Finance in South Africa

What kind of month it was

• 18expansion
• 12funding and investment
• 9deals and disposals
• 8results
• 8leadership changes
• 5cost pressure

What happened

• 2026-11-10mna
  Botswana bailing out the most iconic company founded in South AfricaDaily Investor ↗
• 2026-11-10expansion
  Marek Noetzel: ‘South African investors make up 80% of Nepi Rockcastle’Moneyweb ↗
• 2026-11-10results
  Vodacom profit jumps 26% as Safaricom gains boost earningsMoneyweb ↗
• 2026-11-09expansion
  The first Woolworths Food store of its kind opens in South Africa’s avocado capitalDaily Investor ↗
• 2026-11-09cost pressure
  Strong US jobs data signals economic resilienceMoneyweb ↗
• 2026-11-07capital$11 billion
  Price cuts on the cards for TFG, and OpenAI raises $11 billionDaily Investor ↗
• 2026-11-06capitalR12.39 million
  One elite South African private school for boys raised R12.39 million in 36 hours from its alumniDaily Investor ↗
• 2026-11-05exec moveretrenchment
  Back from the brink: Sean Summers on saving Pick n PayMoneyweb ↗
• 2026-11-04expansion$6.3 billion
  Fake job interview leads to $6.3 billion hack, and South African private school giant eyes global expansionDaily Investor ↗
• 2026-11-02breach
  Cyberattack at credit regulator means its performance targets couldn’t be verifiedMoneyweb ↗
• 2026-10-31cost pressureR451 billion
  SARS is seizing property and liquidating companies as it hunts for R451 billion in outstanding tax debtDaily Investor ↗
• 2026-10-31capital$210bn
  Goldman’s $210bn day of deals driven by AI financing feverMoneyweb ↗

Named most often

• ANC3
• Elon Musk2
• NVIDIA2
• Standard Bank2
• SAA2
• Top South African2
• World Bank2
• Strait of Hormuz1
• Co-investor Model1
• Green Point1

Counted only where the organisation is named in the headline, so this is who the month was about rather than who got a mention.