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For more than 25 years, Satrix has helped South Africans access local and global markets through ETFs. Now, the business is taking that expertise beyond the country's borders, with listings in Namibia, Botswana and Kenya as it works to bring simple, low-cost investment solutions to a new generation of African investors. Duma Mxenge of Satrix explains the strategy and the infrastructure needed to make this possible.

Tariffs, trade wars, toddlers - and a gift of supposedly non-reproducing goats from Turkey to South Africa. Dominique Olivier ties it all together in explaining how an unexpectedly pregnant goat gave birth to the mohair industry in South Africa.

Weekly summary of Merger & Acquisition activity by South African companies.

Weekly summary of corporate finance activity by South African exchange listed companies.

Weekly summary of all M&A, financial and debt market activity from across Africa (excluding South Africa).

Rules-based, or indexed, balanced funds still account for only about a tenth of assets in South Africa’s Multi-Asset High Equity segment, according to our analysis of industry assets under management (AUM) data. Yet this cohort is attracting a far larger share of new money, drawing around 23% of category flows over the past year and 53% over five years. Kingsley Williams of Satrix explains why.

In this episode of The Finance Ghost Plugged in with Capitec, The Finance Ghost sits down with Lorraine Mekwa, founder of Earned Africa, to talk about her leap from corporate executive to entrepreneur. After two decades in financial services, Lorraine had worked her way up to a divisional executive role at a listed group. She then made the leap into entrepreneurship, driven by a desire to help businesses grow and create broader economic opportunities.

Stats SA registered 97,510 civil marriages in 2024, down from 150,852 a decade earlier. That's a lot less in the way of "I do". When volumes are down, businesses must get their pricing up to survive. That means charging more for existing services, or selling new things. The wedding industry seems to be doing both, as Dominique Olivier explores in this piece.