South Africa
Finance Economy
Submit newsAdvertiseSubscribe
NewsPress Office NewsCompaniesJobsEventsPeopleMultimediaFeaturesOpinion
AdvertiseSubmit news

Industries

All industriesAgricultureAutomotiveConstruction & EngineeringEducationEnergy & MiningEntrepreneurshipESG & SustainabilityFinanceHealthcareHR & ManagementICTLegalLifestyleLogistics & TransportManufacturingMarketing & MediaPropertyRetailTourism & Travel

Features

Loeries Creative WeekBizTrendsPendoringEffie AwardsOrchids and OnionsThe Lead CreativeMore Sections..

In the news

AICPA & CIMAHyphenHellopeterFedgroupBizcommunity.comNielsenIQEnquire about a company Biz Press Office
Agriculture
Automotive
Construction & Engineering
Education
Energy & Mining
Entrepreneurship
ESG & Sustainability
Finance
Healthcare
HR & Management
ICT
Legal
Lifestyle
Logistics & Transport
Manufacturing
Marketing & Media
Property
Retail
Tourism & Travel

News

Industries

Companies

Jobs

Events

People

Video

Audio

Galleries

Submit content

My Account

Advertise with us

Trending

2 days 7 days 30 days By Industry
Search jobs
Advertise your job vacancies
    Post your Job Ad here >>

    Subscribe & Follow

    Interviews


    South African private sector activity expands slightly in August, PMI shows

    South African private sector activity expanded slightly in August as higher new orders supported output and purchasing, a business survey showed last week.
    By Johannesburg bureau
    7 Sep 2026
    Source: Reuters.
    Source: Reuters.

    • The S&P Global South Africa Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose to 50.5 in August from 50.3 in July.

    • The 50 mark separates growth from contraction.

    • New orders increased marginally, with surveyed businesses reporting larger orders, successful tenders and rising sales as customer finances improved.

    • Output expanded for a second month and at the strongest pace since April. Purchasing activity also rose at the quickest rate since March, helping lift input stocks at the fastest pace in four months.

    • Export sales were only just in positive territory and hit a three-month low, the survey showed.

    • "Survey comments suggest that business expectations also rely on a recovery of both domestic and external economic conditions, implying the path to stronger growth remains unclear," said S&P Global Market Intelligence senior economist David Owen.

    Read more: Johannesburg bureau, South Africa economic growth
    Share this article
    Add as a preferred source on GoogleFollow on Google News
    NextOptions

    Source: Reuters

    Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world's largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day.

    Go to: https://www.reuters.com/
    TopicsNext
    Related
    Top stories
    More news
    Let's do Biz