Non-profit organisation, the Healthy Living Alliance (Heala), has asked Treasury to increase and expand South Africa’s sugar tax as the country deals with growing health issues.

FNB has announced that its eBucks Rewards programme has terminated its partnership with Dis-Chem.

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) said going forward its work will increasingly be informed by data-driven insights, self-learning computers, and artificial intelligence in a bid to fight tax evasion.

South African household wealth fell by R237 billion in the third quarter of 2019 due to the effects on their assets and savings of the US/China trade war, fears of recession in the US, international terrorism attacks, Eskom,state capture and the feeble local economy.

Between November and December the price of eggs dropped by 4%, according to numbers released by the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) on Monday, making for year-on-year price deflation of 7.5%.

As finance minister Tito Mboweni invites tips for his upcoming budget speech, Shoprite has a few tips of its own to help cash-strapped South Africans stretch their hard-earned cash a little further.

SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter has committed the revenue collector to work closely with other government agencies to stamp out illicit trading plaguing various sectors.

After the SA competition authorities cracked down on a Dutch seed potato breeder – and its exclusive South African distributor – a new deal could help drive prices down for one of SA’s favourite potatoes.

As more South African retailers announce possible closure of unprofitable stores, their peers in the continent are breaking new grounds, becoming the ones to watch in the foreseeable future, the latest Global Retail Development Index compiled by international consulting firm, A.T. Kearney shows.

One of SA’s biggest retailers, Massmart, has become the second SA company to announce possible store closures in 2020, a move that could affect up to 1 440 employees. This comes just days after SA’s largest clothing retailer, Edcon, announced the closure of its Edgars store in Rosebank Mall, also citing underperformance.

South Africa’s latest Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) for the third quarter of 2019 showed a five point decrease to 88, presenting a less positive quarter on quarter picture for consumer sentiment in South Africa.

Eskom on Monday (10/12/2019) moved to stage 6 load shedding for the first time, sending the the country into panic over exactly what that means, and igniting fears of a second recession in South Africa.