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5 Things ·3m

Coup risk flagged in South Africa, and the growing threat to Eskom’s grid

Here are five important things happening in South Africa on Wednesday, 16 July.

5 Things ·1d

Joburg’s plan to sell iconic gardens and clubs, and big win for Shell in South Africa

5 Things ·14 Jul 2025

Eskom heading for tough times, and more water outages hitting Joburg residents this week

5 Things ·11 Jul 2025

South Africa’s R4.1 trillion own goal, and Eskom plans the end of load shedding

5 Things ·10 Jul 2025

JSE sends a warning to investors, and South African carmakers in hot water

5 Things ·9 Jul 2025

Temu warehouse launched in South Africa, and investors selling South African stocks

5 Things ·8 Jul 2025

Mango Airlines private sale block, and driving licence gold mine for government

5 Things ·7 Jul 2025

Standard Bank CEO’s message about BEE, and South Africa eight weeks in Eskom danger zone

5 Things ·4 Jul 2025

Taxes on petrol now over R6 per litre, and Gautrain strike warning

5 Things ·3 Jul 2025

Warning to lawyers in South Africa, and why households will pay more for food

5 Things ·2 Jul 2025

South Africa to make changes to US trade deal, and the big problem for MTN

5 Things ·1 Jul 2025

Mercedes-Benz factory shutdown in South Africa, and price pain hits households from today

5 Things ·30 Jun 2025

Calls for Higher Education Minister to be axed, and 16 days of water outages hits today

5 Things ·27 Jun 2025

United States demands 4 things from South Africa, and the GNU is in trouble

5 Things ·26 Jun 2025

Plans to extend driving licence validity period, and the SOE costing South Africa R1 billion a day

5 Things ·25 Jun 2025

Home Affairs Minister slams major banking CEO, and two new online stores coming to South Africa

5 Things ·24 Jun 2025

Banks sued for selling repossessed homes for R1,000, and Eskom’s days are numbered

5 Things ·23 Jun 2025

Taxpayers foot the bill for R97,000 toilets, and new solar power taxes slammed

5 Things ·20 Jun 2025

Load shedding warning, and economic uncertainty worse than during Covid-19

5 Things ·19 Jun 2025

South Africa ranks last in important metric, and the Auditor-General under threat

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Government ·23h

Parliament wants to get ahead of Ramaphosa on SAPS corruption allegations

5 Things ·1d

Joburg’s plan to sell iconic gardens and clubs, and big win for Shell in South Africa

Government ·1d

Good news for South Africans living in Australia

Energy ·1d

Big nail in the coffin for load shedding in South Africa delayed

Property ·14 Jul 2025

The millionaire town in South Africa with a big property problem

Government ·14 Jul 2025

South Africa struggling to plug a hole leaking R100 million a day

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Listed Property: A safer haven and natural experiment

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Building Hard Currency ETF Portfolios

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Sigenergy conducts full-scale fire test on modular commercial and industrial battery system

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Finance ·14 Jul 2025

Interest rate hope for South Africa

Business ·14 Jul 2025

Prominent South African airline in business rescue debacle

Government ·14 Jul 2025

Government’s BEE warning to businesses in South Africa

Motoring ·14 Jul 2025

Warning issued to Range Rover and Mercedes-Benz drivers in South Africa

Business ·14 Jul 2025

Takealot adding more Pick n Pay delivery points in South Africa

Government ·14 Jul 2025

United States snubs South Africa again