Talks between Warner Bros. Discovery and Canal+ about renewing a content agreement for South African pay-TV operator MultiChoice have stalled over price.

As members of the ANC gathered for its mid-term party review, a group of ANC staffers protested outside the venue over unpaid salaries, a situation that is becoming increasingly common in the party.

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said South Africa’s current progressive tax system sufficiently raises revenue and redistributes wealth, with no need to introduce a wealth tax.

Here are some of the key developments in South Africa today, 9 December 2025.

Sygnia CEO Magda Wierzycka warned that President Cyril Ramaphosa and outgoing NPA head Shamila Batohi are running out of time to confront South Africa’s deepening corruption crisis.

The speaker of the National Assembly, Thoko Didiza, is reportedly quietly gaining support for the position of President of the ANC come 2027.

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South African supermarket retailer SPAR is negotiating the sale of its UK business as it narrows its focus to core markets and rolls out new growth formats.

Only the reserve forces have seen an increase in deployment over the past ten years.

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Standard Bank warns that festive-season fraud is surging as criminals exploit higher spending and consumer distraction to gain access to personal information.

Ideas of white racial superiority are a threat to South Africa’s post-apartheid unity, its sovereignty and its diplomatic relations, President Cyril Ramaphosa said.

South Africa is working on ways to support its ferrochrome industry, state power utility Eskom said on Monday, as it announced an agreement with Samancor Chrome and the Glencore-Merafe Chrome Venture.

Magda Wierzycka is returning to South Africa after seven years in the UK, citing both global shifts and the opportunity to drive positive change at home, as the company she founded, Sygnia, posts strong growth.

DSTV might lose 16 more channels by January 2026, and has already dropped many favourites over the years.

KAL Group is a JSE-listed South African specialist retail business operating at the intersection of agriculture, fuel and everyday convenience.

The Witzenberg Local Municipality in the Western Cape has been thrust into the spotlight after community-led water quality tests in Tulbagh raised serious red flags.

Despite impressive turnaround efforts, Eskom’s output remains far below levels seen in 2007, with the utility now also losing half of the substantial gains it made in 2024.

Qantas has launched a new direct service between Johannesburg and Perth, operating three times weekly on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

The DA leader has responded to R.W Johnson’s article, saying that most of the journalist’s claims about his finances and career are complete lies.

The KwaZulu-Natal South Coast has quickly become the country’s new semigration hotspot, as South Africans seek affordable coastal properties and strong value for money.