🇿🇦 MUNICIPAL SERVICE CHARGES: City of Cape Town hid its budget
The City of Cape Town's controversial strategy of burying critical budget information within a dense package of 12 annexures released just before the ...
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🇿🇦 Ferrochrome Gets Eskom Relief Amid Power Crisis
South Africa's ferrochrome industry—a cornerstone of the nation's mineral processing economy and a significant source of export revenue—is experiencin...
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🇿🇦 PLEDGE THEATRE: ANALYSIS: Smoke, mirrors and Ramaphosa’s
South Africa's annual investment pledging ceremonies have become a carefully choreographed performance where headline-grabbing figures mask a far more...
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🇿🇦 South Africa Positions Itself as Regional Supply Chain Hub
South Africa stands at a critical crossroads. Once dismissed as a mature, saturated market, the country is quietly positioning itself as something far...
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🇿🇦 Government funding threatens Western Cape pine pest control
South Africa's Western Cape province is on the verge of deploying a transformative biological control solution to combat an invasive pine pest that ha...
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🇿🇦 Tech Skills Training Transforms Johannesburg's Historic
South Africa's technology sector is undergoing a quiet but significant transformation. At the heart of this shift lies an unexpected catalyst: the rep...
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🇿🇦 The South African gold mines taken over by criminal gangs
South Africa's gold mining sector, once the continent's crown jewel and a cornerstone of global precious metals supply, is facing an unprecedented cri...
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🇿🇦 Eskom's Collapse Reflects Deeper Failures in South African
South Africa's state-owned electricity utility, Eskom, has become more than a cautionary tale of infrastructure mismanagement—it represents a microcos...
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🇿🇦 SAFTU welcomes Public Service Amendment Bill enactment
President Cyril Ramaphosa's enactment of the Public Service Amendment Bill represents a watershed moment for South Africa's governance framework and c...
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🇿🇦 SA secures Iranian approval to transit Strait of Hormuz
South Africa has secured Iranian approval to transit the Strait of Hormuz—a critical chokepoint controlling roughly 21% of global petroleum flows—amid...
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🇿🇦 South Africa fights to save its apartheid-era steel mills
South Africa's steel industry stands at a critical inflection point. The nation's largest steelmaker, ArcelorMittal South Africa, operates aging produ...
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🇿🇦 IMF Urges South Africa to Adopt Fiscal Rule Framework
South Africa stands at a critical juncture. The International Monetary Fund has publicly urged the government to implement a comprehensive fiscal rule...
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🇿🇦 Retail didn’t die; it merely reset
The narrative of retail apocalypse has dominated business discourse for over a decade. Yet across Africa, a more nuanced story is unfolding—one where ...
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🇿🇦 ZCC gathering fuels Polokwane economy
South Africa's Limpopo province is experiencing a surge in religious tourism that European investors have largely overlooked—yet the economic data tel...
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🇿🇦 SARS needs to be protected
South Africa's revenue service has entered a critical leadership transition that carries significant implications for foreign investors across the con...
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🇿🇦 More Than 1,000 Fuel Stations Run Dry As Easter Travel
South Africa's fuel distribution network faced a critical stress test this week as more than 1,000 petrol stations ran dry ahead of the Easter holiday...
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🇿🇦 South African markets slide as Middle East tension
South Africa's equity markets experienced a notable downturn this week as investors reassessed risk exposure amid escalating Middle East tensions and ...
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🇿🇦 South African rand falls to 3-month low as soaring oil
The South African rand has weakened to its lowest point in three months, trading near 18.50 against the US dollar as global crude oil prices continue ...
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🇿🇦 NEWSFLASH: Ramaphosa picks 'steady hand' Ngobani Johnstone
President Cyril Ramaphosa's appointment of Ngobani Johnstone Makhubu as the new Commissioner of the South African Revenue Service (SARS) represents a ...
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🇿🇦 Lesufi Announces Brixton Reservoir to Boost Joburg Water
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi's announcement of the completed Brixton reservoir project represents a critical milestone in South Africa's battle agai...
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