There has by no means been a greater time to be a saver in South Africa! From 1 March 2026, the federal government elevated the quantity you’ll be able to spend money on a tax-free financial savings (TFSA) or Tax-Free Fastened Deposit account from R36 000 to R46 000 a year- and what’s nice about…
Electrician Morithi Manasoe Working On Putting in Photo voltaic Panels. Photograph: Equipped A peer-reviewed examine monitoring 1 371 rural households in Malawi’s Lilongwe District has discovered that the nation’s quickly increasing off-grid photo voltaic sector is systematically bypassing its poorest residents, elevating questions on electrification targets promoted by the federal government and worldwide growth companions….
Increased schooling establishments ought to not stay remoted educational establishments in an financial system battling unemployment and de-industrialisation. Graphic: John MCCann South Africa faces a structural downside outlined by excessive youth unemployment, graduate exclusion from the labour market, gradual financial development and declining industrial capability. Regardless of having universities and technical and vocational schooling and…
Graphic: John McCann South Africa is not confronting crime as a social unwell. It’s confronting crime as a competing system of governance. Throughout the nation, notably in city financial hubs and susceptible communities, prison networks have entrenched themselves not merely as lawbreakers however as energy brokers. They decide who can construct, who can commerce, who…
Buyers lined up in freezing temperatures outdoors H&M Sandton for the Stella McCartney collaboration, underscoring the enduring attraction of luxury-fashion partnerships regardless of mounting scrutiny over quick vogue and sustainability By 5am, in temperatures hovering round 5°C , the queue outdoors H&M Sandton had begun to kind. Wrapped in scarves, puffer jackets and blankets, buyers…
Kenyan President William Ruto says bilateral commerce between Kenya and Tanzania is predicted to surpass $1bn in 2026, citing rising funding, regional integration and stronger East African Neighborhood ties Kenyan President William Samoei Ruto has projected that bilateral commerce between Kenya and Tanzania will exceed $1 billion (about R17bn) in 2026, signaling strengthening financial ties…
A knockout: The C-Class leans far into the design of being a child S-Class and that’s why it stands out from earlier generations. Mercedes-Benz unveiled the all-new electrical C-Class at its international launch final week, drawing blended reactions to its up to date design language. Earlier than the following chapter arrives, we frolicked behind the…
Legendary Beninese musician Angélique Kidjo shall be among the many headliners of the twenty seventh Customary Financial institution Pleasure of Jazz music competition. Photograph: File The Customary Financial institution Pleasure of Jazz has introduced the complete line-up for its 2026 version, returning to the Sandton Conference Centre from September 25 to 26. Now in its…
Former president Jacob Zuma. (Photograph by Gallo Pictures/Darren Stewart) uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Occasion chief, Jacob Zuma, says he plans to have interaction ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa in a bid to finish what he described as a rising dispute over the legacy of liberation wrestle figures. Talking on Monday at his celebration’s second anniversary commemoration of…
The US-Israel struggle on Iran is exposing deep structural vulnerabilities within the world economic system, sending shockwaves by way of power markets, driving up fertiliser prices and threatening meals safety in ways in which may linger effectively past the speedy disaster, analysts on the World Assets Institute (WRI) have warned. At a briefing this week,…