promising Covid-19 drug report

President chairs meeting on economic impact of lockdown

Mining sector breathes a little more easily

Absa executives to score millions in bonuses, long-term incentive scheme reveals

SA government has not approached us, says IMF