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SABS investigation continues amid unsettling allegations of mismanagement
4th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

Ever since allegations of corruption and mismanagement against State-owned entity the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) started to surface late last year, the organisation has been under... 


Gauteng Finance and Economic Development MEC Lebogang Maile
Gauteng secures R312.5bn in investment pledges, exceeding its initial goal
3rd April 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Gauteng, through the provincial Growth and Development Agency (GGDA), has secured investment pledges from South African and international companies to the value of R312.5-billion, exceeding its... 


Mark Burke, Helen Zille and Karabo Khakhau
DA confident it will stop May VAT increase
3rd April 2025 By: Thabi Shomolekae

The Democratic Alliance on Thursday expressed confidence in its case that challenges the legality of the 2025/26 National Budget process, stating that it will succeed in its plan to stop the... 


Auto council urges urgent trade talks, as Trump’s tariffs imperil R35bn in exports
Auto council urges urgent trade talks, as Trump’s tariffs imperil R35bn in exports
3rd April 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The industry body that represents South African carmakers has called on government to initiate urgent trade discussions with the US, warning that the costs associated with the 25% tariffs being... 


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South Africa business activity contracts for fourth month in a row – PMI
3rd April 2025 By: Reuters

South Africa's private sector shrank in March for the fourth consecutive month, as output and sales declined amid economic uncertainty, a survey showed on Thursday. The S&P Global South Africa... 


GNU Leaders
South Africa’s coalition teeters as Budget shows widening rift
3rd April 2025 By: Bloomberg

South Africa’s ruling coalition risks unravelling after a dispute between its main members over proposed tax increases deepened, pummelling the rand. Tensions within the alliance were already... 


US President Donald Trump holding up the Reciprocal Tariffs executive order
As US imposes 30% tariff on South African exports, Presidency reiterates desire for new bilateral trade deal
3rd April 2025 By: Terence Creamer

South Africa’s Presidency has expressed concern over new tariffs that have been imposed on South African exports to the US following President Donald Trump’s April 2 'Liberation Day' announcement.... 


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Investment banker says uncertainty imperils South Africa’s deals
3rd April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Fractures within the South African government — along with global macroeconomic uncertainty — are weighing on dealmaking activity in the continent’s largest economy, according to one of the... 


PArliament
Budget vote passes but key coalition partner dissents
2nd April 2025 By: Reuters

South Africa's parliament passed the budget's fiscal framework on Wednesday after weeks of political wrangling, but the future of the coalition government was thrown into doubt after a key... 


Coega, in Nelson Mandela Bay
Experimental SEZ exempt from strict labour laws can demonstrate mass employment model – CDE
2nd April 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

In a society with catastrophic levels of unemployment, special economic zones (SEZs) could move South Africa beyond its current economic paralysis, says independent policy analysis and advocacy... 


Lebogang Maile
Inaugural Gauteng Investment Conference seeks to attract R300bn in development investment pledges
2nd April 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The Gauteng Investment Conference, to be held on April 3, in Melrose, will focus on public-private infrastructure investment, advanced manufacturing, green and renewable energy, ICT and data... 


European Central Bank head Christine Lagarde
Trump's tariffs will be negative the world over, says ECB's Lagarde
2nd April 2025 By: Reuters

US President Donald Trump's planned tariffs will be negative across the world, with the damage depending on how far they go, how long they last and whether they lead to successful negotiations,... 


US President Donald Trump
Trump to escalate global trade tensions with new reciprocal tariffs on US trading partners
2nd April 2025 By: Reuters

US President Donald Trump was poised to impose sweeping new reciprocal tariffs on global trading partners on Wednesday, upending decades of rules-based trade, threatening cost increases and likely... 


Sars Commissioner Edward Kieswetter
Sars collects R1.86tr during year to end March
1st April 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Tax authority the South African Revenue Service (Sars) collected a net amount of R1.86-trillion during the fiscal year to end March 2025, and which is R8.8-billion higher than the revised estimate,... 


Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson
Final report on wasteful Telkom Towers project expected by end of April, Macpherson says
1st April 2025 By: Darren Parker

The final forensic report on the controversial Telkom Towers project will be delivered by the end of April, Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has revealed. In August last... 


Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson
DPWI’s new infrastructure audit programme to be a ‘game-changer’ for sustainable project delivery
1st April 2025 By: Darren Parker

The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) has launched an infrastructure audit programme to better ensure compliance and optimal resource use. Speaking at the inaugural Public Works... 


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More than 40 contractors to be blacklisted by the DPWI, Macpherson says
1st April 2025 By: Darren Parker

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson is ramping up the pace at which underperforming or corruption-accused contractors are being blacklisted, with more than 40 on the shortlist... 


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As US cuts HIV assistance, South Africa turns to miners, insurer
1st April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Weeks after the administration of US President Donald Trump gutted the country’s aid programs, cancelling billions of dollars of funding used to fight HIV in Africa, mining companies and South... 


Long steel production
AMSA defers longs business closure as it receives R1.68bn in IDC support
31st March 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) has announced that the wind down of its long steel business will be deferred for an initial period of at least six months, to August 31, after... 


South Africa should work to broaden trade relations
31st March 2025 By: Schalk Burger

South Africa must build trade relationships more widely owing to the risks to the economy from the tariffs imposed by the US administration under President Donald Trump, says business lobby... 


Policy Uncertainty Index rises further into negative territory
31st March 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The North-West University (NWU) Business School’s Policy Uncertainty Index (PUI) for the first quarter of this year rose much further into negative territory to 78.6 from 65.7 in the fourth quarter... 


US President Donald Trump
Targeted by Trump, South Africa seeks to reset trade relations
28th March 2025 By: Bloomberg

South Africa is working to reset US relations that have been under assault by Donald Trump since his return to the White House. Pretoria is preparing a bilateral trade agreement as a backstop in... 


Steel firms run ‘collateral damage’ risk if they fail to respond to big Itac tariff review
Steel firms run ‘collateral damage’ risk if they fail to respond to big Itac tariff review
28th March 2025 By: Terence Creamer

A leading trade adviser is urging companies and individuals with interests in South Africa’s steel value chain to respond to the International Trade Administration Commission’s (Itac’s) call for... 


Digby Wells’ empowerment trusts repay loans ahead of schedule
28th March 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Environmental, social and sustainability consultancy Digby Wells Environmental, which focuses on the resources, infrastructure, energy and agricultural sectors, has announced that its two internal... 


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Drones improve disaster management efforts in high-risk areas
28th March 2025

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), with their ability to provide real-time data, high-resolution imagery and rapid assessment capabilities, are fast becoming indispensable tools for effectively and... 


Cabinet spokesperson and Minister in The Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni
Cabinet to consider new Economic Growth Plan, as it mulls including gas in Operation Vulindlela
27th March 2025 By: Terence Creamer

South Africa’s Cabinet is planning to hold a special meeting on an ‘Economic Growth Plan’ for the country, while it will also consider additional reforms to fall under Operation Vulindlela, the... 


Groceries
South Africa producer inflation at 1.0% y/y in February
27th March 2025 By: Reuters

South Africa's producer inflation was at 1.0% year on year in February from 1.1% in January, statistics agency data showed on Thursday. The Producer Price Index was at 0.4% in month-on-month terms... 


Accountable Together
High corruption in policing points to govt inadequacy in confronting challenges – Corruption Watch
27th March 2025 By: Thabi Shomolekae

Corruption Watch chairperson Professor Themba Maseko said on Thursday that the high number of corruption issues in the policing sector is an indication of government’s inadequacy in confronting... 


civil construction
FNB/BER Civil Confidence Index falls further in the first quarter
27th March 2025 By: Darren Parker

Following a decline to 48 in the fourth quarter of 2024, the FNB/BER Civil Confidence Index fell by a further three points to 45 in the first quarter of 2025. The index can vary between a maximum... 


The SARB logo on a backdrop
South Africa shifts to FDI inflows in fourth quarter, central bank says
27th March 2025 By: Reuters

South Africa recorded foreign direct investment inflows of R7.5-billion in the fourth quarter, compared to outflows of R3.2-billion in the third quarter, central bank data showed on Thursday. The... 


steel transformers
Mooted infrastructure projects need to be executed to restore steel demand, association says
27th March 2025 By: Darren Parker

Local steel consumption needs to be ramped up significantly through the execution of mooted infrastructure projects, by both the public and private sectors, Hot Dip Galvanizers Association of... 


AMSA's Newcastle Works
IDC weighs taking control of AMSA
27th March 2025 By: Bloomberg

A South African State development bank is considering taking a majority stake in the local unit of ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) as it tries to halt the planned closure of two steel mills... 


The Johannesburg CBD
World Bank, South Africa have $3bn plan to rescue cities
27th March 2025 By: Bloomberg

South Africa, with the help of the World Bank, has a $3-billion plan to reverse the decline in services and infrastructure in eight of its biggest cities. It will use a $1-billion loan from the... 


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African exporters to face market challenges as EU expands Carbon Border Tax
26th March 2025 By: Darren Parker

Recent amendments to the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) regulatory framework, introduced on February 26, are expected to have significant implications for African exporters. The... 


Enpower Trading CEO James Beatty with Ivanhoe Mines senior legal counsel Natalie Harten
Ivanplats signs ten-year green-electricity deal with Enpower for Platreef
26th March 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Registered energy trader Enpower Trading has signed a ten-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with platinum mine developer Ivanplats for the yearly delivery of 48.30 GWh of renewable electricity to... 


South African economic growth could triple this year, Absa says
26th March 2025 By: Bloomberg

South Africa looks set for much better growth in 2025 thanks to increased spending and investment, according to analysts at Absa Group, though a cooling of relations with the US may dim the... 


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