The Public Investment Corporation (PIC) owns large stakes in most big South African companies, making it the country’s most ...

JOHANNESBURG - The Presidency has admitted that the country’s future within the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is ...

Other African countries hit with President Donald Trump's "reciprocal tariffs" above the new baseline rate of 10 percent ...

Fractures within the South African government — along with global macroeconomic uncertainty — are weighing on dealmaking ...

South Africa risk losing three points after fielding an ineligible Teboho Mokoena during their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier ...

The Competition Tribunal has caused tremendous damage to South Africa’s fibre industry through its mishandling of the Vodacom ...

US President Donald Trump in March ridiculed Lesotho as a place "nobody has ever heard of" and then this week hit the tiny African kingdom with the highest of his reciprocal trade tariffs for any ...

Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has assured that South Africa will not adopt a retaliatory stance in ...

Joel Pollak discusses South Africa’s political challenges, economic decline, and potential solutions for improving U.S.

The Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw is often credited with saying, "I learned long ago never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it." Such is South Africa's dilemma ...

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In essence, this means VAT will increase by 0.5% from May 1, 2025, and again by another 0.5% on April 1, 2026. There will ...