Jeremy Maggs on 24/04/2026

SAPS crisis runs deeper than one corruption scandal

‘You've got this combination of a massive budget, really attractive to organised criminal groups, but then you've got these internal processes that lack transparency,’ says Dr Guy Lamb, commissioner, National Planning Commission.

J Jeremy Maggs
Julian Lee, Bloomberg on 24/04/2026

Saudi Arabia’s Hormuz oil bypass is yet to maintain full exports

Oil markets are closely watching flows of oil from the terminals on Saudi Arabia’s west coast after Iran all but blocked the Strait of Hormuz following attacks by the US and Israel at the end of February.

J Julian Lee, Bloomberg
Jeremy Maggs on 24/04/2026

Election heat exposes municipal governance collapse

SAPS in freefall as top cop is dumped and corruption crisis explodes. Great return begins as South Africans flood back and Gauteng surges again. And forestry emerges as key driver of jobs and rural growth.

J Jeremy Maggs