🇿🇦 The April fuel cliff
South Africa's fuel pricing structure reveals a troubling paradox: while international crude oil markets dominate headlines, domestic policy decisions...
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🇿🇦 The future of the forecourt is not fuel-led
South Africa's forecourt sector stands at a critical inflection point. Once defined entirely by fuel sales, the petrol station industry is undergoing ...
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🇿🇦 COJ targets R1.4bn in unpaid govt debt
The City of Johannesburg's decision to disconnect government buildings over unpaid utility arrears represents far more than a municipal billing disput...
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🇿🇦 Major power fault disrupting supply in parts of Joburg
Johannesburg's power infrastructure suffered a significant setback on March 27, 2026, when a distribution bar flash in the Roodepoort area triggered c...
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🇿🇦 South Africa's Skills Crisis Deepens as R637M Vanishes Wh
South Africa's labour market presents a paradox that should concern European investors: unemployment has fallen to 31.4%—its lowest level in five year...
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🇿🇦 South Africa's Q4 unemployment rate falls to 31.4%
South Africa's labour market delivered an unexpected bright spot in Q4, with the official unemployment rate declining to 31.4%—its lowest level in fiv...
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🇿🇦 South Africa rate stays at 6.75% amid Iran war inflation
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has maintained its benchmark repo rate at 6.75%, signaling a cautious holding pattern as policymakers navigate a...
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🇿🇦 Tshwane CFO Gareth Mnisi placed on precautionary suspension
The suspension of Gareth Mnisi, Chief Financial Officer of the City of Tshwane (South Africa's second-largest metropolitan municipality), marks anothe...
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🇿🇦 Cape Town issues green bond
Cape Town's recent entry into the green bond market represents a watershed moment for African municipal financing and signals a fundamental shift in h...
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🇿🇦 Vaal Hydrogen Hub’s hollow promises
South Africa's ambitious Vaal Hydrogen Hub—positioned as a cornerstone of the nation's green industrial transition—remains largely invisible nearly th...
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🇿🇦 THE INVISIBLE HEIST: The SA bank with zero fraud
South Africa's financial services sector faces a mounting crisis that European investors rarely discuss but urgently need to understand. While the cou...
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🇿🇦 SEKUNJALO DEBT FALLOUT
South Africa's financial landscape is sending mixed signals to European investors, with two recent developments exposing fundamental structural weakne...
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🇿🇦 DA warns R10.3bn deal will bankrupt Joburg
South Africa's Johannesburg municipality faces a critical governance crisis that has significant implications for European investors with exposure to ...
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🇿🇦 PUBLIC FINANCE: Auditor-General warns of increasing infra
South Africa's infrastructure delivery system is experiencing a critical failure, with the Auditor-General's latest findings revealing an alarming ave...
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🇿🇦 What the Newcastle sweatshop crisis reveals about manufac
The Newcastle sweatshop scandal has exposed far more than isolated labour violations—it reveals structural decay across South Africa's manufacturing b...
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🇿🇦 South Africa: BUDGET PRESSURE
The City of Ekurhuleni, South Africa's second-largest municipality by population, is experiencing a systemic financial collapse that extends far beyon...
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🇿🇦 Botha Sigcau building declared unsafe after fire
The Botha Sigcau Building fire in Mthatha represents far more than a local emergency response challenge. The eleven-story structure, which serves as t...
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🇿🇦 MERINO BOOM: SA wool fills niche in global market, spinni
South Africa's wool sector is experiencing a dramatic resurgence, with farmgate prices climbing over 40% this season—the strongest performance since 2...
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🇿🇦 Longer Middle East war could hike interest rates
The South African Reserve Bank's decision to hold interest rates steady at 6.75% masks a critical threat lurking beneath the surface—one that could fu...
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🇿🇦 BUSINESS REFLECTION: After the Bell: Sanral
** South Africa's National Road Agency Limited (Sanral) has emerged as an unexpected headache for multinational enterprises and logistics operators a...
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