News24 | Bearish bets on the rand hit three-year high
Bearish options bets on the rand are at the highest in almost three years as traders start to question whether the South African currency’s headlong rally has further to run.
THURSDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2026, 01:46
Bearish options bets on the rand are at the highest in almost three years as traders start to question whether the South African currency’s headlong rally has further to run.

Multiple civil rights groups and political parties are attempting to block the city from selling off 50 municipal properties, arguing that this land should be used for social and affordable housing, not given to the highest bidder.

Phillemon Letwaba’s pension, which is held by the Liberty Group, was preserved by order of the tribunal after he resigned under a cloud of disciplinary charges.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has doubled down on the government’s commitment to realising NHI in South Africa, despite a recent court order hitting pause on the Act’s promulgation.

A video on social media purportedly shows SAPS officers at Johannesburg Park Station soliciting bribes from undocumented foreign nationals. The footage allegedly captures an officer interacting with a man who appears to hand over cash, which is then taken by the officers before instructing the man to leave.
Amadou Bilo Diallo was hiding in his student dormitory with five roommates and a handful of friends when Senegalese police stormed in and began beating them with batons and shields.

Qhawekazi Mazaleni reflects on life since being crowned Miss SA
The Springboks will again open their 2026 season with a match against the Barbarians.

African Rainbow Minerals, chaired by billionaire businessman Patrice Motsepe, expects a significant jump in earnings for the first half of its 2026 financial year.

While black political leaders immerse themselves in internal rivalries and theatrical banter, they consistently overlook a fundamental truth: it is their own constituencies that bear the cost of this failure

A credible budget in 2026 cannot be based solely on spreadsheets. It must rebalance power and investment toward the local economies that sustain the majority of South Africans.

A pending court complaint alleges bias after the regulator voted to block radio advertisements about the dangers of sugar

Suspended deputy national police commissioner Lt-Gen Shadrack Sibiya has defended his decision to invite Vusi “Cat” Matlala to his home for a celebration and says there was nothing untoward about it.

A sweeping agreement to market carbon credits from 14 forest reserves could generate more than $1.5 billion but critics warn the legal framework remains unfinished

Brig-Gen Johannes Mkhabela is at the centre of a R1.5m bribery case

Many South Africans turn to community WhatsApp groups for safety because trust in police remains low but experts warn that misinformation, bias and poor moderation could turn the platforms into drivers of fear rather than protection

A region of Limpopo has been declared a bio-secure zone in an effort to curb South Africa’s foot-and-mouth disease storm.