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South Africa's January Inflation Eases to 3.5% as Fuel Prices Drop, but Meat Costs Accelerate on Foot-and-Mouth

PRETORIA, 18 February 2026. South Africa's headline consumer price inflation eased to 3.5% year on year in January 2026, down from 3.6% in December 2025, as lower fuel prices reduced transport costs, though meat prices accelerated further amid persistent supply constraints linked to an outbreak...

South Africa's Unemployment Falls to 31.4% in Q4 2025 as Economy Adds 44,000 Jobs, But Youth Crisis Deepens

PRETORIA, 17 February 2026. South Africa's official unemployment rate declined by 0.5 percentage points to 31.4% in the fourth quarter of 2025, down from 31.9% in the third quarter, as the economy added 44,000 net new jobs to bring total employment to 17.1 million people, Statistics South Africa...

South Africa's December Mining Output Rises 2.5% as Full-Year 2025 Production Ends Broadly Flat

PRETORIA, 12 February 2026. South Africa's mining sector recovered modestly at the close of 2025, with production rising 2.5% year on year in December, bouncing back from a downwardly revised 2.4% contraction in November, while full-year 2025 output ended broadly flat after iron ore and...

Ramaphosa's 2026 SONA Pledges R1 Trillion Infrastructure Drive, National Water Committee, and 5,500 New Police Officers

CAPE TOWN, 12 February 2026. President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his annual State of the Nation Address to a joint sitting of Parliament at Cape Town City Hall on Thursday evening, presenting an agenda centred on infrastructure investment, a new national response to South Africa's water crisis,...

Mothibi Assumes Office as National Director of Public Prosecutions Amid Court Challenge, Inherits 218 State Capture Cases

PRETORIA, 2 February 2026. Advocate Andy Mothibi took office as South Africa's National Director of Public Prosecutions on Monday, succeeding Advocate Shamila Batohi at the helm of the National Prosecuting Authority, even as a Johannesburg attorney filed papers in the Gauteng High Court seeking...

South Africa's Absa PMI Rebounds Sharply to 48.7 in January, Recovering from Six-Year Low

JOHANNESBURG, 2 February 2026. South Africa's manufacturing sector showed a marked recovery at the start of 2026, with the seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers' Index rising 8.2 points to 48.7 in January, up from December's 40.5 reading, the weakest in six years. The January figure...

South Africa Expels Israeli Chargé d'Affaires Over Social Media Attacks on Ramaphosa, 'Violation of Diplomatic Norms'

PRETORIA, 30 January 2026. South Africa declared Israeli Chargé d'Affaires Ariel Seidman persona non grata on Thursday, ordering him to leave the country within 72 hours after he published social media posts the government characterised as insulting attacks on President Cyril Ramaphosa and after...