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The race to win the heart of an online grocery shopper has entered a new phase.
WOOLWORTHS
Premium

Grocers gallop to put chefs in your kitchen

Woolworths is the latest retailer to put AI at centre of the customer shopping experience

  • Nompilo Zulu
Shoprite has already exceeded the number of stores it planned to open in its current financial year, which runs until the end of June. Picture:
SHOPRITE

Shoprite exceeds store-opening target in push to strengthen dominance

The retailer has surpassed its full-year store-opening target with a month still to go

  • Nompilo Zulu
Tongaat Hulett supports between 35,000 and 40,000 direct jobs at farm level and at its mills and refinery, making it an economic anchor for entire rural communities in the province. File picture: NCE MKHIZE
TONGAAT HULETT

Growers hatch plan to save Tongaat Hulett

GrowerCo plan seeks to preserve mills, protect 40,000 jobs and avert liquidation.

  • Stella Mapenzauswa
Boxer CEO Marek Masojada. File photo.
COMPANIES

Boxer builds new income streams

Boxer is increasingly looking beyond traditional grocery retail as it builds new revenue streams through supplier data analytics, media advertising and digital services — part of a broader strategy to deepen monetisation opportunities

  • Thabiso Mochiko
Trade, industry & competition minister Parks Tau. Picture: BUSINESS DAY
COMPETITION COMMISSION

Local business hails slashing of red tape

Fewer deals will now need approval from the Competition Commission

  • Kabelo Khumalo
Workers on duty underground during the visit by members of the media to Sibanye-Stillwater's Khuseleka mine in Rustenburg. File photo.
SIBANYE STILLWATER

Sibanye’s earnings jump fivefold

Sibanye-Stillwater is one of the world’s biggest winners of the precious metal rally

  • Jacob Webster
The IDC, a lender of last resort, has increasingly been forced to step up and bail out stalwarts of South Africa’s industrial base — including ArcelorMittal South Africa.
COMPANIES

IDC’s status put to the test in bid to save Tongaat Hulett

IDC grants Tongaat Hulett two-month reprieve with R200m lifeline

  • Kabelo Khumalo