RC 261103702Stephen Grootes
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
Eve-of-election Money Show dominated by the US ending South Africa's AGOA trade access and Transnet's plan to split off its rail infrastructure manager.
- 18:30
Precious metals and gemstones stay tariff-free, but autos and citrus, previously under AGOA, now face Most Favoured Nations tariffs of about 3.5%, Equity Research's Quena Maloco says.
- 18:20
Transnet's Rail Infrastructure Manager is being separated from Transnet, with a task team set up to run the railway neutrally for independent operators. Professor Jan Havenga calls it the best news this year.
- 19:01
More than 1.4 million South Africans cast special votes ahead of the local elections, with about 451,000 assisted through home visits. Gauteng recorded the most, followed by KwaZulu-Natal.
- 18:38
A Pretoria High Court judge has suspended Sizekhaya's national lottery licence, which replaced Ithuba, finding the minister created a parallel process not stipulated in the Act.
- 18:18
A political analyst says the ANC's provincial and regional structures hold more coalition power than its national leadership, while the DA centralises decisions, so municipal deals may be unstable.