
The Cape Town anomaly: Why the Mother City’s immigrants are out-spending everyone
This high-spending comes with a literal stop-start cost. As immigrants flock to Cape Town, the infrastructure is buckling.
TUESDAY, 03 MARCH 2026, 15:52

This high-spending comes with a literal stop-start cost. As immigrants flock to Cape Town, the infrastructure is buckling.

Adcock Ingram has responded to allegations that the conditions at its Clayville plant put workers’ health and safety at risk.

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The five workers trapped at Ekapa Mines are now presumed dead, though rescue efforts are still ongoing.

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Nedbank is set to take a hit after the disposal of its stake in Nigerian-based Ecobank, with an up to 55% decrease in earnings expected.

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Fig season in South Africa runs until March, and these gloriously jammy little biological marvels – technically not even fruit, but a syconia packed with hidden flowers – are worth every cent of their punnet price, especially since their natural enzyme, ficin, doubles as a meat tenderiser, which makes them the ultimate savoury ingredient.

Mining analyst Peter Major said Cyril Ramaphosa and Gwede Mantashe have overseen the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs in South Africa’s mining sector.

South Africa relies on a narrow tax base, where a small percentage of individuals contribute the majority of the revenue.
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South Africa’s taxman is in a process of discovery to work out who should be classified as an influencer. In the meantime, anyone monetising their social media following should declare that income.
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