Tuesday, 11 August 2026

The presidency publicly pushed back on Eskom chair Mteto Nyati’s remarks on unbundling, with the dispute centring on whether the National Transmission Company can be separated before Eskom’s debt issues are settled.

Stats SA’s latest figures showed South Africa still losing jobs, with manufacturing singled out as a major drag and broader competitiveness problems linked to electricity costs, logistics and weak demand.

The FSCA said it is investigating whether CFD traders are manipulating underlying share prices to profit from derivative positions, with market surveillance and platform complaints helping build cases.

Warren Ingram argued that guaranteed investments buy certainty at a real cost: they can underperform inflation and, over long periods, a diversified market portfolio can leave investors far wealthier.