🇿🇦 Spaza shop compliance applications remain low, says Jobur
South Africa's ambitious effort to formalize the informal retail sector is facing significant headwinds. With only 200 spaza shop owners having applie...
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🇿🇦 Trevor Manuel to retire as Old Mutual chair in June
Old Mutual's announcement of Trevor Manuel's retirement as chair marks a significant inflection point for one of Africa's most strategically important...
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🇿🇦 “Rotten egg” smell over Joburg highlights toxic air
The Johannesburg metropolitan area is confronting a mounting air quality emergency that extends far beyond unpleasant odors. Recent spikes in hydrogen...
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🇿🇦 S. Africa to boost support for small businesses through r
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
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
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 «
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 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
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
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
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'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
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
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
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'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
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
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
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
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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