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Good news about alcohol and cigarette prices in South Africa
The National Treasury’s 2026 Budget proposed inflationary increases to “sin taxes” on alcohol and tobacco, offering relative relief to the industry, given that above-inflation hikes were expected.

South Africa’s economy to grow by 1.6% in 2026 from 1.4% last year
Over the next three years, growth is projected to average 1.8% and reach 2% by 2028

Godongwana signals tough measures to fix broken water, electricity services
Minister warns that municipalities must reinvest collected revenue in essential services, citing Johannesburg’s water backlog of R64 billion

Two tax-free gifts for South African investors in the 2026 Budget
Here’s how much South African investors can now invest tax-free every year.

Big changes coming to South Africa’s biggest shopping malls
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says that visible police forces and permanent roadblocks will soon be deployed to the province’s shopping hubs.

End of an era of pain for South Africa
South Africa’s debt will peak this fiscal year after rising for nearly two decades, a turning point that creates space to support the economy through tax relief and infrastructure investment.

Bad news about petrol prices in South Africa
South Africa’s 2026 Budget has raised various fuel levies in line with inflation, pushing up petrol and diesel prices as the government seeks additional funding, including support for the financially strained Road Accident Fund.
News24 | Cape Town raises drought fears amid 55% dam levels and uncertain rain forecasts
Almost 10 years after Cape Town experienced a drought so severe it sparked fears of a Day Zero scenario in which residents’ taps would run dry, the City of Cape Town is again sounding the alarm over possible drought conditions.

Here is how much personal income tax you will pay after the Budget
South African taxpayers were afforded relief in the 2026 Budget, with full inflationary adjustments to personal income tax brackets and medical tax rebates.

WATCH LIVE: Godongwana delivers Budget Speech
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivers the 2026 Budget Speech

SA’s reading crisis: Why this province’s pupils fall off literacy cliff by Grade 3
KwaZulu-Natal, however, has a better literacy story to tell: it starts with a low Grade 1 score but more than doubles it by Grade 3.

South Africa’s education crisis is worse than it seems
A widening gap between skills taught at school and university and those wanted by employers is fuelling South Africa’s deepening youth unemployment crisis.

South Africa’s leading technology distributor has good and bad news for investors
Mustek, one of South Africa’s only pure-play technology companies listed on the JSE, released mixed results.

South African taxpayers have nowhere left to hide
SARS has confirmed that offshore financial secrecy is effectively over, with expanded global automatic information sharing making it increasingly difficult for taxpayers to hide undeclared foreign assets or income.

Eskom plays chicken with the World Bank
Eskom, the world’s biggest emitter of the toxin sulfur dioxide, presented a study that argues against the cost of installing equipment to limit emissions, risking a breach of a World Bank loan agreement and riling environmental activists.

South Africa’s luxury estates face a hidden risk
Many of South Africa’s luxury residential estates face rising financial and legal risks because their governance structures have not kept pace with asset growth, infrastructure demands and stricter HOA oversight.

Who will fix the potholes on my street in Johannesburg? – Fikile Mbalula
ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula says service delivery in Johannesburg is in a dire state and the public should vote for the ANC in local government elections to remedy this, despite the city currently being run by an ANC-led coalition.