ATMs closing across SA: Will we become cashless?

SA business sentiment rises, buoyed by auto, manufacturing and precious metals. Landmark high court victory for coastal communities as judge tells TotalEnergies to go back to the drawing board. And is value-based healthcare the solution to SA’s care crisis?

‘On the unemployed side, in the first quarter we were sitting at 8.2 million unemployed people who are actively looking for employment. That number went up by 140 000 to 8.4 million,’ says the Statistician-General at StatsSA.

SA works to improve data collection for informal jobs. A look at what’s fuelling the surge in new car sales. And the case for gender-smart investing.

‘We need to move up the enforcement value chain…seeking civil judgments, as well as writs of execution where possible, especially where the behaviour of the taxpayers is not as cooperative as we would want them to be,’ says Sars deputy commissioner, Johnstone Makhubu.

Dr Sanusha Naidu of the Institute for Global Dialogue and Ismail Joosub of the FW de Klerk Foundation warn South Africa’s National Dialogue risks losing credibility amid rushed planning, transparency concerns and sidelined voices, urging a postponement to realign with core principles and ensure genuine citizen-led engagement.