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SARB holds rates in shadow of election
Published: 30 May 24
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) left borrowing costs unchanged, delivering the widely expected verdict one day after the nation held pivotal elections. The monetary policy committee kept its benchmark interest rate at a 15-year high of 8.25% for a sixth consecutive meeting, Governor Lesetja Kganyago said at a press conference north of Johannesburg on Thursday.
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SARB holds rates in shadow of election
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Santam acquires home services marketplace Kandua
Published: 30 May 24
Short-term insurer Santam has acquired Kandua, an online marketplace company for home services. Kandua will merge with Santam’s existing home service offering, Home+, forming a wholly owned, independent subsidiary of the insurer.
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Supply-side support will be required if South Africa aims to join green industrialisation race
Published: 30 May 24
Stable demand remains a prerequisite if South Africa has any prospect of stimulating industrialisation in the renewable-energy and battery storage value chains, Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) senior economist Gaylor Montmasson-Clair has reiterated. But absent complementary supply-side measures – including tax and financial incentives, as well as an active trade policy – the country will struggle to attract green manufacturing investment in what is now a highly competitive global environment. In fact, Montmasson-Clair, who is also facilitator of the yet-to-be-launched South African Renewable Energy Masterplan (SAREM), counsels that South Africa will have to prepare a compelling investment case if it is to emerge as a market participant. One that cannot rely solely on rising demand for solar panels, wind turbines and batteries, nor on the country’s natural resource advantages and its current relative attractiveness as a manufacturing location when compared with its peers.
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Tsolido signs agreement with Red Cloud for liquidity services
Published: 30 May 24
TSX-V-listed Tsodilo Resources has retained Toronto-based financial services company Red Cloud Securities to provide liquidity services to the company. Red Cloud helps mineral exploration and mining companies to access capital markets and enhance their corporate profile. Red Cloud will trade Tsodilo shares on the TSX-V for the purposes of maintaining a reasonable market and improving the liquidity of Tsodilo’s common shares.
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Commission grants approval for England-based Prax to acquire Natref
Published: 30 May 24
The Competition Commission has conditionally approved a proposed transaction between Prax South Africa and the National Petroleum Refiners of South Africa (Natref), whereby the former intends to acquire the latter.
Prax is ultimately controlled by a firm incorporated in England called State Oil Limited, which is, in turn, controlled by Prax Group Holdings, which is also based in England.
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How a rattled South Africa became Anglo's best defence against BHP bid
Published: 30 May 24
Days after miner BHP launched its takeover bid for rival Anglo American in April, the CEOs of both headed for South Africa, where a condition to divest Anglo's local platinum and iron ore assets was causing a political storm.
More than 20% of Anglo shares are held by South African investors, and the London-listed group's presence is deemed of national value in the country, where it was founded in 1917 and employs more than 40 000 people.
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Sibanye clinches yet another renewable energy purchase agreement
Published: 30 May 24
Johannesburg- and New York-listed Sibanye-Stillwater has concluded its fourth renewable energy power purchase agreement (PPA). The green metals and gold producer has reached financial close for an additional 140 MW wind energy project, the Umsinde Emoyeni Wind Farm, located on the border between the Northern Cape and the Western Cape, near Murraysburg.
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Sibanye-Stillwater Neal Froneman Old Mutual Rand Merchant Bank
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Xtract, Cooperlemon add three more licences to their Zambian copper prospects
Published: 30 May 24
London-listed Xtract Resources has entered into an addendum to restate its existing joint venture (JV) agreement with consulting firm Cooperlemon Consultancy, expanding their joint copper exploration efforts in Zambia. The addendum incorporates three additional large-scale exploration licences in northwest Zambia into the JV.
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ARC stresses need for farmers’ access to finance, insurance in light of growing climate risk
Published: 30 May 24
With the agriculture sector’s 33-million smallholder farmers contributing 70% of Africa’s food supply, it is pertinent that more innovative financing mechanisms are created as the continent increasingly faces challenges of climate change, low productivity and conflict.
Financial services provider African Risk Capacity (ARC) has called on policymakers to better assess the needs of farmers on the continent and enhance access to funding – if they expect Africa to meet the Malabo Commitment to end hunger by 2025 or the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
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Italtile announces C-suite changes
Published: 30 May 24
JSE-listed tile retailer Italtile has announced it will move CFO Brandon Wood to the position of COO and appoint Lamar Booysen CFO. Both will remain executive directors on the board.
Italtile says the appointments align with the group’s long-standing succession plan and ongoing strategy to enhance depth of management in the business.
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