
Top economist warns people are not safe in South Africa
Economist Dawie Roodt said the government is failing to do its most important job – keeping citizens and their belongings safe.
SATURDAY, 07 MARCH 2026, 10:28

Economist Dawie Roodt said the government is failing to do its most important job – keeping citizens and their belongings safe.
The Iran war has triggered a sharp fall in the rand, which late on Tuesday breached R16.76/$, from R15.83 a week ago, a slide of almost 6%.

Gang violence remains one of the most serious challenges facing Cape Town, with many communities living in fear.

Zamo Mkhwanazi’s striking debut film blends family drama, apartheid oppression and blistering music into a defiant film that refuses to lower its volume

FNB has revamped its Speedpoint offering with integrated point-of-sale devices aimed at small businesses, enhancing settlement speed and digital services as competition in South Africa’s business banking market intensifies.

At its heart, the NDR seeks to build a South Africa in which race no longer determines life chances, where the economy serves the majority, and where the dignity of those who were historically oppressed is restored

Africa’s largest supermarket chain is holding onto lower prices in an attempt to win market share.

Lekota died in the early hours of Wednesday after a long illness, surrounded by his family, a spokesperson said

Discovery CEO Adrian Gore argues that South Africa is turning a corner, with improved infrastructure performance, stronger state finances and a shifting national mood laying the groundwork for renewed confidence.

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Woolworths has achieved some recovery in its Australian and South African businesses, but this was not enough to prevent an over 30% decline in the retailer’s interim profit.
Two security guards were shot multiple times during an alleged cash-in-transit heist on the N2 southbound in Durban, near the NPC Cement factory, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
South Africa is seeking private sector partners to ramp up its sale of government bonds to the retail market, potentially widening its investor base and lowering the cost of borrowing.

The government expects to increase South Africa’s tax-to-GDP ratio to its highest level in history, which means it will take more money from citizens than ever before.
Unstuffy, primal, urgent and deeply compelling, the one-man play is an evocative modern-day, colloquial spin on the ancient bard’s epic account of the Trojan War, shot through with an overriding sense of humanity’s tragic inability to shake off its lust for the violence, carnage and chaos inflicted by military action.
Former Congress of the People leader and liberation struggle icon Mosiuoa “Terror” Lekota has died at the age of 77.
New Zealand’s All Blacks on Wednesday named Dave Rennie as head coach, replacing Scott Robertson who was sacked midway through a four-year contract.
KATHMANDU, March 4 (Reuters) – Nepal is heading to a general election on Thursday, the first after youth-led protests last September demanding an end to corruption, more jobs and cleaner politics led to the deaths of 77 people and forced the government to resign.