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Good news for South Africa’s property market – with a catch

30 January at 16:02 PM, via Daily Investor

While South Africans can expect a cautious property recovery in 2026, with modest price growth and easing interest rates, experts urged buyers and sellers to remain careful.

The South African brothers who founded a clothing empire from their love of adventure

30 January at 16:00 PM, via Newsday

What has become a beloved national franchise with over 100 stores, Senqu began as the passion project of two adventurous brothers

Tanzania’s media barred from covering post-election violence victims’ testimonies

30 January at 15:43 PM, via Mail & Guardian

The Presidential Commission conducting the inquiry said this was intended to protect the privacy of those giving testimony

‘Gupta lieutenants are in court, Batohi says on her last day in office

30 January at 15:39 PM, via Mail & Guardian

The outgoing national director of public prosecutions said her successor should fight for more institutional independence and for competitive salaries to attract high profile advocates

South Africa expels Israel’s chargé d’affaires Ariel Seidman

30 January at 15:35 PM, via Mail & Guardian

The department of international relations and cooperation said the move was a response to conduct inconsistent with diplomatic norms and protocol

You have 72 hours to leave South Africa, DIRCO tells top Israeli diplomat

30 January at 15:04 PM, via SA People

After expelling Ariel Seidman, Israel’s chargé d’affaires, will South Africa finally close Tel Aviv’s embassy?

One South African industry has been shrinking for nine years straight

30 January at 14:42 PM, via Daily Investor

South Africa’s construction industry is facing its ninth straight year of decline despite broader economic growth, driven by weak public and private investment.

Chaos in the council of a key South African municipality

30 January at 14:28 PM, via Newsday

Following the recent removal of Matlosana’s CFO, another report has been resubmitted to the council, which seeks to remove the municipality’s mayor.

News24 | Rand retreats to R16 against resurging dollar

30 January at 14:08 PM, via News24

The rand lost its footing on Friday, trading weaker than R16 to the dollar for the first time since Monday.

South Africa pokes the bear

30 January at 14:02 PM, via Daily Investor

South Africa expelled a top local Israeli diplomat, escalating tensions between the two countries and risking renewed criticism by the US.

South African government kicks out top Israeli diplomat

30 January at 13:55 PM, via Newsday

Charge d’Affaires of the Israeli Embassy in South Africa, Ariel Seidman, has been given 72 hours to leave the country.

Leaked forensic report exposes ECRF executive misconduct, but board chair Reuben Olifant shows resolute leadership

30 January at 13:54 PM, via The Star

PrimeXBT Insights: The TradFi–Crypto convergence as a new approach to portfolio protection

30 January at 13:50 PM, via Daily Investor

PrimeXBT, a multi-asset broker in South Africa, provides access to global financial markets and digital assets within a single trading environment.

News24 | Iran rejects US ‘belligerent and threatening actions’, Turkey leads diplomatic efforts

30 January at 13:50 PM, via News24

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said that the success of diplomacy with the United States hinged on ending threatening conduct after Washington’s heavy military deployments in the Gulf.

News24 | UPDATE | Zuma, Mbeki bids for Khampepe’s recusal from TRC inquiry dismissed

30 January at 13:43 PM, via News24

Attempts by former presidents Jacob Zuma and Thabo Mbeki to secure the recusal of Justice Sisi Khampepe – the chairperson of the judicial commission of inquiry into allegations of interference in the prosecution of Truth and Reconciliation Commission cases – have been dismissed.