Wednesday, 23 September 2026

The Reserve Bank raised the repo rate by 25 basis points to 7.25%, citing global uncertainty, geopolitical tensions and renewed fuel-price pressures; the MPC decision was unanimous.

Parliament’s Appropriations Committee will scrutinise gender-based violence funding and invite ministers, while police said investigators had identified persons of interest in nine Ekurhuleni women’s murders.

South Africa’s existing gas supplies are expected to run out by June 2030, but industry representatives warn replacement infrastructure will not be ready, forcing costlier LNG imports.

Food Forward SA said South Africa’s household food waste has risen from 6% to 18% of waste, while more than 60% of landfill waste is food waste emitting methane.

An exhibition in Washington offers a counterpoint to the 3,000-white-cross farm-attack memorial, arguing its political messaging does not represent all Afrikaners or the country’s wider violence crisis.