BusinessLIVE is a national news website in South Africa, published by Arena Holdings (formerly Tiso Blackstar Group) and based in Parktown, Johannesburg. It focuses on finance and business news, analysis and insight; financial markets; and the political economy, among other topics.
It is updated continually every day with original, online-only content as well as the best articles sourced from Business Day, the Financial Mail, the Sunday Times's Business Times and Business Day TV.
Also part of BusinessLIVE are the complete Business Day and Financial Mail websites.
Registration and subscriptions
Much of the website is free to read. Readers who register – it's quick and free – can comment on articles and subscribe to a range of email newsletters. That registration is valid across BusinessLIVE, Business Day and the Financial Mail.
Readers who then subscribe to BusinessLIVE Premium from R120 per month also have access to the best of our columnists, exclusive news and analysis along with exclusive daily content from the Financial Times and a range of financial markets data and indicators from trusted data source ProfileData.
BusinessLIVE Premium Plus subscribers get all the benefits above for R349 per month along with full digital access to the Sunday Times and Sunday Times Daily (a daily digital edition of in-depth news) and e-editions (digital replicas of the print editions) of Business Day, the Financial Mail and the Sunday Times.
View all subscription packages (including print/digital combinations)
Contact us
Tel: +27 11 280 3000
Physical address: Hill on Empire, 16 Empire Road, Johannesburg
Subscriptions call centre: Tel: 0860 52 52 00 or helpdesk@businesslive.co.za
6am–3.30pm on weekdays (email support until 8pm; 4pm on Fridays) or 6am–2pm on weekends
What would you like to do?
- Contact the BusinessLIVE newsdesk: newsdesk@bdlive.co.za or Tel: +27 11 280 5660/5551/5218
- Subscribe to one of our publications or query a subscription: View our subscription information and FAQs page or browse all subscription packages, or contact Tel: 0860 52 52 00 or helpdesk@businesslive.co.za
- Submit an opinion piece: email Dave Marrs at marrsd@businesslive.co.za
- Report a technical problem: email feedback@businesslive.co.za
- Republish or syndicate our content: email syndication@arena.africa
Advertising
- For all print and digital rate cards, click here.
To advertise online or in print, contact:
- Eben Gewers, GM: sales, on +27 11 340 3878/+27 82 374 6287 or gewerse@arena.africa
- Geoff Masuta, head of digital sales, on +27 11 280 5059/+27 78 768 2726 or masutag@arena.africa
RSS feeds
We have a range of RSS feeds for our websites and individual sections. Get the full list here.
Arena Holdings BEE credentials
Arena Holdings (formerly Tiso Blackstar Group) is the publisher and owner of BusinessLIVE, Business Day, Financial Mail and the Sunday Times, among others. Blackstar Holding Group is a Level 4 contributor to broad-based black economic empowerment on the generic scorecard set out by the Department of Trade and Industry.
Press Code
BusinessLIVE subscribes to the Press Council's Code of Ethics and Conduct for South African Print and Online Media, which prescribes news that is truthful, accurate, fair and balanced.
If we don’t live up to the code, please contact the public advocate at Tel: +27 11 484 3612. You can also contact the case officer on khanyim@ombudsman.org.za or lodge a complaint online at www.presscouncil.org.za.