Sandton was a place to be before the pandemic. But footfall in Africa's richest square mile refuses to go back to pre-pandemic levels. Restaurants and hotels around the area are struggling.

Western Cape MEC for local government, environmental affairs and development Anton Bredell has filed an application for leave to appeal a high court order suspending construction of a R4.5 billion project that will house Amazon’s Africa headquarters.

Four of Fotress's properties were affected by floods. But the company said only minor flood damage and no significant structural damage has been identified so far.

Vukile Property Fund plans to build more solar farms to power its malls and reduce its reliance on Eskom's power by another 5% by the end of March 2023.

The number of "ghost town" malls that were ubiquitous throughout South Africa in the past two years is declining as the demand for retail space strengthens.

After handing over almost 3 000 apartments to their owners, residential estates developer, Balwin's revenues surpassed R3 billion for the first time in the company's 26-year history.

Residential rental growth has reached its best levels since the pandemic started, a new report shows.

Growthpoint Properties says it will take years and a faster growing economy for Sandton office buildings to go back to how they were before Covid-19.

While interest rates have been seen painful hikes, they remain below pandemic levels, and property demand looks in relatively good shape. But one property expert warned against buying a home now.

A survey shows a mansion in Constantia, Cape Town can fetch R290 000 per month, while on the Garden Route, one can pay up to R55 000 per day for short-term holiday rentals.

The rental market is recovering, including in higher rental brackets. and estate agents reveal what you can get for R20 000 a month.

There was positive rental growth in all provinces despite tenants feeling the pinch due to challenging economic conditions, according to the latest Payprop Rental Index.

While some were writing Sandton's obituary during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, when the work-from-home phenomenon became the norm, others - like its property owners and businesses - were planning its revival.

China Evergrande has pledged to repay its debt this year, as the property giant faces a restructuring following Beijing's crackdown on excessive borrowing and rampant speculation in the real estate sector.

About 80% of trophy home sales in Cape Town were along the Atlantic Seaboard, especially in Camps Bay, Clifton, Bantry Bay, Fresnaye and at the Waterfront.

A Penn State College of Education faculty member is part of a multidisciplinary team across several universities that has been awarded a $3.5 million Transformative Research Grant from the Spencer Foundation to conduct a large-scale, five-year study on community-driven initiatives to teach Asian American studies in K-12 classrooms.

A series of free public presentations, each focused on a different aspect of consuming news and related information, highlight a U.S. Media Literacy Week Celebration, scheduled Oct. 23 on the University Park campus, and will be held in-person and online.

Twelve Penn State faculty members received Fulbright Scholar Awards for the 2024-25 academic year, according to the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. An additional four faculty members have been named Fulbright Specialist Award recipients.  

Ashley Patterson, associate professor of education and women’s, gender and sexuality studies at Penn State, explored the intersection between social justice, equity and education during a JEDI Collaborative speaker series event at Penn State Lehigh Valley. 

A new civil rights in education initiative, called AdvancED Equity, that focuses on advancing research to inform policy related to civil rights protections in the field of education, was recently established with contributions from Penn State.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Nov. 1 to officially dedicate the newest space in the Penn State College of Education — the Krause Pedagogical Innovation Laboratory.

In a bid to dodge a US lawsuit, Swiss chocolatier Lindt & Sprungli has scuppered its own claims about the excellence of its products — a cornerstone of its marketing strategy.

Transnet has said essential equipment, including rubber-tyred gantries and ship-to-shore cranes, will only arrive by the next peak fruit export season at the Cape Town Port.

Uber will bring 200 BYD electric vehicles onto its platform in South Africa, starting with a pilot in Johannesburg in 2025.

Investors holding more than a quarter of Shoprite shares opposed its executive pay, requiring SA's largest retailer to address dissenting shareholders' concerns.

Shares of Bidcorp, the food services giant founded by Brian Joffe, jumped almost 5% on Tuesday after it reported a record revenue performance for the four months to end October, including an "excellent" result from SA.

FlySafair has filed an urgent application to interdict a ruling that threatens its international operations after it was found that the airline's shareholding structure violates foreign ownership regulations.

ICTSI said it will use all legal channels to make sure that a Maersk subsidiary, "is not successful in holding the Durban port, and indeed the South African economy hostage to their interests".

Blue Ribbon and Snowflake owner Premier's interim earnings rose by almost a third on Tuesday as the group benefited from a focus on margin management, cost savings and continued investment in its assets.

The Competition Tribunal issued an interim order that should allow online betting platform Lottoland access to Google Ads.

The South African operations of defence and aerospace company Paramount filed for business rescue amid a dispute with a drone manufacturer from the United Arab Emirates.

DStv and Showmax operator MultiChoice reported it shed over a tenth of its pay-TV subscriber base in its six months to end September, when its loss also doubled after it was battered by currency headwinds as well as its spend on streaming.

An application to suspend development of the solar farm has been rejected, but another seeking more permanent relief is yet to be decided on.

SA's financial regulator is investigating allegations that agents of online brokerage Banxso, whose licence has been suspended, contacted clients claiming it has been "cleared".

It took less than a week for one of Citigroup's recommended Trump trades to sink under water.

An overview of the biggest business developments in SA and beyond.

Elon Musk surfaced once more in a round of phone calls US President-elect Donald Trump is making with world leaders, driving home the billionaire's outsized influence in the next administration.

Nulaid owner Quantum Foods has been ordered to reinstate a nonexecutive director it removed after requesting to see the legal advice it relied on in refusing a shareholders' meeting request for board changes.

Blue Ribbon and Snowflake owner Premier Foods is on the prowl for acquisitions, including the likes of JSE-listed food producers like Remgro-controlled RCL Foods, Libstar and RFG, if they ever become available.

US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday named Elon Musk to a role aimed at creating a more efficient government, handing even more influence to the world's richest man who donated millions of dollars to helping Trump get elected.

The Government Employees' Pension Fund delivered a return of 4.9% on investments for its members in the year to end-March.

Children adapt their attitudes toward reading to conform to their classmates' perceived gender stereotypes, in ways that put boys at a disadvantage, according to a new study in the journal Child Development.

A recent document signals a major change in instructional theory from the Reading Workshop creator, who previously pushed back on "phonics-centric people."

God prompts a worker to take along a Farsi Bible during his day manning the literature stand so that a Farsi-speaking man can find the Truth.

Cleaning up after class turns into a moment of sharing between an OM worker and two North African women.

Mathilde, a French teen, describes her trip to Bosnia-Herzegovina. She and others will raise funds for a youth centre where Bosnian teens can discover God.

A recent poll shows "rationalistic" French society still highly bound to superstition.

Transform mission conference one year, outreach team in France the following year, the sisters from Mexico are eager to share the love of Christ, realising the audience was different from what they expected.

Although Harris clashed with Biden over his record on school desegregation, some of her education proposals might dovetail well with his.