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Kgosientsho Ramokgopa: Electricity and Energy

19 December 2025 at 00:39 AM, via Mail & Guardian

SCORE: B+ A remarkable milestone under Ramokgopa’s leadership is an impressive and sustained electricity supply record, with over 196 consecutive days without loadshedding for the year 2025 and over 400 days of intermittent power supply. The department’s Generation Recovery Plan aimed at improving energy availability and reliability has resulted in a 71% average in the […]

Siviwe Gwarube: Basic Education

19 December 2025 at 00:39 AM, via Mail & Guardian

SCORE: C Under Gwarube, the department has seen some real and visible gains this year:  record matric pass rates, a renewed strategic focus on early childhood and foundational learning, progress on sanitation and safety and stronger national oversight on finances. The implementation of the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act, which Gwarube’s Democratic Alliance party is […]

South Africa playing with fire

18 December 2025 at 18:31 PM, via Daily Investor

The U.S. State Department on Thursday condemned the recent detention of U.S. officials in South Africa, who it said were providing support to Afrikaners.

South African malls face a legal threat

18 December 2025 at 15:00 PM, via Daily Investor

Experts warn that South African malls and shopping centres face heightened legal risk over slip-and-fall incidents during the festive season.

South Africa’s government on the hook for R700 billion

18 December 2025 at 13:00 PM, via Daily Investor

State-owned enterprises have weighed heavily on the state’s balance sheet over the past few decades, with government guarantees to these companies reaching over R700 billion in 2025.

A pair of school shoes for 99 cents

18 December 2025 at 10:47 AM, via Daily Investor

FNB and PEP have announced the return of their 99c school shoes initiative as part of the 2026 Back-to-School campaign.

South Africa’s top asset manager eyeing these companies

18 December 2025 at 10:30 AM, via Daily Investor

Stocks of non-commodity South African companies look set to rally next year, given they trade at a deep discount and trailed the performance of both local bonds and the wider equity gauge in 2025. 

End of an era of pain for Nedbank

18 December 2025 at 07:30 AM, via Daily Investor

Nedbank has sold its stake in Ecobank to Bosquet Investments for R1.8 billion, exiting a loss-making investment to reset its Africa strategy toward fully owned businesses in SADC and East Africa.

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