State-owned enterprises have weighed heavily on the state’s balance sheet over the past few decades, with government guarantees to these companies reaching over R700 billion in 2025.

Currently, only 0.7% of the country’s GDP is allocated to the defence budget.

Stellenbosch FC have reinforced their defence by acquiring the services of a former Orlando Pirates veteran.

FNB and PEP have announced the return of their 99c school shoes initiative as part of the 2026 Back-to-School campaign.

Stocks of non-commodity South African companies look set to rally next year, given they trade at a deep discount and trailed the performance of both local bonds and the wider equity gauge in 2025. 

The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry submitted its first interim report to President Cyril Ramaphosa on 17 December 2025.

Johann Rupert’s decades-long reinvention of a family empire has firmly established him as one of the most influential figures in global luxury.

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South Africa’s new lower inflation target is giving the rand fresh momentum, with policymakers and analysts agreeing it could curb a long-term track record of weakness.

Nedbank has sold its stake in Ecobank to Bosquet Investments for R1.8 billion, exiting a loss-making investment to reset its Africa strategy toward fully owned businesses in SADC and East Africa.

Half of South Africa’s teachers are over the age of 50, and will cause a major shortage when they retire within the next ten years.

Bafana Bafana are guaranteed millions of Rands at the 2026 FIFA World Cup irrespective of where they will finish at the tournament.