Warning over big change for employees in South Africa coming next week
Legal experts have warned that the new earnings threshold taking effect next Friday (1 May) could have significant financial implications for employers in South Africa.
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A community reckoning on the Senqu Bridge launch on 22 April 2026
On 22 April 2026, King Letsie III of the Kingdom of Lesotho, Honourable Prime Minister Ntsokoane Matekane and President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa will meet in Mokhotlong to officiate and co-launch the opening of the Senqu Bridge, an 825m extradosed cable-stayed structure rising 90m above the valley floor, constructed at an estimated cost of…
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Advocacy for Prevention of HIV and Aids | Aids and Malaria | Global Fund to Fight TB | Health | HIV Prevention Jab | lenacapavir
Our anti-HIV jab will be rolled out in six weeks. But funding cuts hollowed out the system needed to deliver it
South Africa’s uptake of the once-every-six-month HIV prevention jab, lenacapavir (LEN), will be heavily affected by the Trump administration’s funding cuts to the country because it destroyed much of the infrastructure — such as community-based testing and field recruitment for HIV prevention services — needed to create demand for the medicine. That’s one of the…
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Fine today. Financial nightmare tomorrow.
4 signs it’s time to get a car warranty (even if your car is running fine)
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active ETFs | actively managed certificates | AMETFs | artificial intelligence | capital gains tax | In depth
Invest smarter: Technology is changing the investment landscape forever
The democratisation of sophisticated investments is no longer a distant prospect.
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Bafana Bafana jersey voted BEST in FIFA World Cup
A Spanish football fan revealed the results of the FIFA World Cup’s best jerseys – and South Africa tops the list! The tournament takes place from 11 June to 19 July across three host countries: Mexico, Canada, and the US. BEST FIFA WORLD CUP JERSEYS – ACCORDING TO FOOTBALL FAN On X, Spanish football fan…
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Audito-General | draft General Public Procurement Regulations 2026 | draft Public Procurement Tribunal Regulations 2026 | economic empowerment | Professor Geo Quinot | SAFM Market Update
Policymakers take ‘preferential’ out of public procurement
‘The biggest change is that we will have a lawful set-aside regime instead of a preferential regime. So it’s an upfront filter, which of course is a much stricter, harder approach, really forcing entities that apply to [supply] the state to comply with BEE upfront’ – Geo Quinot, Professor of Public Law, University of Stellenbosch.
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Musa Khawula vs Malema: ‘Apology never happening’
Musa Khawula has doubled down on his refusal to formally apologise to Julius Malema over defamatory tweets suggesting the Economic Freedom Fighter (EFF) leader was going through a divorce. Last week, the Gauteng High Court found that the notorious celebrity blogger had made defamatory, untrue and unlawful accusations. He has been ordered to pay legal…
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WEATHER: Thunderstorms set to hit on Wednesday
More showers are expected across parts of the country on Wednesday, 22 April. Here’s what you can expect in KwaZulu-Natal, Free State and North West. KWAZULU-NATAL The Midlands will start off with some fog. The rest of the province will be cloudy and cold to cool, with scattered showers and thundershowers, but these will be…
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France in talks to lend South Africa R1.65bn for cities
In April last year, the Treasury said it would ask global development finance institutions including France’s state-owned Agence Française de Développement to augment World Bank funding.