
Inflation heats up as South Africa braces for next interest rate decision
Annual consumer inflation edged higher in October, putting pressure on expectations for interest rate cuts this week—though not unexpectedly.
SATURDAY, 22 NOVEMBER 2025, 00:25

Annual consumer inflation edged higher in October, putting pressure on expectations for interest rate cuts this week—though not unexpectedly.

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The Public Works Department plans to blacklist more companies in South Africa with a new national database that will name and ban companies who fail to deliver.

Life Healthcare’s sale of Life Molecular Imaging has resulted in earnings taking a hit amid complex accounting standards.

In a global investment environment defined by uncertainty, fluctuating rate cycles and uneven growth, South African markets have quietly delivered – and in many instances, outperformed.
New data on household debt shows that South Africans earning more than R20,000 have to spend almost three-quarters of their incomes paying off loans, while their buying power crumbles.

Southern Sun is seeing a recovery in its occupancy levels, with the G20 and B20 conferences expected to aid the recovery.

MediaTek, an innovator of smartphone systems-on-chips (SoCs), has announced that the flagship MediaTek Dimensity 9500 chipset will feature in the Find X9 Series from leading global smartphone brand, OPPO.

Eskom chairman Mteto Nyati reveals how Eskom has improved South Africa’s energy stability.

Lisa Parkinson says people using the Big Food Project in Blackpool tell her it is a “lifesaver”.

Two wealthy businessmen say the chancellor should make them pay more ahead of the Budget.

Citizens Advice is warning that people will have to “choose between heating and eating” this winter.

It comes as increasing numbers of people are arriving at South East hospitals malnourished.

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Political and economic expert Dr Frans Cronje said the black economic empowerment experiment has failed and that it was time to move on.