The one thing blocking the rand’s miraculous turnaround
South Africa’s rand has flipped the script and emerged much stronger than anyone expected in 2025, but it’s still being blocked from reaching its full potential.
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SARS is quietly taking more money from everyone earning a salary in South Africa
SARS is quietly lapping up billions of rands from South African workers and employees thanks to bracket creep.
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South Africans being tricked into debt review
South Africans are being warned about a scam that is trapping unsuspecting consumers in debt review without their knowledge.
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The top Reserve Bank official who became an economist after watching a TV series
Mampho Modise became a Deputy Governor of the SARB last year, twenty years after she joined the central bank as an intern.
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Dividends declared for SA’s ONE profitable state-run entity
Can you guess which South African state-run entity is profitable? In fact, this state-run entity is not just profitable but hugely so, netting R1.1 billion in the last financial year. And even declaring dividends to investors. We’re talking about Airports Company South Africa (ACSA), which operates the nation’s largest airports. Two thirds is a state-run…
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The woman who went from retail sales clerk to running a R260 billion investment giant in South Africa
Fikile Mbhokota has been the CEO of Satrix since 2022, overseeing a massive rise in its assets under management.
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South Africans hanging by a dangerous thread
South African households are overly reliant on short-term or payday loans to make ends meet, putting them in an extremely precarious position.