21 June 2026
South Africa’s Rate Outlook Brightens Following US-Iran Truce
The recently signed peace agreement between Iran and the United States might cause the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to reconsider its current interest rate ...
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21 June 2026
Credit Complaints to Ombud Rise, So Do Results
South Africans are increasingly turning to the National Financial Ombud Scheme (NFO) when disputes arise with lenders, and a growing number are walking away with ...
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18 June 2026
New Social Grant Proposed for South Africans
South Africa’s Department of Social Development (DSD) is working to finalise the policy framework for the new Basic Income Support (BIS) grant by March 2027, ...
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18 June 2026
Youth Credit Trends Point to Economic Shift
As South Africa observes Youth Month this year, fresh figures from Experian’s Consumer Default Index offer a timely, if sobering, snapshot of how the country’s ...
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18 June 2026
South African Interest Rate Expectations Undergo Significant Shift
Market participants have substantially reduced their expectations for additional interest rate hikes by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) following a landmark United States and ...
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14 June 2026
Households Under Pressure Turn to Debt Counselling
South African households are experiencing an intensifying level of financial pressure as a combination of rising interest rates, persistent inflation, and escalating living costs continues ...
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14 June 2026
SA Banks Get Relief as Bad Debts Decline
South Africa’s largest banks are reporting a meaningful improvement in credit market conditions, supported by tighter lending standards and better-performing loan books. These findings form ...
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14 June 2026
SA Rate Hike: Bad News For Borrowers, Good News For Savers
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has moved to increase the repo rate by 25 basis points, bringing it to 7.00%, with commercial banks widely ...
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14 June 2026
Average South African Pays R9 300 More Every Month
The average South African earning R30 000 per month could be handing over nearly half of their income to the government and various compulsory charges ...
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8 June 2026
South Africans Turn to AI for Debt Help
For a great many South Africans, very few telephone calls provoke as much anxiety and dread as one made by a debt collector. Whether a ...
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5 June 2026
South Africans Lose R2 Billion to Fraud
South Africa is in the grip of a severe and rapidly escalating wave of digital banking fraud that has collectively cost consumers and banking customers ...
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5 June 2026
South Africans Take Out 875,000 Loans in 90 Days
South Africa’s consumer credit landscape continued to deteriorate in the first quarter of 2026, with the latest Credit Stress Report revealing that total outstanding loan ...
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3 June 2026
NSFAS to Refund Millions to Graduates
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has announced that it has successfully identified a cohort of former beneficiaries who overpaid on their historical study ...
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3 June 2026
SARB Rate Call: Pain for Borrowers, Gain for Savers
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has opted to increase the repo rate by 25 basis points, bringing it to 7.00%. Commercial banks are consequently ...
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1 June 2026
SARS Introduces New Rules for Vehicle Owners
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has announced significant new requirements affecting all owners and operators of foreign-registered vehicles crossing South African borders, representing a ...
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30 May 2026
South Africa’s Rate Hike to Hit Homeowners and Borrowers
South Africans will now be required to allocate considerably more of their monthly budgets towards the repayment of home loans, vehicle finance agreements, and credit ...
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28 May 2026
As Salaries Stall, Micro-Loans Fill the Gap for South Africans
South Africa’s consumer credit landscape has undergone a profound structural shift, moving away from large, asset-backed borrowing and towards what can only be described as ...
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28 May 2026
Debt Repayments Now Swallow Full Salaries for SA’s Highest Earners
South Africans who bring home more than R50,000 per month are now spending more than the entirety of their monthly salaries just on servicing their ...
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27 May 2026
South African Households Brace for Another Rate Blow This Week
South African households are facing the prospect of yet another squeeze on their finances as the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) moves closer to announcing ...
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26 May 2026
South Africa’s Fuel Price Reprieve Cut Short Before It Even Begins
Following a dramatic swing in diesel prices across South Africa, petrol prices have also moved into an over-recovery position – but motorists should not celebrate ...
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7 June 2026
Cost-of-Living Crisis Hits SA Property Market
For most South African households, monthly housing costs – whether bond repayments or rental payments – represent the single largest line item in the family ...
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24 May 2026
Criminals Pose as SARS in New Fraud Scheme
South Africans are being urged to remain vigilant as fraudsters actively impersonate the South African Revenue Service (SARS) in a sophisticated scheme designed to drain ...
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23 May 2026
Home Affairs Expands Smart ID and Passport Services to Banks
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs is set to significantly broaden the scope of services available at bank branches nationwide, with plans well underway to ...
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23 May 2026
SRD Grant to Continue Through 2027
The South African government has allocated R302 billion to the Department of Social Development for the 2026/27 financial year, with the bulk directed at monthly ...
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23 May 2026
Rand Slides as Iran War Fuels Inflation Fears
The rand and local financial markets have opened the new trading week on a weaker footing, battered by the prolonged Iran War and mounting inflation ...
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16 May 2026
SARS Sounds Alarm on Tax Settlement Scam
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has officially issued a public alert regarding a newly identified scam that is currently circulating and actively targeting South ...
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16 May 2026
Interest Rate Pain Set to Deepen Across South Africa
The South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is heading into what could be one of its most consequential meetings in recent years, ...
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13 May 2026
Good News for South African Drivers Facing Licence Renewals
South Africa’s Driving Licence Card Account, commonly referred to as the DLCA, has unveiled a comprehensive plan to reduce the average production time for driving ...
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13 May 2026
300,000 Jobs Lost in South Africa
South Africa’s unemployment situation has taken a significant turn for the worse in the opening months of 2026, with the official jobless rate climbing by ...
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7 June 2026
SA Employers Face Earnings Threshold Changes
A revised earnings threshold came into effect on 1 May, raising the level at which employees automatically qualify for certain protections under the Basic Conditions ...
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8 May 2026
Inflation Deepens South Africa’s Household Crisis
South Africans are facing an increasingly difficult financial reality, one in which the headline inflation figure no longer captures the true depth of the crisis ...
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7 May 2026
South African Interest Rates on a Knife’s Edge
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is confronted with one of its most consequential monetary policy decisions in recent memory, as its upcoming Monetary Policy ...
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7 May 2026
South Africans Earning Over R500k Urged to Prepare
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has officially gazetted the annual salary threshold that determines which taxpayers are not required to submit a tax return ...
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6 May 2026
1,540 SA Businesses Face Insolvency
South Africa is projected to record approximately 1,540 business insolvency cases in 2026, and whilst this figure represents a continuation of the broader downward trend ...
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6 May 2026
Rand Under Pressure as Global Tensions Rise
The South African rand has found itself under considerable pressure as the new trading week gets underway, with financial markets actively digesting the latest signals ...
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3 May 2026
Food Prices Set to Rise After SA Import Changes
The South African rand gained ground on Thursday as financial markets carefully assessed a series of monthly domestic economic data releases intended to provide a ...
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3 May 2026
Prime Rate Under Pressure as SARB Eyes Change
The prime lending rate has long occupied a central, if increasingly misunderstood, position in South Africa’s lending landscape. In its February 2026 consultation paper, the ...
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7 June 2026
Rand Slides as Markets Hold Their Breath
The South African rand came under considerable pressure on Wednesday, 29 April, suffering a notable knock as investors grew increasingly cautious in the hours leading ...
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7 June 2026
South Africa’s Microlenders Under Fire as Fraud Cases Surge
South Africa’s microlending sector continues to serve as one of the most vital pillars of financial inclusion in the country, extending access to credit for ...
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28 April 2026
Credit for Millions, But at What Cost?
April’s Financial Literacy Month presents an important opportunity to take stock of how far South Africa has come in broadening access to financial services – ...
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24 April 2026
SA Moves to Extend Driving Licence Card Validity to Eight Years
The South African Department of Transport is in the process of formally extending the validity period of driving licence cards from five years to eight ...
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7 June 2026
What Could Stop the SARB From Hiking Interest Rates in 2026
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) may choose not to increase interest rates in South Africa should the ongoing conflict involving Iran prove to be ...
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22 April 2026
South Africa’s Rate Cut Hopes Crushed by Global Energy Crisis
Optimism that had taken hold in South Africa at the start of 2026 has been firmly extinguished, as prospects for meaningful interest rate relief evaporate ...
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21 April 2026
Rising Costs Are Breaking South Africa’s Middle Class
Gone are the days when bringing home between R30 000 and R60 000 per month in South Africa was a reliable guarantee of a comfortable, ...
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17 April 2026
SA’s Debt Crisis Hits Middle Class Hard, High Earners Included
For many years, belonging to the middle class in South Africa was widely regarded as occupying a kind of financial safe zone – a position ...
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7 June 2026
Mule Accounts and Fraudulent Credit Applications on the Rise, Warns NFO
What may begin as a seemingly harmless “side hustle” or informal arrangement can spiral rapidly into devastating financial consequences – including frozen bank accounts, fraud ...
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7 June 2026
South Africa’s Key Industries Sound the Alarm Over Diesel Crisis
Some of South Africa’s most critical industries are raising urgent concerns as the spiralling cost of diesel, combined with inconsistent supply across various regions, threatens ...
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17 April 2026
Interest Rate Cuts in South Africa Face Fresh Obstacles
Any remaining optimism surrounding potential interest rate reductions in South Africa has been dealt a further blow by the escalating conflict in the Middle East, ...
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10 April 2026
135 Firms Down, More Expected as SA Economy Struggles
South Africa’s corporate sector is currently enduring extreme and sustained financial pressures across multiple fronts, even as the most recent data released by Statistics South ...
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10 April 2026
Young South Africans Rev Up SA’s Vehicle Sales
South Africa’s vehicle finance market sustained its upward trajectory throughout the fourth quarter of 2025, as detailed in the latest TransUnion credit report. The period ...
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10 April 2026
Another Global Warning Issued by United States
The United States has issued a renewed global warning following fresh comments from US President Donald Trump regarding potential tariffs linked to military support for ...
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8 April 2026
Rand on Edge Ahead of Critical US-Iran Deadline
The South African rand has come under renewed pressure as global financial markets adopt a cautious stance ahead of a critical geopolitical deadline tied to ...
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8 April 2026
New Phone-Based Banking Scam Targets South Africans
Criminal groups in South Africa are increasingly adopting a dangerous tactic that involves kidnapping individuals and coercing them into transferring money using banking applications installed ...
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5 April 2026
Work-From-Home Debate Returns as Living Costs Climb
Amid sharply increasing energy and fuel costs across South Africa, employers are being encouraged to reconsider and potentially reintroduce work-from-home arrangements as a way to ...
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