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Manufacturing production decreased by 1.4% y/y in Dec
Updated 1 hour 46 minutes ago By: Schalk Burger

Manufacturing production decreased by 1.4% year-on-year in December Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) Industry Statistics director Nicolai Claassen has reported. The largest negative contributions... 


Theron to step down as PSG chairperson
Updated 1 hour 58 minutes ago By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Willem Theron will retire as nonexecutive chairperson of financial services group PSG Financial Services, at the company’s AGM in July. Subject to regulatory approval, Lizé Lambrechts, who is... 


A sugar mill owned by Tongaat
Tongaat BRPs apply for provisional liquidation after collapse of Vision transaction
Updated 2 hours ago By: Sabrina Jardim

The business rescue practitioners (BRPs) of sugar producer Tongaat Hulett have reported that, after exhausting all reasonable endeavours, they have applied to the High Court of South Africa... 


Toyota Land Cruiser FJ and RAV4
TSAM set to introduce various new models, laments South Africa’s deindustrialisation
Updated 2 hours 3 minutes ago By: Marleny Arnoldi

Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) has unveiled the latest models to be offered in the South African market this year, including various new-energy vehicles (NEVs). The company announced at its... 


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South32 Mozambique smelter wind-down to impact jobs, potentially Eskom
Updated 2 hours 3 minutes ago By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Australian diversified miner South32 has confirmed that its Mozal aluminium smelter, in Mozambique, will be put into care and maintenance in March. “As announced in December 2025, Mozal aluminium... 


Eskom says it may take trading rules on legal review, as it calls for material changes
Eskom says it may take trading rules on legal review, as it calls for material changes
Updated 2 hours 4 minutes ago By: Terence Creamer

Eskom has raised a slew of legal and technical issues with the draft trading rules being considered for approval by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) and has indicated that it... 


Aspen delivers encouraging interim performance
Aspen delivers encouraging interim performance
Updated 3 hours ago By: Sabrina Jardim

JSE-listed Aspen Pharmacare Holdings has reported that the group delivered an encouraging performance for the first half of its current financial year, supported by the continued strong momentum in... 


Energy Partners completes solar, battery storage systems at three DSV distribution sites
Updated 3 hours ago By: Schalk Burger

Industrial energy company Energy Partners equipped DSV’s three largest South African transport hubs, namely Riverhorse, in Durban, Plumbago, in Johannesburg, and Solar City, in Cape Town, with... 


Drought
Western Cape farmers lose cattle to drought
Updated 4 hours ago By: Reuters

In South Africa's most visited and affluent province, Western Cape, one of the worst droughts in living memory is drying up dams, scorching grass and killing livestock, prompting the government to... 


Competition Commission recommends approval of Norfund’s buyout of Anthem
Updated 4 hours ago By: Schalk Burger

The Competition Commission has recommended that the Competition Tribunal approve the acquisition of independent power producer (IPP) Anthem Group by the Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing... 


Currency
IMF finds South African economy resilient, but warns of downside risks
Updated 5 hours ago By: Schalk Burger

International financial institution the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as part of its yearly consultation with South Africa, has found that its economy has proven resilient thus far, owing to... 


Release signs lease agreement for 21 MW solar plant at Motheo copper mine
Updated 5 hours ago By: Sabrina Jardim

Release, owned by Norwegian renewable-energy company Scatec, has signed a seven-year leasing agreement with Tshukudu Metals Botswana, a 100%-owned subsidiary of Australia-headquartered Sandfire... 


Afreximbank, DBSA partner to boost trade finance capacity for intra-Africa trade
12th February 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Multilateral finance institution the African Export‑Import Bank (Afreximbank) and development finance institution the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) have signed a Master Risk... 


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Human rights commission calls for water crisis to be declared a national disaster
12th February 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

The South African Human Rights Commission is calling for the water outages currently crippling South Africa to be declared a national disaster, as it believes that the water challenges have reached... 


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Altron strengthens growth strategy with new appointments
12th February 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

JSE-listed Altron Technology Group has strengthened its leadership team with the strategic appointments of Yolanden Moodley as Altron Document Solutions MD and Warren Mande as Netstar chief... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa
South African rand softens ahead of presidential address and economic data
12th February 2026 By: Reuters

The South African rand softened in early trade on Thursday as investors awaited statistics agency data and President Cyril Ramaphosa's annual State of the Nation address to gain a clearer picture... 


Cattle
South African farmers count mounting losses as foot-and-mouth disease rages
12th February 2026 By: Reuters

South Africa's beef exports fell 26% in 2025, despite growing global demand, partly due to China's ban on the African country's red meat products as it battles its worst foot-and-mouth disease... 


The Mozal smelter
Australia's South32 confirms Mozambique plant wind-down after profit beat
12th February 2026 By: Reuters

Australian diversified miner South32 reaffirmed it would put its Mozambique aluminium plant on care and maintenance next month after a drought hit power supply, as it posted a higher first-half... 


Altron to deliver higher earnings for FY2026
12th February 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

JSE-listed Altron on Thursday said it expects to post higher earnings for the year ended February 28, 2026. Headline earnings per share (HEPS) from continuing operations and earnings per share... 


London Bullion Market Association CEO Ruth Crowell.
LBMA hopes Rand Refinery’s gold partnership with Ghana is 'first of many'
12th February 2026 By: Martin Creamer

I hope it's the first of many, says London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) CEO Ruth Crowell of the strategic gold partnership that South Africa’s Rand Refinery has entered into with Ghana’s Gold... 


Food market on the street
Municipal support key to igniting already dynamic informal food trade system
11th February 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Two experts hosted by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) during a webinar on February 11 agreed that small-scale food system actors have a crucial role to play in alleviating poverty in... 


Libstar category and customer executive Wendy van Zyl
Rialto adds 55 General Mills products to food portfolio, including four international brands
11th February 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Food and beverage products distribution company Rialto – a division of JSE-listed Libstar – has integrated 55 of multinational food company General Mills’ products into its portfolio, which grows... 


SBI CEO John Dludlu
The SBI calls for faster implementation of policies to boost job-creating growth
11th February 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Industry nonprofit the Small Business Institute (SBI) has called for faster implementation of agreed policies and laws to improve job-creating growth and calls on President Cyril Ramaphosa to... 


Airport baggage
Crime, job prospects drive rich, skilled South Africans abroad
11th February 2026 By: Bloomberg

Concerns about crime, the future of their children and career prospects have driven more than 1-million rich and well-educated South Africans to emigrate, a new report shows. Nearly half of the 1... 


Kulani Energy COO Thinga Nethanani
Optipower transaction bolsters Kulani Energy transmission EPC capacity
11th February 2026

Black women-owned engineering and energy infrastructure firm Kulani Energy has acquired key assets from Optipower that historically operated as a division of Murray & Roberts Limited, which is in... 


Foamed bitumen used by the machine
Tau Pele receives cold, in-situ recycling road rehabilitation train from Wirtgen for N4 upgrade
11th February 2026 By: Schalk Burger

A cold recycling road rehabilitation train, which can mill, mix and pave old asphalt in a single pass, has been deployed on the Schoemanskloof stretch of the N4 road by construction contractor Tau... 


Fintech
Verto suggests financial resilience measures for agribusinesses to maintain export growth
11th February 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Global financial technology firm Verto says the South African agriculture export sector is experiencing a period of robust horticulture-driven growth, with exports projected to have exceeded... 


Low-band spectrum required to tackle the rural connectivity gap, new GSMA report shows
11th February 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

Access to sufficient sub-1 GHz spectrum is one of the most effective tools available to improve rural network coverage, quality and affordability, a new GSMA report shows. The ‘Spectrum and Rural... 


From left Tebello Chabana, Shamini Harrington, Bongani Motsa.
South Africa can learn from Finnish beneficiation model, Minerals Council says at Mining Indaba
11th February 2026 By: Martin Creamer

One of the countries South Africa can learn from when it comes to beneficiation is Finland, Minerals Council South Africa acting chief economist Bongani Motsa outlined on day-three of the Investing... 


Alexforbes launches sustainability, impact awards for listed companies
11th February 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Financial services company Alexforbes has launched the yearly Alexforbes Paragon Impact Awards, which is a new initiative recognising leading sustainability and impact performance among JSE top 100... 


Dan Marokane, seated in the middle, at the Mining Indaba panel discussion
With demand 98% covered, Eskom can now turn its focus to pricing models – Marokane
11th February 2026 By: Irma Venter

Eskom has arrived at a position where it can turn its attention to determining the appropriate pricing in support of the various sectors of the economy – especially vulnerable sectors, says Eskom... 


A leaking water pipe
Nighttime water throttling, restrictions, leak detection among efforts to reverse Joburg’s water woes
11th February 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

As suburbs across Johannesburg continue to battle water outages and intermittent water supply, the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) says that it is taking decisive action to stabilise the water supply... 


Architectural render of the Tecoma Park logistics park
Growthpoint breaks ground on Tecoma Park logistics facility in Cornubia
11th February 2026 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed real estate investment trust Growthpoint Properties has started construction of its new 36 830 m2 multi-tenanted logistics park, named Tecoma Park, in the rapidly emerging Cornubia Town... 


ACSA reports 8% y/y increase in total air passenger traffic in December
11th February 2026 By: Schalk Burger

State-owned airport management company Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) says its network processed more than four-million passengers in December 2025, which is a 98% recovery compared with... 


Johannesburg Water's Brixton water tower
Johannesburg not at Day Zero, CoJ says
11th February 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) has assured that, despite the widespread water challenges being experienced across the region, there is no ‘Day Zero’ and the water system, while under pressure, is... 


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