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1 week ago | 
dailyinvestor.com | Bianke Neethling
Toyota, Volkswagen, and Ford remain the most popular second-hand car brands in South Africa, while hybrid vehicles are gaining in popularity. New data from Lightstone Auto revealed that Toyota, Volkswagen and Ford account for half of financed used vehicle sales in 2025.
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1 week ago | 
dailyinvestor.com | Bianke Neethling
Eskom’s ambitious expansion plans for its transmission grid will require it to acquire some private land or land rights, for which the new Expropriation Act will be key. However, law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH) has confirmed that the utility will not be able to expropriate this land without compensation using the Act.
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1 week ago | 
dailyinvestor.com | Bianke Neethling
Private higher education provider STADIO has revealed the impressive growth in its student numbers since 2020, and the increasing popularity of distance learning in South Africa. STADIO is a South African-based company that provides private higher education, including an array of accredited qualifications via contact, distance and blended learning. It started as a subsidiary of Curro, which has provided pre-school and school-based education since 1998.
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1 week ago | 
dailyinvestor.com | Bianke Neethling
South Africa’s foremost expert on the informal market, GG Alcock, has weighed in on the debate surrounding how the country’s unemployment rate is measured, proposing a solution that includes a new category to measure informal employment. The debate surrounding South Africa’s unemployment statistics was sparked by Capitec CEO Gerrie Fourie, who argued that the actual unemployment rate is significantly lower than the current data suggests.
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1 week ago | 
dailyinvestor.com | Bianke Neethling
South Africa is not out of the woods yet, and could still face severe food shortages due to a ban on chicken imports from Brazil that has been partially lifted. Brazil is the world’s largest exporter of poultry products and accounts for 73% of all poultry imported into South Africa. It makes up 92% of all mechanically deboned chicken meat (MDM) imported into the country.
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1 week ago | 
dailyinvestor.com | Bianke Neethling
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA)has unveiled ambitious plans to roll out digital IDs, a digital wallet, and e-passports to South Africans within the next five years. The DHA presented its Revised Strategic Plan (RSP) for 2025 to 2030 to the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs on 17 June 2025. In the RSP, Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber said this plan forms the bedrock of his department’s vision to transform the DHA digitally.
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1 week ago | 
dailyinvestor.com | Bianke Neethling
Five South African companies could be suspended or removed from the JSE for failing to publish their financial statements on time. The JSE announced on Tuesday, 17 June 2025, that African Dawn Capital, Brikor, Efora Energy, Copper360, and Visual International Holdings face these risks. The exchange said these companies failed to submit their condensed or annual financial statements within the three-month period stipulated in the JSE’s Listings Requirements.
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1 week ago | 
dailyinvestor.com | Bianke Neethling
Eastern Platinum (Eastplats) experienced a data breach, which saw specific files related to its internal affairs released on a restricted part of the internet. Eastplats is a platinum group metals (PGM) and chrome producer with assets located along South Africa’s Bushveld Complex, the world’s largest known PGM resource. The company announced on 17 June 2025 that it experienced a cybersecurity incident on 27 May 2025, which affected its internal IT systems.
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1 week ago | 
dailyinvestor.com | Bianke Neethling
South Africa’s biggest bank by clients is planning to target its business services towards small-, micro- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with a specific focus on the elusive informal market. Since launching its banking business, Capitec has seen immense growth. This is mainly because the bank has extended the service to many of its personal banking clients. At a recent media day event, the bank revealed that 82% of its business banking clients are also personal banking clients.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailyinvestor.com | Bianke Neethling
South Africa is well-positioned to advance its green ambitions and become a critical player in the global renewables market through its role in BRICS, the G20, and African trade blocs. Momentum Investments’ chief economist, Sanisha Packirisamy, explained that geopolitical developments over the past few decades have led to a surge in support for nationalism.