PERSONAL FINANCE: South Africans share property ladder lessons: sacrifice, strategy, stubborn optimism
These reader stories highlight the emotional and financial realities of buying one’s first home.
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Julius Malema says Ramaphosa uses task teams to hide his incompetence
Commenting on the State of the Nation Address, Julius Malema says that the President is hiding his own failures by creating an abundance of task teams.
South Africa set for interest rate relief
South African inflation eased in January, edging closer to the central bank’s 3% target, bolstering the case for an interest-rate cut when policymakers meet next month.
News24 | ‘Stop looking in rear-view mirror’: Froneman on the gold-standard for job creation in SA
As one of SA’s most influential former miners, Neal Froneman has a unique perspective on how to stimulate economic growth to create jobs. Here’s a sneak peek at what the rainmaker will propose at News24’s On the Record summit in March.
News24 | ActionSA denies role in Ekurhuleni reshuffle chaos as EFF quits coalition government
Herman Mashaba’s ActionSA has distanced itself from any involvement in the City of Ekurhuleni’s governing coalition.
Illegal billboards ripped down in South Africa’s richest city
The City of Johannesburg has urged media owners and outdoor advertising agencies not to support companies operating without proper approval.
News24 | Inflation cools as fuel, some food items become cheaper
Consumer price inflation cooled to 3.5% in January, from 3.6% in December thanks to cheaper fuel as well as lower prices for some food items.
End of South Africa’s middle class as you know it
Rising remuneration among Black South Africans has dramatically changed the racial makeup of the country’s band of middle- and top-income earners over the course of three decades of democratic rule.
Ramadan Trading Tips: How to Stay Focused and Trade with Discipline
Trading financial markets during Ramadan requires careful planning and disciplined thinking.
News24 | Back to the dock for Magashule’s ex-PA as new ruling dismisses special plea
The case of former Free State premier Ace Magashule’s ex-assistant, Moroadi Cholota, involing the asbestos removal tender saga, can finally resume.
Major threat to the end of load-shedding in South Africa
Inconsistencies at the local government level could discourage private investment in South Africa’s electricity sector, threatening reform progress and the critical expansion of the national grid.
Mashaba says it will be ‘very easy’ to win Joburg against Zille
The Johannesburg mayoral race is heating up as ActionSA prepares to announce its candidate, with many speculating it will be the party’s leader, Herman Mashaba. He thinks he could easily take on the DA’s candidate, Helen Zille.
Zuma’s daughter never really left MK, and three-minute smart IDs coming to South Africa
These are the key developments happening in South Africa today, 18 February 2026.
South Africa holds world’s manganese, and is wasting the moment
SA’s critical minerals strategy is under strain as manganese is exported raw, smelters shed jobs, and beneficiation stalls.
South Africans recruited to fight for Russia: Africa’s new war pipeline
Five South Africans are accused of recruiting for Putin’s army, as reports allege Ethiopia is secretly training fighters for Sudan’s war.
Petrol price pain in South Africa with tax hikes on the cards
South African motorists are expected to face higher petrol and diesel prices in 2026 as the Finance Minister is likely to hike fuel levies in his upcoming Budget Speech.
Russian propaganda campaign targets the DA
A collection of documents has been leaked that reveals a widespread disinformation network controlled by Russia that has been working to discredit the DA.
South Africa’s real prime rate increased by 100%
Prominent South African economist Roelof Botha has slated the plan to do away with the prime rate as a distraction from the real problem.
SENS SNIPPETS: Towers, tailings and Texas: three corporate power plays
MTN wants to stop renting its own signal by buying the rest of IHS’s African towers in a hefty cash move. Sibanye-Stillwater’s annual metal tally shows sturdy PGMs, slimmer gold and a reshuffled energy-metals story. ASP Isotopes, via QLE, is heading to Texas to chase a nuclear-fuel future.
‘Jesse could not stand Obama’: Ramaphosa hails Jackson’s ‘moral authority’, Trump touts personal ties
Presidents Cyril Ramaphosa and Donald Trump expressed sadness at Jesse Jackson’s death, but their tributes offered vastly different perspectives on the activist’s impact.