Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) says the decision by the MPC to leave interest rates unchanged at 5.5% is an acceptable one in the circumstances.

SA business owners are more optimistic about 2011 than they were about last year, a survey released on Wednesday shows.

Financial losses from credit card fraud dropped by 36 percent this year compared to last year, the SA Banking Risk Information Centre (Sabric) said on Monday.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc, has made a formal bid to pay $2.1 billion for control of South Africa's Massmart, a deal that would give the world's largest retailer a major foothold in fast-growing Africa.

More of South Africa's top companies listed in the Johannesburg Stocks Exchange were showing their commitment to reducing their green house gas emissions, the National Business Initiative (NBI) said on Thursday.

A majority of companies said self-service tools had helped them keep customers or avoid losing customers, according to a survey.

Bank customers are more likely to shop around and have become more price sensitive since the financial crisis, according to a global survey of retail bank executives released on Wednesday.

By offering to acquire South African retailer Massmart for an estimated US$4.2-billion (R28.5-billion), Wal-Mart in late September 2010 joined the parade of global companies looking to South Africa as a springboard into what is increasingly seen as the world's last great investment frontier.