TUESDAY, 03 MARCH 2026, 01:39
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.
South African taxpayers were afforded relief in the 2026 Budget, with full inflationary adjustments to personal income tax brackets and medical tax rebates.
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivers the 2026 Budget Speech
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.
A widening gap between skills taught at school and university and those wanted by employers is fuelling South Africa’s deepening youth unemployment crisis.
Mustek, one of South Africa’s only pure-play technology companies listed on the JSE, released mixed results.
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, 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.
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.
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.
Valterra Platinum declared a dividend that smashed analyst expectations as earnings jumped last year on soaring metals prices.
Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has warned that the collapse of Tongaat Hulett puts thousands of jobs at risk, with around 40,000 livelihoods depending on the supply chain linked to the company’s mills.
The National Consumer Commission has launched a “priority investigation” into the safety of sanitary products that millions of South African women use monthly.
A delegation from the New York Young Republican Club is in South Africa documenting proof that the white Afrikaans population is being discriminated against.
In this Smart Money with Alishia Seckam interview, outgoing KAL Group CEO Sean Walsh discusses the rise of technology in agriculture and the future of the industry in South Africa.
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has named a 49-man squad for the first alignment camp of the year.