South African News
Most South Africans want empowerment policy ended, study finds 
By: Bloomberg 11th December 2025 More than half of South Africans want a key policy aimed at addressing racial inequality scrapped and hiring and promotions to be merit-based,... →
NDPP interviews: ActionSA objects to Andrea Johnson’s candidacy
By: Thabi Shomolekae 11th December 2025 Following its objection to the shortlisting of Johannesburg Society of Advocates' advocate Menzi Simelane as a National Director of Public... →
South African business confidence index surges in November, mainly on tourism
By: Reuters 11th December 2025 A barometer of South African business confidence surged in November, but the organisation that compiles the data cautioned against reading too much... →
US House committee approves Africa trade bill, no mention of South Africa exclusion for now
By: Reuters 11th December 2025 A US House committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would renew for another three years Washington's preferential trade programme for Africa,... →
South African rand weakens as traders weigh Fed decision, await local data
By: Reuters 11th December 2025 The South African rand weakened on Thursday as traders assessed the US Federal Reserve's rate decision and awaited local data releases, including... →
US to host meeting of G20 officials without South Africa's participation, sources say
By: Reuters 11th December 2025 The US will convene a meeting of officials from the Group of 20 major economies starting on Monday to kick off planning for next year, when it... →
CSIR partners with life sciences specialist in US to advance contextualised medical research
By: Marleny Arnoldi 11th December 2025 The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has signed a memorandum of understanding and a licensing agreement with a... →
South Africa’s low-cost, high-value rare earths heading for global market entry
By: Martin Creamer 10th December 2025 Mining Weekly has just visited the laboratories that Rainbow Rare Earths has established very innovatively on the north-western fringe of Greater... →
