Jeremy Maggs on 13/07/2026

Joburg’s cash crisis threatens essential services

‘City Power is at absolute breaking point, they have a massive overdraft, we're talking R22 million … Eskom is threatening to shut off the whole city unless we make serious payments,’ says JoburgCAN's Julia Fish.

J Jeremy Maggs
Jeremy Maggs on 13/07/2026

Why iconic brands become targets for counterfeiters

Joburg's budget battle is far from over. Private vaccine deal gives South Africa's FMD fight a major boost. And why the new space race is about water, weather and saving lives.

J Jeremy Maggs
Thomas Biesheuvel, Bloomberg on 13/07/2026

De Beers to shutter SA diamond mine to save cash

Miner has sought to lower production to try to support prices, but a glut of stones from Angola and weak demand have undermined those efforts.

T Thomas Biesheuvel, Bloomberg
Simon Brown on 13/07/2026

The many faces of SA stokvels

JustMoney’s Sarah Nicholson explains the prevalence and operations of these group saving schemes, which range from informal cash holdings to formal banking and investment-type options.

S Simon Brown