Headline News
South African consumer confidence improves on holiday season optimism 
By: Reuters 9th December 2025 South Africa's consumer confidence improved in the fourth quarter to hit its highest reading for 2025, helped by consumers’ appetite to spend into... →
CDE urges NDPP panel to rigorously interrogate shortlisted candidates
By: Thabi Shomolekae 9th December 2025 Ahead of the interviews to determine the next National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), prominent think tank the Centre for Development and... →
Policy Uncertainty Index eases significantly to 64.9 in the fourth quarter
By: Marleny Arnoldi 9th December 2025 The North-West University (NWU) Business School’s Policy Uncertainty Index (PUI) has eased to a level of 64.9 in the fourth quarter, compared with... →
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Opinions
No time to lose in establishing SA’s new anti-corruption agency
9th December 2025 Long-established norms of human rights, diversity and democracy are under attack worldwide. Conflict, fascism and disinformation are on the rise.... →
Can Zambia capitalise on intensifying great power rivalry?
9th December 2025 Diplomatic overtures and strategic deals in Southern Africa have set the tone for a packed international itinerary in the neighbourhood recently.... →
Women’s voices at the G20: action urged on economic empowerment, care work, health, climate justice and forced labour
5th December 2025 The G20 group of the world’s 20 most powerful economies and the African and European Unions has a group dedicated to women empowerment – the Women... →
Who was Albert Luthuli? The murdered South African leader who put his people above himself
5th December 2025 South African liberation leader Albert Luthuli died on 21 July 1967 near his home in Groutville, in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. A... →
Recommendations
“Like a prisoner in my home” – Coal fueling toxic air in Bulgaria
9th December 2025 Bobi, a 7-year-old boy who lives in Dimitrovgrad, a town in southern Bulgaria, was diagnosed with chronic asthma when he was just six months old.... →
Enhancing resilience: Climate-proofing power infrastructure
9th December 2025 Recent years have seen a surge in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events globally, causing significant casualties, displacements and... →
COMESA Investment Report 2025: Investment trends and policy insights
5th December 2025 The report analyses foreign direct investment (FDI) trends in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), a regional economic block... →
New Economy Skills: Unlocking the Human Advantage
5th December 2025 The New Economy Skills series aims to provide guidance on skills that should be prioritised to ensure business and economies have the talent to... →
Statements
PSA salutes Judge Edwin Cameron on his retirement from Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services
9th December 2025 The Public Servants Association (PSA), representing employees in the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS), extends appreciation... →
NDPP Shortlisting Process Tainted by Inclusion of Disgraced Menzi Simelane
9th December 2025 ActionSA has objected to the shortlisting of Adv Menzi Simelane, who is plainly not a fit and proper candidate, and whose inclusion is itself an... →
SANDF in full-force decline: DA warns against DRC deployment under current conditions
9th December 2025 Recent reports have revealed a shocking reality: only 27% of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is healthy enough to deploy, while... →
DA exposes Rand Water’s R64.7 million advertising spree – 76% of all water board ad spending
9th December 2025 The Democratic Alliance is demanding urgent answers after parliamentary repliesrevealed that Rand Water has spent an astonishing R64.7 million on... →
Press Offices
When fairness meets firmness
9th December 2025 The Labour Court Draws the Line on Procedural Perfection The Code of Good Practice is guidance, not gospel, and employers aren’t expected to... →
When privacy is mistaken for defamation: National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa v B
9th December 2025 It is easy to understand why privacy and defamation often become tangled in public discourse and even in litigation. Both involve publishing... →
Sars compliance programmes secures R304-billion in collections!
9th December 2025 Sars & National Treasury’s 18th annual edition of the Tax Statistics bulletin confirms the effectiveness of the revenue collector’s compliance... →
Sars will soon know about every foreign property you own — Are you prepared?
5th December 2025 The South African Revenue Service (Sars) is about to gain unprecedented visibility into your offshore life. A new global tax agreement means Sars... →
