News in South Africa 11th December: 1. South Africa’s 2023 in review: With 2023 coming to a close, Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busiswe Mavuso has looked at the progress South Africa has made during the year and the setbacks. The good Despite a record year of load shedding, there has been progress in the […]
Five Newsworthy Things in SA 8th May 2023:
News in South Africa 8th May: 1. Close call for recession in SA: Economists say South Africa may have escaped a technical recession in the first quarter of the year, but the extreme volatility in the economic data being put out makes it difficult to call. Economists from the Bureau for Economic Research (BER) and […]
Five Newsworthy Things in SA 12th December 2022:
News in South Africa 12th December: 1. Stage 7 load shedding already here: As power utility Eskom spent much of last week avoiding the dreaded stage 7 load shedding threshold, economists at the Bureau for Economic Research (BER) said it has already technically been crossed. “At a point last week, Eskom was technically ‘shedding’ at […]
Five Newsworthy Things in SA 28th November 2022:
News in South Africa 28th November: 1. Organised crime threatens economy: Organised crime is fast emerging as the biggest threat to our economy. It is now more damaging than bad policy or service delivery failures. We are in the grip of an epidemic with large industries from mining to construction being targeted by extortion rackets. This […]
Five Newsworthy Things in SA 24th November 2022:
News in South Africa 24th November: 1. SARB rate hike today: The rand firmed overnight to trade below R17 to the US dollar on Thursday morning – its strongest level since late August. The local currency was trading at R16.93 at around 06:00, buoyed by news out of the US that the Federal Reserve may […]
Five Newsworthy Things in SA 16th November 2022:
News in South Africa 16th November: 1. Roadblocks ramp up: The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has warned drivers in South Africa that policing efforts are being ramped up on the country’s roads ahead of the festive season. The group said that motorists who intend to travel for the festive season holidays need to start […]
Five Newsworthy Things in SA 5th May 2022:
News in South Africa 5th May: 1. New Covid rules for travel: South Africa has a new set of coronavirus entry rules for travellers from 5 May, after a late-night update to regulations, just hours before interim measures were due to lapse. Health minister Joe Phaahla established the new Covid-19 rules under his power to deal […]
Five Newsworthy Things in SA 26th October 2021:
News in South Africa 26th October: 1. Electricity prices to soar: Eskom has warned that household electricity bills will increase significantly if energy regulator Nersa’s proposals for drastic changes in the way Eskom’s tariffs are determined are accepted. Other stakeholders are equally critical of Nersa’s proposals. Nersa published a discussion paper about its proposals on […]
Five Newsworthy Things in SA 22nd July 2021:
News in South Africa 22nd July: 1. More vaccinations through medical aid: The latest data on South Africa’s vaccine rollout shows that more people with medical aid are getting the vaccine than those without – with 18% of medical aid members already receiving the shot, versus 6% of those without. The department says this is […]
Five Newsworthy Things in SA 20th July 2021:
News in South Africa 20th July: 1. Life expectancy has declined: Life expectancy in South Africa has declined for the first time in almost two decades due to the Covid-19 pandemic which has prompted a 34% rise in adult deaths in 2021. The Total Life Expectancy (LE) at birth has dropped by 3.5 years, with […]
