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Commission recommends CPI + 1.5% increase for the national minimum wage in 2025
By: Schalk Burger 19th December 2024 The National Minimum Wage (NMW) Commission has published a recommendation in the Government Gazette that the national minimum wage be adjusted by... →
South African rand recovers some ground against dollar 
By: Reuters 19th December 2024 South Africa's rand recovered some losses on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve struck a hawkish tone on interest rate cuts in the coming... →
Ghana Supreme Court rejects legal challenges to anti-LGBT bill
By: Reuters 18th December 2024 Ghana's Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed two separate cases challenging the legality of one of Africa's most restrictive pieces of... →
South Africa shuts 1 041 mom-and-pop stores as food deaths mount
By: Bloomberg 18th December 2024 South Africa has shut down 1 041 mom-and-pop stores in a bid to stop people from consuming pesticide-laden food, which has led to the deaths of 38... →
DPWI seeks input on better uses for 24 underutilised State-owned properties
By: Chanel de Bruyn 18th December 2024 The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) has released requests for proposals (RFPs) for 24 underutilised State-owned properties... →
Home Affairs almost there with clearing the visa backlog, but not quite
18th December 2024 The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) achieved remarkable results in the last six months with their initiative to clear the visa application... →
Tongaat Hulett to sell all South African assets, operating businesses to Vision Sugar
By: Schalk Burger 18th December 2024 Distressed JSE-listed sugar producer Tongaat Hulett has announced that it will sell all its assets and operating businesses in South Africa to... →
Financing Africa’s future
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 18th December 2024 Africa’s debt is rising roughly four times faster than its economic growth, jumping 10 percentage points from 2010 to constitute 29% of GDP by... →
