🇿🇦 Nedbank returns to lead as platinum partner for the 2026
South Africa's financial services sector is sending a clear signal about its long-term confidence in the country's economic future. Nedbank's decision...
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🇿🇦 US-SA relations | Godongwana blocked from G20 finance summit
South Africa's exclusion from the G20 finance track represents a significant escalation in US-South African relations, with potential consequences for...
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🇿🇦 IMF sends a warning to South Africa over ‘hot money’
The International Monetary Fund's recent caution regarding "hot money" flows into South Africa signals a deepening structural vulnerability in Africa'...
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🇿🇦 US data centre firm Equinix is investing $438 million in
Equinix, the world's largest operator of interconnection data centres, is deploying $438 million into South Africa over the next three years. This isn...
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🇿🇦 AMABHUNGANE ANALYSIS: Who will save sugar industry giant
Tongaat-Hulett, one of Southern Africa's most strategically important agribusiness conglomerates, faces potential liquidation following a court showdo...
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🇿🇦 Africa Business Weekly: Positioning Gauteng as South
South Africa's push to position Gauteng as an economic powerhouse faces a critical credibility test as high-profile corruption investigations expose s...
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🇿🇦 CORRUPTION PROBE: University of Fort Hare turmoil deepens
The suspension of Professor Sakhela Buhlungu, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Fort Hare, marks another alarming chapter in South Africa's deterio...
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🇿🇦 FUEL FOR THOUGHT: Diesel fuel pricing mechanism is finally
South Africa's energy sector has long been characterized by opaque fuel pricing mechanisms that have constrained business predictability and inflated ...
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🇿🇦 WHERE TO INVEST : Araxi and Purple Group offer promising
The narrative around South African equities has shifted markedly over the past 18 months. After years of international capital flight and domestic pes...
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🇿🇦 UNEMPLOYMENT: Graduation season brings harsh reality of
South Africa's labour market is sending a troubling signal to investors and policymakers alike. With bachelor's degree holders facing a 10.3% unemploy...
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🇿🇦 South Africa: Local Firms Lead Charge As SA Secures R890
South Africa's sixth Investment Conference delivered headline-grabbing numbers in December 2025, with R890 billion (approximately €47 billion) in pled...
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🇿🇦 Rent hikes reach their limit for commercial property tenants
** South Africa's commercial property sector is entering a critical inflection point. New research from the 2026 Voice of the Commercial Tenant Repor...
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🇿🇦 Medical students say hygiene crisis at Sefako Makgatho
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University in Garankuwa, South Africa's only institution dedicated exclusively to medical education, is confronting a ...
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🇿🇦 Soweto residents take electricity grievances to Eskom
Johannesburg's Soweto township has become the latest flashpoint in South Africa's deteriorating relationship between citizens and Eskom, the state-own...
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🇿🇦 DEEPENING CRISIS: FoodForward SA calls for decisive action
South Africa faces a stark contradiction that encapsulates one of Africa's most pressing economic challenges: while over 10 million tonnes of food dis...
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🇿🇦 SA’s farm machinery slowdown masks a more resilient
South Africa's agricultural machinery sector is experiencing a counterintuitive slowdown that deserves closer examination by European investors tracki...
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🇿🇦 GROWTH NARRATIVE OP-ED: SA’s economy — are we turning the
South Africa's economic narrative has shifted dramatically over the past 18 months. After years of contraction and policy paralysis, official statemen...
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🇿🇦 PIE IN THE SKY: Lamola's exit exposes SAA's shaky
The abrupt resignation of John Lamola as group chief executive of South African Airways (SAA) on a Friday afternoon has exposed the institutional frag...
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🇿🇦 IMF calls for deep spending reforms amidst South Africa's
The International Monetary Fund has issued a stark warning to South African policymakers, calling for comprehensive spending reforms as the nation gra...
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🇿🇦 NEWSFLASH: Steenhuisen launches voluntary foot-and-mouth
South Africa has signalled a significant shift in livestock disease management with the launch of a voluntary foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) control sch...
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