News South Africa: Western Cape launches South Africa’s first public healthcare rewards pilot
The Western Cape’s WOWRewards pilot will offer eligible public healthcare users in Mitchells Plain up to R100 a month for completing approved preventative-health activities.
News South Africa: South Africa Household Hunger Climbs to 12%
South Africa household hunger rose to 12% in 2025, the highest since 2010, as power and transport costs squeezed budgets, a new index shows.
News South Africa: Here’s how South Africa’s 9 provinces spend their billions
Education and healthcare account for more than three-quarters of provincial government spending in South Africa.
News South Africa: South Africa Court Shields Bank Files in Tycoon Iqbal Survé’s War on Banks
Tycoon Iqbal Survé's Sekunjalo group says South Africa's banks shut it out because of race. The appeal court has now kept the banks' secret reports sealed.
News South Africa: South Africa Real Estate Activity Report 2025: Opportunities Driven by Affordable Housing, Energy-Efficient Retrofits, Student and Medical Campuses, and Demand for Real Estate ...
This comprehensive real estate industry report covers commercial, industrial, and residential properties, focusing on the current state of the sector, key players like Growthpoint and Redefine, and prevailing trends and challenges. Key insights include strong 2024 commercial property returns, affordability issues, and municipal rate hikes. Opportunities abound in affordable housing, student accommodations, and energy-efficient installations. Despite market hurdles like crime and infrastructure d
News South Africa: South Africa Real Estate Industry Report 2023: Rental Growth Has Been Slower Than The Growth in House Prices
Dublin, Feb. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Real Estate Activities in South Africa 2023" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The South African real estate market is fragmented and includes numerous local and global players. Property price growth has remained steady, including throughout the pandemic, although some subsectors, such as commercial properties, were significantly affected. Listed property shares fell by more than 45% in 2020, before recovering. In commercia
News South Africa: Vodacom invests $30m in Western Cape network expansion
Vodacom is investing more than ZAR500 million (US$30m) in network infrastructure in South Africa's Western Cape during the current financial year, with spending focused on network modernisation, 5G expansion and energy resilience.
News South Africa: 2026 tax season in South Africa: When’s the NEXT deadline?
We’re roughly two-thirds through the 2026 tax season in South Africa, with some smaller deadlines landing before the big one in October ...
News South Africa: South Africa Mining Taxes Double to US$3 Billion
South Africa's mining taxes more than doubled to about US$3 billion as gold and platinum prices soared, News24 reported on PwC's annual mine review.
News South Africa: Absa becomes Africa’s first bank to offer crypto custody, targets $1.5 billion market
Absa Group Ltd. has become the first bank in Africa to offer institutional digital-asset custody services as it moves to tap South Africa’s crypto market, where assets held by the three largest licensed service providers were valued at about $1.5 billion at the end of 2024.
News South Africa: South Africa Antitrust Watchdog Seeks to Undo Premier-RFG Deal
South Africa’s competition regulator is seeking to revoke approval of Premier Group Ltd.’s acquisition of RFG Holdings Ltd., alleging the food companies ...
News South Africa: AFRICA FINANCE IN BRIEF: Africa’s financial power map is changing
South Africa is seeing a sharp rebound in quarterly FDI, although one corporate transaction accounts for much of the increase. And a new Forbes ranking is challenging the traditional map of Africa’s ...
News South Africa: Matlosana Municipality in South Africa follows financial recovery plan — Daily Maverick
Matlosana Municipality in South Africa is operating under a financial recovery plan amid debt, service delivery failures, water losses and investigations into alleged irregularities.
News South Africa: South African firm scoops equity assets worth $120 million
South African investment manager Sango Capital acquired equity assets valued at $120 million from a non-African investor that held interests in multiple African investment funds but is now exiting the ...
News South Africa: South Africa’s Fund Managers Doubt Stocks-Bonds Mix
South African fund managers told Cape Town conferences that splitting money between stocks and bonds no longer shields savers in a volatile world.
News South Africa: African Development Bank approves $1B loan to South Africa's state-owned rail and ports company
The African Development Bank said Thursday it had approved a $1 billion loan to South Africa's state-owned rail and ports company, Transnet. The 25-year loan was wholly guaranteed by the South African government and will help finance the first phase of a $8.1 billion investment plan for Transnet to improve the country's ailing rail and port infrastructure, the bank said.
News South Africa: OPINION | The hard graft of South Africa’s grandparents, and the abuse we cannot ignore
Close to eight million South African children live in households headed by grandparents. The Older Person’s Grant that sustains these families is stretched to breaking point – and the same grant can make its recipient vulnerable to financial exploitation, writes Ishrene Davids.
News South Africa: PKTT arrests Western Cape mayor, municipal manager and CFO for corruption
The South African Police Service (Saps) political killings task team (PKTT) has arrested a mayor, municipal manager and chief financial officer of a Western Cape municipality. Saps national ...
