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S. Africa to boost support for small businesses through r

🇿🇦 S. Africa to boost support for small businesses through r

South Africa trade +0.70 · 18/03/2026

South Africa's government has signaled a substantial pivot toward small business support, with the Department of Small Business Development announcing...

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Annual consumer price index drops to 3% in February

🇿🇦 Annual consumer price index drops to 3% in February

South Africa macro +0.75 · 18/03/2026

South Africa's consumer price inflation has fallen to 3.0% annually in February 2026, marking a significant milestone in the country's monetary policy...

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Telkom expands digital access to rural South African schools

🇿🇦 Telkom expands digital access to rural South African schools

South Africa telecom +0.75 · 18/03/2026

South Africa's persistent technology access gap in rural and under-resourced schools presents both a social imperative and a compelling investment opp...

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Pourquoi les bons résultats de MTN confirment la «

🇿🇦 Pourquoi les bons résultats de MTN confirment la «

South Africa telecom +0.75 · 17/03/2026

Ralph Mupita's tenure as Chief Executive of MTN Group has crystallized a strategic inflection point that European investors have largely underestimate...

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South African town divided over renaming after Robert Sob

🇿🇦 South African town divided over renaming after Robert Sob

South Africa trade -0.30 · 18/03/2026

South Africa's ongoing process of renaming towns and landmarks to erase colonial legacies has reached a critical inflection point, with a prestigious ...

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SPOTLIGHT: Leslie London’s long view on how structural vi

🇿🇦 SPOTLIGHT: Leslie London’s long view on how structural vi

South Africa health 0.00 · 18/03/2026

The relationship between structural inequality and healthcare outcomes has become impossible to ignore for anyone serious about African investment. Le...

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NSFAS responds to viral R630k payment claim

🇿🇦 NSFAS responds to viral R630k payment claim

South Africa finance -0.35 · 18/03/2026

South Africa's National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) found itself defending its operational integrity this week after a viral social media cla...

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Man shot dead after trying to rob off-duty officer in KZN

🇿🇦 Man shot dead after trying to rob off-duty officer in KZN

South Africa macro -0.60 · 18/03/2026

South Africa's persistent security challenges reached a critical inflection point this week when an off-duty police officer fatally shot an armed robb...

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South Africa Inflation Slowed in February Before War

🇿🇦 South Africa Inflation Slowed in February Before War

South Africa macro +0.15 · 18/03/2026

South Africa's inflation trajectory shifted into calmer waters during February, marking a welcome deceleration for policymakers and businesses alike. ...

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LIVE | KZN top cop Mkhwanazi back before Parliament

🇿🇦 LIVE | KZN top cop Mkhwanazi back before Parliament

South Africa macro -0.65 · 18/03/2026

South Africa's criminal justice system faces unprecedented scrutiny as parliamentary and judicial inquiries intensify their examination of systemic co...

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LIVE | Witness F back in the hot seat at Madlanga Commission

🇿🇦 LIVE | Witness F back in the hot seat at Madlanga Commission

South Africa macro -0.70 · 18/03/2026

The reappearance of Sergeant Fannie Nkosi before the Madlanga Commission represents a critical inflection point in South Africa's ongoing battle again...

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SA households dip into retirement savings as withdrawals

🇿🇦 SA households dip into retirement savings as withdrawals

South Africa finance -0.85 · 18/03/2026

South Africa's economic fragility has entered a new and troubling phase. Recent data reveals that households are increasingly raiding their retirement...

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Rotterdam mayor in abseil bid for higher turnout

🇿🇦 Rotterdam mayor in abseil bid for higher turnout

South Africa tech 0.00 · 18/03/2026

Rotterdam's mayor Carola Schouten has made headlines with an unconventional pledge: abseil 100 metres down the Euromast—Europe's tallest observation t...

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USS Gerald R. Ford: The world's biggest aircraft carrier

🇿🇦 USS Gerald R. Ford: The world's biggest aircraft carrier

South Africa energy -0.30 · 18/03/2026

The extended deployment challenges facing the USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's most advanced aircraft carrier, signal deeper complications in American ...

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Explainer: South Africa 2026 budget

🇿🇦 Explainer: South Africa 2026 budget

South Africa macro -0.35 · 23/02/2026

South Africa's fiscal trajectory faces mounting pressure from multiple fronts as Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana prepares the 2026 budget framework....

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Constitutional Court Rebukes Government Over Storm Disaster

🇿🇦 Constitutional Court Rebukes Government Over Storm Disaster

South Africa macro -0.65 · 18/03/2026

South Africa's Constitutional Court has delivered a scathing indictment of governmental accountability, ruling that authorities displayed "appallingly...

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Conjoined twins successfully separated in Limpopo

🇿🇦 Conjoined twins successfully separated in Limpopo

South Africa health +0.70 · 18/03/2026

In a procedure that would have required transportation to an international medical hub just a decade ago, a surgical team at Mankweng Hospital in Limp...

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Convicted murderer and rapist rearrested after prison escape

🇿🇦 Convicted murderer and rapist rearrested after prison escape

South Africa macro -0.60 · 18/03/2026

The recent recapture of Thulani Gcaleka, a convicted murderer and rapist who escaped from Sevontein Correctional Centre in KwaZulu-Natal, represents f...

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Resignation of US intel official over Iran 'good thing'

🇿🇦 Resignation of US intel official over Iran 'good thing'

South Africa macro -0.65 · 18/03/2026

** The abrupt resignation of Joseph Kent, director of the US National Counterterrorism Center, marks a rare public fracture within the Trump administ...

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Nkosi in hot seat over alleged crime cartel links

🇿🇦 Nkosi in hot seat over alleged crime cartel links

South Africa macro -0.85 · 18/03/2026

The Madlanga Commission's ongoing investigation into police sergeant Fannie Nkosi has unveiled a troubling nexus of corruption within South Africa's l...

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