[TOP STORY] Farmers head to court over ‘catastrophic’ FMD handling

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‘Just in the 2025/2026 year, we will lose R1.8 billion in revenue from the export industry. So that is why it is urgent at the moment,’ says Francois Rossouw, CEO at the Southern African Agri Initiative.

3 Mar 7AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

[TOP STORY] Escalating attacks on lawyers signal deepening justice system crisis

‘We are at the brink of a crisis, we call upon the Ministry of Police and the Department of Justice to look at measures which can be put in place to educate members of the public about the entire concept of the rule of law,’ says Nkosana Mvundlela, president of…

25 Mar 8AM 7 min

Fuel and food pressures mount as prospects for rate cuts dim

Legal community reels after fatal shooting near CCMA. US probe sparks tariff fears and mixed reactions. And SA’s property map is changing — 150 000 new homes tell the story.

25 Mar 6AM 31 min

[TOP STORY] SA urged to act as conflict risks ‘war on the economy’

We have global partners who do listen to South Africa, and South Africa should take it upon [itself], as it has done in other conflicts in the world before, to aggressively move forward,’ says Alan Mukoki, CEO, South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

24 Mar 8AM 7 min

Too many gambling licences to police

War on the economy – Sacci warns of global fallout. New broadband rollout policy raises alarm. And Ramaphosa’s R155bn property plan targets idle state assets.

24 Mar 6AM 32 min

[TOP STORY] Investigation reveals ghost beds and funding risks in NSFAS system

‘There is a strange clause in the contract to say that I will give you money, but you must give me 1% back,’ says Rudie Heyneke, senior project manager at Outa.

23 Mar 9AM 7 min