Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotichttps://www.rssboard.org/rss-specificationThursday Nov 05 2026 02:00:53Wednesday Nov 04 2026 17:37:31South Africa’s exclusion from the US African Growth and Opportunity Act, announced on Monday, is facing resistance from inside the US Congress.https://www.news24.com/business/economy/agoa-hope-for-sa-as-senior-democrat-calls-trump-irresponsible-20261104-0845Wednesday Nov 04 2026 16:25:18In Cape Town, the rich and the less well-off share something in common: both are struggling to find homes, albeit for very different reasons.https://www.news24.com/business/economy/even-millionaires-are-now-struggling-to-buy-homes-in-cape-town-20261104-0704Wednesday Nov 04 2026 16:25:54South Africa’s iconic Kruger National Park faces a substantial funding shortfall to repair severe flood damage, restricting visitor numbers.https://www.news24.com/business/climate-future/news/kruger-park-faces-funding-gap-as-flood-repair-cost-nears-r1bn-20261104-0397Wednesday Nov 04 2026 09:49:49The US dollar tumbled to ‌a one-month low on Wednesday as the Democrats’ capture of Congress in ⁠midterm elections spurred fears of tougher regulation of the AI sector, which could weigh on US economic growth.https://www.news24.com/business/economy/rand-gains-as-democratic-sweep-of-us-midterms-puts-dollar-under-pressure-20261104-0483Wednesday Nov 04 2026 11:54:15Citrus and other farmers in the Western Cape are experiencing a difficult year, as tariffs, geopolitical uncertainty and flood damage simultaneously place pressure on their operations.https://www.news24.com/business/economy/we-need-every-single-market-western-cape-farmers-reeling-after-3-floods-in-4-years-and-now-agoa-exit-20261103-0994Wednesday Nov 04 2026 05:06:26A property portal is among the most-visited websites in South Africa because many people start scrolling through it years before they decide to move.https://www.news24.com/business/economy/why-so-many-people-in-sa-love-looking-at-homes-they-wont-buy-on-property24-20261103-1007Wednesday Nov 04 2026 16:29:22Coalition governments are not necessarily a bad thing, but the prospect of frequent leadership changes disrupting them remains a real risk to South Africa’s economic recovery.https://www.news24.com/business/economy/why-your-vote-is-vital-for-sas-economy-and-what-economists-fear-most-20261103-1002Tuesday Nov 03 2026 16:42:30The petrol price will drop by a mere 1c per litre overnight as a massive increase in the slate levy cancels out the relief on the general fuel levy granted by Treasury.https://www.news24.com/business/climate-future/energy/only-1c-relief-at-the-petrol-pump-as-slate-levy-surges-to-almost-r150-20261103-0618Wednesday Nov 04 2026 16:33:10The permanent replacement of the Johannesburg Interbank Average Rate with the new SA Rand Overnight Index Average has been delayed by legislative hiccups.https://www.news24.com/business/economy/reserve-bank-delays-phasing-out-of-jibar-by-five-months-20261103-0517Wednesday Nov 04 2026 16:33:45The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition said just 10% of SA exports to the US entered under the preferential trade programme the US plans to kick South Africa out of in January.https://www.news24.com/business/economy/govt-says-theres-more-to-us-trade-than-agoa-vague-promise-of-support-to-affected-firms-20261103-0177Wednesday Nov 04 2026 17:37:31South Africa’s health product regulator abruptly stopped approving new unregistered medicine applications that were used to prescribe medical cannabis in the country, without explanation.https://www.news24.com/business/economy/medical-cannabis-approvals-pinched-off-in-sa-with-no-explanation-20261102-1020Monday Nov 02 2026 17:00:56A mining right renewal application that has been pending for nine years has prompted demands from the prominent MK MP for accountability.https://www.news24.com/business/economy/chrome-mining-dispute-mks-manyi-and-minerals-dept-in-heated-standoff-20261102-0942Monday Nov 02 2026 17:50:35Three years after US lawmakers began publicly questioning whether SA should remain in a key US trade programme, the country is set to be expelled, with the impact likely to be felt in agricultural regions geared towards exporting fruit and citrus to America.https://www.news24.com/business/economy/some-people-will-lose-their-jobs-citrus-growers-brace-for-agoa-fallout-20261102-1178Monday Nov 02 2026 19:41:15South Africa has been notified it will be ejected from a US trade programme it has benefited from for more than 25 years, marking a fresh setback in already strained relations between Pretoria and Washington.https://www.news24.com/business/economy/sa-told-will-be-ejected-from-us-trade-pact-20261102-1039Monday Nov 02 2026 20:19:46Along the busy Rosmead Avenue in Wynberg, Cape Town, day after day, dozens of men stand in groups. Most are from Malawi or Zimbabwe. They are painters, tilers, plumbers, joiners, electricians, welders, tree-fellers, landscapers – some with the tools of their trade. They are hoping for work.https://www.news24.com/business/economy/in-photos-meet-the-men-at-the-roadside-hoping-for-work-20261102-0767Monday Nov 02 2026 15:12:23Sub-Saharan Africa is set to host five megacities by 2050 and Lagos is likely to be overtaken by Angola’s Luanda as the continent’s biggest metropolis.https://www.news24.com/business/economy/pmcape-town-jhb-to-drop-in-rankings-as-other-african-megacities-burst-their-seams-20261102-0629Monday Nov 02 2026 15:28:43While being shut out of AGOA will affect many industries and make SA goods less competitive, painting a doom-and-gloom picture is unhelpful, says Wandile Sihlobo.https://www.news24.com/business/economy/wandile-sihlobo-sa-was-urged-to-leave-agoa-in-2014-what-if-we-had-done-so-20261102-0638Monday Nov 02 2026 15:13:49The ultimate check on government delivery is the ballot box, and this week’s local government elections provide that opportunity. Busisiwe Mavuso hopes that citizens will vote in large numbers to demand service delivery.https://www.news24.com/business/opinion/busisiwe-mavuso-we-need-reforms-to-build-a-resilient-economy-and-it-starts-with-your-vote-20261102-0446Monday Nov 02 2026 15:14:51Matshela Seshibe, the former acting South African Airways CEO, has been dismissed from its catering subsidiary Air Chefs after adverse findings were made against him in an independent disciplinary case.https://www.news24.com/business/economy/former-acting-saa-boss-seshibe-fired-from-air-chefs-after-disciplinary-findings-20261101-0917Sunday Nov 01 2026 20:29:50Zimbabwe is finalising a new policy that will entrench property rights for people who were resettled on farms seized from white commercial operators 26 years ago, according to the nation’s lands and rural development minister.https://www.news24.com/business/economy/zimbabwe-readies-new-policy-that-will-entrench-property-rights-20261101-0552Sunday Nov 01 2026 18:47:16