Ever since the global financial crisis of 2008 the world's advanced economies, that led the way into the crisis, have struggled to get back to their pre-crisis performances.

While Woolworths has canned its three-store pilot project in Nigeria, citing a mismatch with the Nigerian consumer and climate, Broll Nigeria says this need not deter South African retailers from profiting in the country.

Nelson Mandela will always be remembered as a symbol of great leadership, an advocate of equality and reconcilliation.

The Reserve Bank will continue to build up South Africa’s level of reserves -- which are low compared to the country’s peers -- when market conditions are conducive.

Growth among black owners in the luxury property market has soared over the last 10 years, but this change is yet to be reflected in the rest of the property market

Reports abound of more and more South African companies doing business in Africa, but why are they not investing that money locally, are there challenges to making development work locally? Looking back over the last few quarters some disturbing stories have emerged.

South African needs to develop a national integrated urban development framework to assist municipalities to effectively manage rapid urbanisation.

Namibia is experiencing increasing interest from South African home buyers, mainly among those seeking to acquire homes in Windhoek and leisure and residential properties in Swakopmund

Building activity in the South African market for new housing showed some improvement towards late 2012, with both the planning and construction phases recording higher levels of activity in November compared with a year ago.

South African commercial property trends may differ in some respects to the US, but we still take many cues from that influential country and South African trends are certainly affected by American ebbs and flows. No less so in the realm of e-commerce shopping’s influence on how we build our retail centres.