South Africa’s stainless steel industry needs coordinated interventions across the value chain to address weak domestic demand, rising energy and logistics costs, global overcapacity and increasing... 

Nigeria has won an international arbitration case after a tribunal dismissed a $400-million claim by Sunrise Power and Transmission over the long-delayed Mambilla hydroelectric project,... 

The professionalisation of the civil service is a key area of concern for organised business in South Africa's effort to support improved service delivery and some steps have been taken by the... 

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has welcomed the Constitutional Court's unanimous decision to invalidate the Public Procurement Act (PPA), owing largely to insufficient public participation. The... 

Business Unity South Africa has lent its voice to the recent outrage expressed by all sectors of South Africa’s society, following the discovery of eight women’s bodies, in murder cases being... 

Having analysed the Draft White Paper on Local Government, civil engineering professional body the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) notes that it has correctly identified... 

South Africa must enshrine its reform process in law to guarantee the momentum gained under President Cyril Ramaphosa endures after he leaves office, said the head of a key business lobby group.... 

The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources’ Draft Strategic Petroleum Stocks Policy 2026 carries material operational, financial and infrastructure implications that must be carefully... 

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde and Western Cape Police Oversight and Community Safety Minister Anroux Marais last month unveiled the Lawyers in Police Stations Project (LPSP), in partnership with... 

Industry organisation the Recycling Association of South Africa (RASA) has called for the suspension of the Price Preference System (PPS), under which South Africa recyclers must first offer scrap... 

The National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) has published proposed amendments to the Compulsory Specification for Motor Vehicles of Category M1 (VC 8022), aimed at strengthening the... 

An independent investigation, commissioned by State-owned power utility Eskom, into diesel procurement and storage contracts under Tender MWP2197GX found no evidence that diesel paid for by Eskom... 

Regulator the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary serving the South African economy by formalising businesses and promoting investment. It... 

Creating a competitive advantage has become the South African food and beverage sector's greatest challenge, with business organisation the Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI)... 

South Africa’s wire industry is struggling to sustain itself amid the circumvention of import duties, including through the misdeclaration of imported products – often at values below the cost of... 

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Nhlanhla Nene as chairperson of the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) and Malijeng Ngqaleni as its deputy chairperson. Additionally, Bulelwa Nqadolo, Neo... 

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has called for comment on the value-added tax (VAT) Modernisation Consultation Paper that aims to support a modern, transparent and efficient VAT... 

The State-owned Public Investment Corporation (PIC) requires a fundamental overhaul of how it is governed, as it faces the same institutional flaws as large State-owned enterprises did before their... 

South Africa's proposed shift from voluntary to mandatory strategic petroleum stockholding may strengthen protection against fuel supply shocks, but will require importers to finance more stock and... 

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has noted the High Court judgment declaring the suspension of Public Investment Corporation (PIC) CEO Patrick Dlamini invalid and unlawful. In a media statement,... 

The National Treasury and the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) have published the draft Crypto Assets Manual for cross-border activities for comment. The institutions had published the draft... 

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy and Deputy Minister Mkhuleko Hlengwa have welcomed Cabinet's decision to approve the extension of the validity period of driving licences for Codes A, A1, B and EB... 

The Trusted Employer Scheme Phase 2, introduced by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), significantly expands access to the programme and introduces a fully digital application process, says... 

The resilience shown by the South African economy since re-escalation of the US-Israel and Iran war, with the rand holding up better than it has during past global shocks, is a direct result of a... 

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Deputy Minister Bernice Swarts last month addressed the 2026 Annual Air Quality Priority Area Summit in Rustenburg, in the North West province, highlighting... 

The National Treasury is temporarily withholding the July equitable share transfers to 70 municipalities across all nine provinces in an effort to “instil fiscal discipline and ensure that public... 

The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Commission, the Black Management Forum (BMF) and the Procurement Performance Institute on July 14 held a virtual press briefing outlining their joint... 

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has announced that it has initiated an urgent application to the High Court to put the implementation of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic... 

The South African Local Government Association (Salga) Gauteng calls for a fair, transparent and collaborative intergovernmental process to resolve the decision by the National Treasury to withhold... 

National Treasury is temporarily withholding the July equitable share transfers to 70 municipalities across all nine provinces in an effort to “instil fiscal discipline and ensure that public money... 

Section 34A of the Electricity Regulation Amendment Act requires that the independent transmission system operator (ITSO), as the licensed transmitter, control the network it operates, says... 

The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) says it is making progress ahead of schedule in its digital transformation agenda to reform all systems and processes by decentralising access to services... 

The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) says public governance responsibilities are best achieved through continued engagement, constructive dialogue and institutional processes through which... 

South Africa’s steel industry is facing an “emergency situation” driven by global overcapacity, surging low-cost imports and collapsing domestic production, which has led to government and... 

International recognition of South Africa’s accredited testing, inspection, certification and verification results is helping local companies to export goods and services under the African... 

South African companies face a growing challenge because compliance with South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) certification and South African National Standards (SANS) does not always align... 

Domestic and foreign travellers must now declare cash in their possession above the threshold of R100 000 when crossing the country’s land and seaports, says national financial intelligence unit...