RC 261029SAfm
Thursday, 29 October 2026
A crisis-level sewage pollution story in the northwest, a Parliamentary committee's sixth deadline, and a Supreme Court of Appeal win for poultry farmers stood out in this Market Update with Moneyweb on SAfm.
- 18:02
The municipal manager says more funds are needed to revive the sewer pump station, after about R3.8 million of the original R6.5 million project budget was spent before the project was abandoned.
- 18:03
Parliament's ad hoc committee on alleged criminal infiltration and political interference in the justice system faces the expiry of its sixth deadline, with its draft report circulated for comment before tabling.
- 18:17
The Supreme Court of Appeal ruled that birds lost to avian influenza must be compensated at market-related value rather than zero, letting farmers who lost birds in past outbreaks apply for compensation.
- 18:24
After Stats SA's rebasing made the economy bigger, debt-to-GDP is now seen settling near 74 to 75 percent, down from an earlier estimate of 78 to 79 percent.
- 18:42
A Localization Support Fund study found South Africa imported about R150 billion of medical technologies over five years, with fragmented hospital buying, not lack of demand or capacity, blocking local production.