[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] SA’s visa shake-up signals shift towards attracting global talent

‘The first one is the merging of two visa categories, the critical skills work visa and the general work visa into one category called the skilled worker visa,’ says Marisa Jacobs, MD at Xpatweb.

16 Apr 8AM 6 min

Julius Malema sentenced to 5 years

Energy and debt pressures mount as conflict drives up costs and weakens global growth. Visa changes could reshape SA’s workforce – and what to know about loans as pressure builds. EFF's Malema sentenced in firearm discharge case.

16 Apr 6AM 28 min

[TOP STORY] Sars crackdown targets expats moving money offshore

‘Now they've got the worry that Sars wants to tax them on everything they've been building outside of South Africa as though they were tax residents,’ says Jonty Leon, managing partner at Leap Group.

15 Apr 8AM 6 min

Is SA’s deposit insurance scheme delivering – two years on?

Two years in, how well are savers actually protected? Solidarity challenges race-based hiring rules – and rising costs expose SA’s financial literacy crisis.

15 Apr 6AM 33 min

[TOP STORY] Hill-Lewis: DA must grow, reform and win black voter trust

‘It needs to at least give us a shot of being the biggest party, because then we can really start to turbocharge the rebuilding of South Africa's institutions and getting our country working positively for everyone,’ says Democratic Alliance federal leader, Geordin Hill-Lewis.

14 Apr 9AM 10 min