Fiscal support for Budget Facility for Infrastructure gains momentum
By: Lumkile Nkomfe Updated 46 minutes ago The National Treasury will direct R20-billion of the projected R70.8-billion revenue overrun for the coming two years towards the Budget Facility... →
Treasury undertaking first comprehensive modernisation of MFMA
By: Lumkile Nkomfe Updated 47 minutes ago Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has announced that National Treasury is undertaking its first comprehensive modernisation of the Municipal... →
Fiscal-anchor legislation released for comment to protect ‘hard-won gains’
By: Terence Creamer Updated 47 minutes ago Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana used the occasion of the 2026 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) to release draft legislation for public... →
National Treasury lowers 2026 growth outlook to 1.2% warns of elevated risks
By: Terence Creamer Updated 47 minutes ago The National Treasury has lowered its growth outlook for 2026 to 1.2% from its 1.6% forecast outlined in the February Budget. In 2025, South Africa... →
Greater improvements required to strengthen infrastructure management, delivery – IMF finds
By: Lumkile Nkomfe Updated 47 minutes ago Body copy: →
R10bn in temporary fuel-levy relief announced amid record fuel prices
By: Terence Creamer Updated 47 minutes ago Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana announced another round of temporary reductions to the fuel levy in response to a surge in fuel prices to record... →
Marc Cameron to join Weir as minerals division president
By: Martin Creamer Updated 2 hours 53 minutes ago Marc Cameron will join Weir as president of the minerals division on October 26 and become a member of the group executive. In a media release to... →
South African inflation rises modestly but bigger fuel-driven jump seen in October
By: Reuters Updated 3 hours ago South Africa's inflation rate rose modestly in September, data showed on Wednesday, but economists expect a sharper acceleration in October after... →
Namibia tin producer’s gross profit up fourfold on 80% revenue surge 
By: Martin Creamer Updated 4 hours ago Namibia tin producer Andrada Mining on Wednesday, October 21, reported a quadrupled-plus gross profit and an 80% revenue surge. Supporting this... →
Nigeria reports first Ebola case in a decade in woman who arrived from Uganda
By: Reuters Updated 4 hours ago Nigeria reported its first Ebola case in about a decade on Tuesday after a foreign woman living in the capital tested positive for the viral... →
Ghana president: anybody committed to fight terrorism is welcome in West Africa
By: Reuters Updated 4 hours ago Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama, when asked about Russian involvement in security in the Sahel, said on Wednesday that anyone committed to... →
Goldman says high freight costs pose upside risk to its Brent forecast
By: Reuters Updated 6 hours ago The global average crude freight rate remains seven times higher than a year ago and is unlikely to fall sharply while the Middle East conflict... →
Rand Water warns of looming water crisis as system under pressure
By: Natasha Odendaal 20th October 2026 Water utility Rand Water on Tuesday warned that water consumption by several municipal customers has reached exceptionally high levels, placing the... →
