Polity

12/01/2026

MKP’s leadership shakeup: Brian Molefe appointed treasurer general

12/01/2026

South Africa leads Africa’s renewable energy transition, report shows

South Africa continues to lead Africa’s renewable energy transition, offering a growing range of investable opportunities in wind, solar, biofuels and green hydrogen, according to the latest Forvis Mazars ‘Powering Africa’s Future Energy’ report. The report highlights that South Africa gener...

12/01/2026

Ghana clears $1.4bn in energy debts, finance ministry says

Ghana's government paid $1.47-billion in 2025 to clear legacy energy sector debts, restoring a depleted World Bank guarantee and settling arrears with power producers, the West African nation's finance ministry said on Monday. Ghana's power sector has been grappling with widespread unpaid debts that...

12/01/2026

Eskom’s revised unbundling plan in focus as grid constraint continues to weigh on outlook

Eskom has offered assurances that the power system is more stable and predictable than it has been for the past five years in light of a strong recovery in the energy availability factor, a decline in unplanned breakdowns, more predictable planned maintenance and the return or introduction to servic...

12/01/2026

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12/01/2026

Outa welcomes court’s decision to set aside driving licence card tender

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has welcomed a court ruling setting aside the awarding of a driving licence card machine tender to Idemia following findings of material irregularities in the procurement process. The court order was granted on January 6, overturning the tender that had been...

12/01/2026

Ramaphosa to hold bilateral talks with UAE President

President Cyril Ramaphosa will this week hold bilateral talks with President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ahead of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ASDW) opening ceremony on Tuesday. Ramaphosa arrived in the UAE on Monday, with Minister of International Rel...

12/01/2026

South Africa reviews prime rate used to price R6.2tr of credit

South Africa is reviewing the main reference rate commercial banks use to price trillions of rands of loans to clients. The South African Reserve Bank is working on the prime lending rate, it said by email. The measure has been fixed at 350 basis points above the country’s monetary policy rate sin...

12/01/2026

Improved logistics, municipal service delivery, criminal justice key to GDP growth – Mavuso

South Africa can unlock higher GDP growth by making progress in three critical areas, namely logistics infrastructure, local government service delivery and the effectiveness of its criminal justice, which would position South Africa to achieve sustained economic growth above 2%. South Africa has no...

12/01/2026

Significant 2026 platinum price rise forecast by Bank of America Securities

With strong demand for platinum group metals (PGMs) continuing, Bank of America Securities Global Research has raised its 2026 platinum price forecast to $2 450/oz from $1 825/oz and its 2026 palladium price forecast to $1 725/oz from $1 525/oz. Key takeaways from the bank’s latest Global Metals W...

12/01/2026

South African rand gains as gold scales new peak

The South African rand gained in early trade on Monday, helped by gold prices reaching another record high. At 0736 GMT the rand traded at 16.4225 against the dollar, roughly up 0.4% from its previous closing level.

12/01/2026

Veteran Ugandan leader eyes new term in election amid succession talk

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is widely expected to extend his four-decade rule in an election on Thursday after a campaign marred by violence and clouded by questions about who might eventually succeed him. A former rebel leader who overthrew his predecessor in 1986, Museveni is now 81 and fac...