# Die FNB-Buro vir Ekonomiese Navorsing se siviele vertrouensindeks het in die derde kwartaal van 2025 van die vorige 41 tot 43 gestyg. ‘n FNB-ekonoom Siphamandla Mkhwanazi sê die styging in verbruikersentiment volg ten spyte van swakker konstruksiebedrywighede, met byna 55-persent van die respondente wat ontevrede is met saketoestande. Hy voeg by basiseffekte verklaar waarskynlik […]
# Evidence at the Madlanga commission in Pretoria revealed that businessman and ANC influencer Brown Mogotsi had access to classified police information. Crime Intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo told the commission that Mogotsi was aware of the disbandment of the KwaZulu-Natal political killings task team before the announcement was made public. Khumalo states Mogotsi informed Vusimuzi […]
# The Motor Industry Staff Association says South Africa acted too late to secure new trade deals with the US as the African Growth and Opportunity Act expired yesterday. They warn that this failure will worsen job losses in the retail motor industry, where retrenchments are already rising. The association’s spokesperson Sonja Carstens says efforts […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed sadness at the death of South Africa’s ambassador to France, Nathi Mthethwa, who passed away in Paris at the age of 58. Ramaphosa extended condolences to his wife, Philisiwe Buthelezi, his family, and colleagues. He praised Mthethwa for his service in cabinet as minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, […]
# The Breast Imaging Society of South Africa urges women to know their breast cancer risk as cases are rising among younger women. October is breast cancer awareness month, and the society says 20-percent of breast cancer cases in South Africa occur in women under 40. The organisation’s Peter Schoub warns late diagnosis remains a […]
# Endeavor South Africa says a series of high-profile tech and fintech exits in South Africa is reigniting investor confidence. Over the past 18 months, companies like DocFox, Bank Zero, iKhokha, and Syft Analytics have been acquired for billions, with 21 African exits recorded in 2025 alone. Managing director Alison Collier says these deals prove […]
# The FNB-Bureau for Economic Research Civil Confidence Index rose to 43 in the third quarter of 2025, up from 41. FNB economist Siphamandla Mkhwanazi says the rise in sentiment comes despite weaker construction activity, with nearly 55-percent of respondents unhappy with business conditions. He adds that base effects likely explain the dip in activity, […]
# Die Departement van Minerale en Petroleumbronne het veranderings aan brandstofpryse aangekondig vanaf middernag. Die dieselprys daal met tussen agt- en tien-sent per liter, maar die prys van 95-oktaan petrol styg met agt-sent en 93-oktaan petrol met een-sent. Die kleinhandelprys van lampolie sal met 15-sent per liter daal en vloeibare gas met 17-sent per kilogram. […]
# Die ministerie van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking het die dood van Suid-Afrika se ambassadeur in Frankryk, Nathi Mthethwa, bevestig. Die 58-jarige diplomaat, wat voorheen as die minister van Polisie en die minister van Sport, Kuns en Kultuur gedien het, is in Parys dood en Franse owerhede stel tans ondersoek in na die omstandighede. Die […]
