🇿🇦 IMF cuts South Africa’s growth outlook amid mounting
The International Monetary Fund's successive downward revisions to growth forecasts across Africa's largest economies signal a troubling deceleration ...
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🇿🇦 GRIM PROSPECTS: Zama zama operations easier than legal
South Africa's gold mining industry faces a structural crisis that goes far beyond commodity price volatility. According to recent analysis, criminal ...
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🇿🇦 PERSONAL FINANCE : Banked but baffled: Treasury takes aim
South Africa's National Treasury has signalled a strategic pivot toward mass financial inclusion, releasing a draft National Consumer Financial Educat...
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🇿🇦 South Africa’s coalition in peril after ANC passes budget
South Africa's fragile governing coalition has entered critical territory following the African National Congress's unilateral passage of the 2024 bud...
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🇿🇦 South Africa wins record investment pledges, but delivery
** South Africa has achieved a milestone that should signal economic optimism: record-breaking investment pledges from both domestic and internationa...
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🇿🇦 Why emerging market peers have outpaced a collapsing SA
The divergence between South Africa and its global emerging market peers has become impossible to ignore. While nations like Poland, Singapore, and So...
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🇿🇦 Survival Desperation Drives South African Nurses to Dual
South Africa's public healthcare system faces a critical juncture as mounting evidence reveals that economic desperation—not policy compliance—now dri...
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🇿🇦 Broad-based BEE is not optional, says deputy minister Joel
South Africa's government has reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE), signaling that compliance is not a...
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🇿🇦 Higher fuel prices threaten inflation outlook
The South African Reserve Bank's pause on interest rate cuts reveals a widening economic squeeze that European investors betting on rand strength reco...
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🇿🇦 Elon Musk accuses South Africa of telecom “bribery”
Elon Musk's public accusations that South African telecom operators are engaging in "bribery" to block Starlink's market entry have reignited a critic...
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🇿🇦 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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🇿🇦 Equinix to invest $438 million in South African data centres
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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🇿🇦 Skills Mismatch Deepens Graduate Unemployment Crisis in SA
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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