Jeremy Maggs on 09/12/2025

Scrapping tax credits could force nearly 1m into public healthcare

Nature becomes a balance-sheet issue as SA unveils high-stakes biodiversity assessment. SA’s broken immigration system is costing jobs, investment and dignity, says expert. And how one drunk social post could cost you your job in January.

J Jeremy Maggs
S'thembile Cele and Ntando Thukwana, Bloomberg on 09/12/2025

Ramaphosa urges ANC to act on policy as vote looms

As the ANC meets to review performance and policy commitments, Ramaphosa faces pressure from internal critics seeking to oust him before his presidential mandate ends in 2027.

S S'thembile Cele and Ntando Thukwana, Bloomberg
Simon Brown on 09/12/2025

SA’s best quarter for vehicle sales in over a decade

Ayesha Hatea from TransUnion notes that South Africans ‘want affordable, feature-packed cars, and that is becoming the new normal’, with Gen Z and Millennials ‘much more eager to enter the market’.

S Simon Brown
Simon Brown on 09/12/2025

Absa update offers promise

Analysis of whether Spar’s latest results reflect a genuine performance turnaround, and fresh insights into a long-awaited rebound in SA’s tech jobs market.

S Simon Brown