RC 261013Cape TalkStephen Grootes
Tuesday, 13 October 2026
Trade pressure dominated this Money Show, with surging Chinese imports, a Western Cape health rewards pilot, a gambling charter and a debate over buying local versus cheap pharmaceuticals.
- 18:43
Chinese exports to South Africa reached $18.7 billion in the first eight months of this year, up from $14.5 billion over the same period last year, according to a Bloomberg report.
- 18:19
Sun International has launched a voluntary gambling charter pledging not to accept players who say they fund gambling from social grants, limiting some advertising and restricting certain customers.
- 19:16
The Western Cape Health Department is piloting a rewards programme that gives vouchers for healthy behaviour such as child immunisation and antenatal bookings, capped at 2,000 people in Mitchells Plain.
- 18:14
Pharmisa chair Stavros Nicolau argued that the government's pharmaceutical task force should weigh best value for money rather than the cheapest price, since local manufacturing brings economic benefits.