DESPITE the six-year wait for the final Companies Bill, the latest version, tabled three weeks ago, is far from perfect -- even if it is another perfect example of how the infighting between the treasury and the trade and industry

JSE-listed black-empowered electrical wholesaler ARB Holdings has established a new global company to supply exports to Africa, and is aiming to grow its export revenue from R50m to R250m in the short term.

Liberian Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf expressed her government's desire to forge cooperation with its Namibian counterparts in areas of fishing.

Australian explorer Impact Minerals has struck a strategic alliance to explore for and develop nickel-platinum deposits in southern Africa with World No. 2 global platinum producer, Impala Platinum.

THE Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) signed a co-operative trade agreement with the US on Wednesday in a bid to strengthen trade and investment ties and boost development of the southern African region.