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Coal, Oil & Gas

TotalEnergies sweeps in as fuel supplier after Namibia drops Vitol

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The entrepreneurs selected for Mr Price Foundation’s inaugural Foundation Coffee Incubator programme. Image credit:

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Mr Price Foundation’s R39.2m investment pays off for SA’s youth

9 Sep 2026

ECMX study says illicit trade is crippling South Africa’s formal economy

Regulatory

ECMX study says illicit trade is crippling South Africa’s formal economy

7 Sep 2026

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Pharmaceuticals

Aspen to make SA’s hunger for weight-loss drugs its bread and butter

Nqobile Dludla 3 Sep 2026

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Bond selloff pressures stocks as oil crosses $91 a barrel

Tom Westbrook 1 Sep 2026

Zara clothing supplier Pearl Global evaluates Africa expansion as Europe demand grows

Manufacturing

Zara clothing supplier Pearl Global evaluates Africa expansion as Europe demand grows

Praveen Paramasivam 27 Aug 2026

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Health & Social Welfare

Sassa’s R370-a-month grant has its day in the Supreme Court of Appeal

26 Aug 2026

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Rand steadies as South Africa awaits inflation data

Katja Hamilton 19 Aug 2026

SKIN Functional founder Shannon Dougall. Image supplied.

Aesthetic Medicine

#WomensMonth | Who runs the beauty world? Girls | Q&A with Skin Functional’s Shannon Dougall

Maroefah Smith 3 Aug 2026

Source: GroundUp/Ashraf Hendricks. Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana has warned that non-compliant municipalities are “not off the hook”.

Infrastructure & Utilities

National Treasury to unfreeze funds to municipalities

Liezl Human 28 Jul 2026

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Climate Change

Can climate shocks change how people feel about paying taxes?

Enrico Nichelatti 10 Jul 2026

The race to keep South Africa's auto industry competitive

Commercial & Industrial

The race to keep South Africa's auto industry competitive

Thanda Sithole 8 Jul 2026

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Youth Employment

SA’s finance minister urges data-led fix for youth unemployment

8 Jul 2026

Sasol, Enoch Godongwana and titans celebrated at 2026 Nedbank Oliver Top Empowerment Awards

Media

Sasol, Enoch Godongwana and titans celebrated at 2026 Nedbank Oliver Top Empowerment Awards

Issued by Topco Media 7 Jul 2026

Jacques de Jongh

Economy

What the Middle East conflict means for Eastern and Southern African Economies

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 2 Jul 2026

SA hospitality group celebrates its finest

Hospitality

SA hospitality group celebrates its finest

Issued by ANEW Hotels & Resorts 1 Jul 2026

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Infrastructure & Utilities

Amid June 30 protests, can South Africa’s infrastructure keep pace with migration pressures?

Katja Hamilton 30 Jun 2026

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Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

Funding boosts postgraduate student success – South African study measures how

Derek Yu, Christie Swanepoel, Rochelle Beukes, Ronald Arendse and Shaun Pather 23 Jun 2026

Octahedral, approx. 1.8 carat (6 mm), diamond crystal in kimberlite matrix from Finsch Diamond Mine, South Africa. Image credit: , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Mining

Diamonds aren’t forever at Petra’s Finsch and Cullinan mines

19 Jun 2026

Source: Supplied. Kristof Kruger, Head: Fixed Income Trading at Prescient Securities.

Markets & Investment

This month’s test for SA bonds: Softer US CPI brings relief, not resolution

Kristof Kruger 12 Jun 2026

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Financial Services

Alexforbes posts strong results as assets under management jump 22%

11 Jun 2026

Source: Reuters.

Finance

South African central bank sees financial system staying resilient despite Iran war

Sfundo Parakozov and Colleen Goko 11 Jun 2026

Source: Reuters.

Finance

South Africa's economy shows modest Q1 growth, Iran war impact yet to show

Anathi Madubela 10 Jun 2026

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Markets & Investment

Fitch upgrades South Africa’s credit rating after nearly two decades

8 Jun 2026

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Economy

Debt turning point reached as South Africa maintains fiscal discipline

4 Jun 2026

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Coal, Oil & Gas

Fuel levy drop to cushion SA as petrol price reaches record-high

4 Jun 2026

Source: Pexels.

Finance

CEOs: Brace for power-price whiplash—your 2026 play

Minal Patel 3 Jun 2026

Economy

Ramaphosa: R1tn build starts now—but oil shock threatens costs

3 Jun 2026

Source: Reuters. South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivers his 2026 budget speech to lawmakers in Cape Town, South Africa, February 25, 2026.

Economy

South Africa's fiscal targets on track despite Iran war, Treasury says

Nilutpal Timsina and Sfundo Parakozov 3 Jun 2026

Secunda CTL is a synthetic fuel plant owned by Sasol at Secunda, Mpumalanga, in South Africa. It uses coal liquefaction to produce petroleum-like synthetic crude oil from coal. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Coal, Oil & Gas

SA’s fuel supply and the Iran war: data black holes and low strategic stock put the country at risk

Rod Crompton and Bruce Douglas Young 3 Jun 2026

Counting the cost: Annual food price barometer signals further pain ahead for households

ESG

Counting the cost: Annual food price barometer signals further pain ahead for households

Andy Du Plessis, Issued by FoodForward SA 1 Jun 2026

Fuel pump nozzles for gasoline at a TotalEnergies gas station in Paris, France. Image credit: Reuters/Benoit Tessier

Coal, Oil & Gas

Iran war is exposing South Africa’s dependency on diesel: what went wrong

Lisette IJssel de Schepper 25 May 2026

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Infrastructure & Utilities

Treasury to recover billions owed to municipalities

22 May 2026

South Africa’s government is drowning in its own complexity

Higher Education

South Africa’s government is drowning in its own complexity

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 22 May 2026

CEO Column: A strategic outlook for 2026

Trends

CEO Column: A strategic outlook for 2026

John Lawson, Issued by Cape Chamber 21 Jan 2026

Source: Reuters.

Finance

From disruption to opportunity: Africa’s path through global uncertainty

Refilwe Mokate and Zoya Sisulu 14 May 2026

Digital access alone not enough to unlock SA’s connectivity potential: Minister Malatsi

Technology

Digital access alone not enough to unlock SA’s connectivity potential: Minister Malatsi

14 May 2026

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Logistics & Transport

Transport budget allocates R31bn to Sanral for national road upgrades

13 May 2026

Source: Reuters.

Finance

South Africa's central bank appoints Makrelov as new chief economist and MPC member

11 May 2026

The NSFAS crisis: When leadership ignores evidence

Higher Education

The NSFAS crisis: When leadership ignores evidence

Linda du Plessis, Issued by North-West University (NWU) 11 May 2026

What clients really want from agencies in 2026 (and what they won’t pay for)

Advertising

What clients really want from agencies in 2026 (and what they won’t pay for)

Issued by Penquin 20 Apr 2026

Governance through two perspectives toward one shared purpose

Higher Education

Governance through two perspectives toward one shared purpose

Issued by Milpark Education 7 May 2026

Cars queue at a Shell petrol station in Johannesburg after the government announced reducing its fuel levy for a month to stop fuel prices rising even further. Image credit: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Coal, Oil & Gas

South Africa extends temporary fuel levy relief amid Iran war

29 Apr 2026

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Economy

Inflation edges up, but bigger price pressures still loom for South Africa

Katja Hamilton 24 Apr 2026

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

South Africa's central bank sees upside inflation risks, says markets pricing for hikes

22 Apr 2026

Source: Reuters. Andrew Dabalen, chief economist, Africa region, World Bank, speaks during the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund annual meetings in Washington, DC, US, 18 October, 2025.

Markets & Investment

Sub-Saharan Africa faces slower growth as US-Iran war raises costs

10 Apr 2026

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Banking

Bank of America endorses SA as leading investment destination

8 Apr 2026