Ellison walks back $7.5 billion plan, and Pretoria’s R4.5 billion revival

• Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison has cancelled a plan to unload 50 million of his shares in the company, valued at $7.5 billion.
• The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure is set to revitalise the Pretoria CBD through a R4.56 billion redevelopment plan that will create 12,700 construction jobs.
• South Africa's political parties have declared just over R230 million in private donations for the 2024/25 financial year, with much of it coming from a small pool of wealthy donors.