Here are five important finance and investing stories happening in South Africa and globally on Monday, 19 October 2026.

Economist Dawie Roodt argues that South Africa’s overly complex and burdensome tax system is driving taxpayers to restructure ...

Estimates of what it means to be middle class in South Africa vary widely, ranging from as low as R5,000 to as much as ...

South Africa’s debt-to-GDP ratio remains high at 79%, which means that the cost of servicing government debt is a major ...

Here are five important finance and investing stories happening in South Africa and globally on Sunday, 18 October 2026.

Best Before, a retailer with lower prices than Checkers, Pick n Pay, and Spar, has opened a new store in Wonderboom, Pretoria ...

Sanlam’s R20.7 billion bid to take full ownership of Santam will give Africa’s top insurer more freedom to deploy capital ...

South Africans are increasingly taking out risky loans and social grants to spend on online gambling, with the industry ...

SARS is coming after South African trusts with outstanding amounts and issuing monthly administrative penalties of between ...

Alexa Schempers founded clothing brand Rethread with R10,000 in savings. Today, it is generating R6.5 million in sales.

Here are five important finance and investing stories happening in South Africa and globally on Saturday, 17 October 2026.