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BHEKISISA: Decoding Big Tobacco’s lobbying and policy manipulation in SA

Thursday at 16:03 PM, via Daily Maverick

The tobacco industry is getting ready for the final showdown as South Africa’s Tobacco Bill heads into its last rounds, pulling out its well-worn talking points on illicit trade and high taxes. We talked to tobacco economics expert Corné van Walbeek to unravel fact from industry fiction.

South African hotel empire on the mend

Thursday at 16:00 PM, via Daily Investor

South African hospitality giant City Lodge Hotels reported a mixed bag for the first half of its 2026 financial year, with a decline in profit alongside its highest occupancy rate since pre-Covid-19.

Emergency at water supplier to South Africa’s richest province

Thursday at 15:42 PM, via Daily Investor

South Africa’s government gave the continent’s biggest bulk-water supplier an urgent license to take more water from a key river system that feeds its richest province to help stabilize supplies amid shortages. 

FISHERIES INJUSTICE OP-ED: President Ramaphosa, small-scale fishers cannot be ignored any longer

Thursday at 15:17 PM, via Daily Maverick

Since 1994, many small-scale fishing communities in South Africa have waited for the inclusion and recognition they were promised. Yet decades later, policies like the Small-Scale Fisheries Policy have fallen short, with recent traditional linefish allocation decisions threatening livelihoods and sidelining meaningful participation. For these communities, the struggle for rights, dignity and...

Sanral toll fees to rise by 3.12% in March

Thursday at 15:14 PM, via SowetanLIVE

The South African National Roads Agency will increase toll fees by 3.12% from March 1, aligning with the Consumer Price Index. This year’s rise is lower than last year’s 4.85% adjustment.

German carmakers need China to compete globally, says BMW CEO

Thursday at 15:05 PM, via SowetanLIVE

BMW CEO Oliver Zipse has warned that ignoring China, the world’s top auto market, would put at risk future economic success, saying on Thursday cooperation with Beijing was fundamental ahead of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s first trip to the country.

The wall dividing Cape Town

Thursday at 15:00 PM, via Newsday

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis’ plans to build a wall along the N2 to curb crime have split the city into “for” and “against” camps.

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