Europe remains key partner in driving SA’s growth and infrastructure push

South Africa’s long-standing economic partnership with Europe continues to play a pivotal role in driving trade, investment, and infrastructure development, with leaders highlighting the need to sustain momentum and deepen collaboration to unlock growth.This emerged during a high-level panel on Economic...

SA’s skills pipeline must be seen as an investment asset – Mhlauli

South Africa’s skills pipeline should be seen as a growing investment asset, Deputy Minister in the Presidency Nonceba Mhlauli said on Tuesday.Speaking during a plenary session on Skills for the Digital and Green Economy at the Sixth South Africa Investment Conference, Mhlauli said the country’s so-called skills...

President holds bilateral meetings with global and local industry leaders at SAIC

President Cyril Ramaphosa has intensified efforts to attract strategic investment into South Africa’s key growth sectors, holding a series of high-level bilateral meetings with global and local industry leaders on the sidelines of the Sixth South Africa Investment Conference (SAIC) in Sandton,...

Policy certainty, infrastructure key to unlocking agricultural investment

Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has called for urgent reforms to unlock investment in South Africa’s agricultural sector, warning that persistent constraints, including weak infrastructure, biosecurity failures, and policy uncertainty, are limiting the industry’s full growth potential. The Minister...

R1bn tourism infrastructure pipeline to boost investment and jobs

Government’s push to build tourism infrastructure has begun to yield results, with eight investment-ready projects worth more than R1 billion now unveiled.

About 18 months ago, government called on provinces and cities to submit proposals aimed not only at attracting visitors, but at building long-term infrastructure...

Godongwana: R3 fuel levy relief to cushion South Africans  

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says government’s decision to introduce a temporary R3 per litre fuel levy reduction is aimed at cushioning South Africans from what he describes as a significant economic shock driven by global oil price pressures. 

The R3 per litre reduction in the fuel levy announced today, is aimed at...

Government welcomes gains in employment growth

Government has welcomed the latest Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES) for the fourth quarter of 2025, which reflect a modest increase in total employment and continued growth in gross earnings across the economy. Acting Government Spokesperson Michael Currin said the latest QES results reinforce the view that South Africa’s...

Employment edges up in Q4 2025

South Africa recorded an increase in employment in the fourth quarter of 2025, with total jobs rising by 18 000 or 0.2% to 10.55 million in December, from 10.53 million in September.

This is according to the latest Quarterly Employment Statistics released by Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) on Tuesday.

The quarterly gain was driven primarily by growth...

Petrol, diesel prices announced

The Department of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (DMPR) has announced that petrol and diesel prices will increase by between R3.06 and R7.51 from midnight.

The increase comes amid government efforts to cushion the blow for consumers through the introduction of a temporary R3 decrease in the general fuel levy.

Prices were widely expected to increase...

Treasury, DMPR introduce measures to cushion global fuel increases

National Treasury and the Department of Petroleum and Mineral Resources have announced a temporary R3 reduction to the general fuel levy to mitigate the effects of rising fuel prices – bringing some relief to motorists.The price of Brent crude oil has seen a sharp increase – jumping from about 69.08 US Dollars...