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South Africa: Local Firms Lead Charge As SA Secures R890

🇿🇦 South Africa: Local Firms Lead Charge As SA Secures R890

South Africa macro +0.85 · 13/04/2026

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

🇿🇦 Rent hikes reach their limit for commercial property tenants

South Africa real_estate -0.65 · 13/04/2026

** 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

🇿🇦 Medical students say hygiene crisis at Sefako Makgatho

South Africa health -0.85 · 13/04/2026

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

🇿🇦 Soweto residents take electricity grievances to Eskom

South Africa energy -0.75 · 13/04/2026

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

🇿🇦 DEEPENING CRISIS: FoodForward SA calls for decisive action

South Africa agriculture -0.75 · 12/04/2026

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

🇿🇦 SA’s farm machinery slowdown masks a more resilient

South Africa agriculture +0.35 · 12/04/2026

South Africa's agricultural machinery sector is experiencing a counterintuitive slowdown that deserves closer examination by European investors tracki...

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SA's Economy Shows Growth, but Structural Problems Remain

🇿🇦 SA's Economy Shows Growth, but Structural Problems Remain

South Africa macro -0.65 · 12/04/2026

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

🇿🇦 PIE IN THE SKY: Lamola's exit exposes SAA's shaky

South Africa infrastructure -0.80 · 12/04/2026

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

🇿🇦 IMF calls for deep spending reforms amidst South Africa's

South Africa macro -0.75 · 11/02/2026

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

🇿🇦 NEWSFLASH: Steenhuisen launches voluntary foot-and-mouth

South Africa agriculture +0.60 · 12/04/2026

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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OUR CITY NEWS: By numbers — how Joburg’s essential services

🇿🇦 OUR CITY NEWS: By numbers — how Joburg’s essential services

South Africa infrastructure -0.85 · 12/04/2026

Johannesburg, South Africa's economic engine, faces a critical infrastructure breakdown that threatens both local operations and foreign investment co...

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Homes are being stolen in plain sight

🇿🇦 Homes are being stolen in plain sight

South Africa finance -0.80 · 12/04/2026

South Africa's residential property market, long viewed as an attractive entry point for European capital seeking African exposure, faces a systemic a...

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'Kusile is one of the most reliable stations in Eskom fleet'

🇿🇦 'Kusile is one of the most reliable stations in Eskom fleet'

South Africa energy +0.75 · 10/04/2026

South Africa's chronic electricity shortage—which has paralyzed economic growth and deterred foreign investment for nearly a decade—appears to be ente...

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COST OF LIVING CRUNCH: Food or paraffin? SA’s poorest

🇿🇦 COST OF LIVING CRUNCH: Food or paraffin? SA’s poorest

South Africa macro -0.75 · 10/04/2026

South Africa's energy affordability crisis has reached a breaking point. In a single month, paraffin prices more than doubled, forcing millions of the...

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SAA Group CEO John Lamola resigns

🇿🇦 SAA Group CEO John Lamola resigns

South Africa infrastructure -0.55 · 10/04/2026

South African Airways (SAA) finds itself at another critical inflection point following the resignation of Group CEO John Lamola, effective end of Oct...

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South African rand weakens on geopolitical tensions, local

🇿🇦 South African rand weakens on geopolitical tensions, local

South Africa macro -0.35 · 10/04/2026

The South African rand weakened against major currencies in early trading this week, extending a pattern of volatility that reflects both domestic eco...

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INDUSTRIAL RESCUE: Eskom the unlikely winner in jobs-saving

🇿🇦 INDUSTRIAL RESCUE: Eskom the unlikely winner in jobs-saving

South Africa energy +0.70 · 10/04/2026

South Africa's chronic electricity crisis has produced an unexpected silver lining: state-owned power utility Eskom has negotiated medium-term power s...

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Fuel surcharge concerns as industry warns of under-recovery

🇿🇦 Fuel surcharge concerns as industry warns of under-recovery

South Africa energy -0.75 · 10/04/2026

South Africa's transport and logistics sector is facing a critical juncture as fuel surcharges spiral beyond government-regulated price structures, cr...

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Abandoned Police Station Exposes South Africa's Governance

🇿🇦 Abandoned Police Station Exposes South Africa's Governance

South Africa infrastructure -0.75 · 10/04/2026

The discovery of an illegally occupied and severely deteriorated police station in Carletonville, South Africa, has exposed a systemic governance fail...

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ENERGY IMPASSE: 12,000 jobs in limbo as ferroalloys-Eskom

🇿🇦 ENERGY IMPASSE: 12,000 jobs in limbo as ferroalloys-Eskom

South Africa energy -0.65 · 10/04/2026

** South Africa's ferroalloys sector faces an existential crisis as negotiations between major producers and state-owned utility Eskom have stalled, ...

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