A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. 

South Africa’s construction and infrastructure sector enters 2026 with a rare window of opportunity. The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), delivered by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana... 

South Africa will not bow to US pressure to change its policies on race, International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola said on Thursday, after Washington confirmed that Pretoria... 

The global energy transition needs investment of a further $304-trillion, Glencore CEO Gary Nagle pointed out during the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed diversified mining and marketing... 

The US is inviting Poland to the next Group of 20 Summit — and plans to shun South Africa — when President Donald Trump hosts the forum of the largest global economies in 2026, Secretary of State... 

There are 56 data centres in South Africa with a combined load capacity of around 350 MW. Five of these data centres are AI-capable which means that South Africa holds roughly 1% of global AI data... 

Developing countries paid out $741-billion more in principal and interest on their external debt than they received in new financing between 2022 and 2024 – the largest gap in at least 50 years,... 

Africa will only capture meaningful economic value from rising global demand for critical minerals if it strengthens partnerships, improves infrastructure, ensures regulatory certainty and expands... 

CEO-led hydrogen alliance the Hydrogen Council has announced Air Liquide CEO François Jackow as its new co-chairperson. Jackow takes over from Linde CEO Sanjiv Lamba. 

Law firm Adams & Adams has launched its SMARTAI IP Portal – an advisory service digital platform designed to help businesses understand, assess and address the risks posed by AI systems. AI... 

The Central Energy Fund (CEF) group of companies faced sceptical questioning this week from lawmakers over plans to revive the Sapref refinery in Durban and PetroSA’s gas-to-liquids (GTL) refinery... 

Fibre Circle, the producer responsibility organisation (PRO) for South Africa’s paper and paper packaging sector, gathered stakeholders from across the waste and recycling value chain at its recent... 

PwC has appointed PwC South Africa governing board and PwC Africa governance board chairperson Anastacia Tshesane as the new PwC South Africa CEO, with effect from July 1, 2026. Tshesane has served... 

The City of Johannesburg's Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) has formed a strategic partnership with the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) to accelerate youth economic participation,... 

Concluding the fourth session of the Bi-National Commission between South Africa and Mozambique, President Cyril Ramaphosa and Mozambican President Daniel Chapo jointly launched a domestic gas... 

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...