Monday, 7 September 2026

African Rainbow Minerals reported headline earnings up 19% to R3.2 billion and a fatality-free year, while approving a R15.2 billion, seven-year Bokone Platinum development.

Sun International’s first-half group income rose 7.4% to more than R6.6 billion; management expects online gambling to double over five years and aims to gain market share.

The DBSA has begun a feasibility study into South Africa’s first sovereign wealth fund, potentially targeting industrial infrastructure, energy transition and climate resilience.

Investors were urged to favour assets capable of beating inflation, stay invested for the long term and diversify; the risk of equity losses reportedly falls sharply by year five.

Global market caution centred on interest-rate expectations and oil approaching $100 a barrel, although resource stocks lifted the JSE and China’s $45 billion bank injection supported commodities.