Finance in South Africa

What kind of month it was

• 16leadership changes
• 15expansion
• 12regulatory action
• 10funding and investment
• 8results
• 7cost pressure

What happened

• 2026-09-25cost pressure
  If the government were a company, it would be liquidatedDaily Investor ↗
• 2026-09-25regulatory action
  Things will get worse for South Africa after United States visa sanctionsDaily Investor ↗
• 2026-09-24expansionR70m
  City Lodge pumps R70m into upgrading Courtyard Hotel GqeberhaMoneyweb ↗
• 2026-09-23capital
  Reserve Bank interest rate hike on the cardsDaily Investor ↗
• 2026-09-23regulatory actionR5m
  I was fined R5m and debarred over R301 in test trades, says WheatleyMoneyweb ↗
• 2026-09-22expansionR1.1 billion
  South Africa’s no-fee bank makes first profit before R1.1 billion dealDaily Investor ↗
• 2026-09-22expansion
  Bank Zero turns profitable, plans lending pushMoneyweb ↗
• 2026-09-21cost pressureR2.84 billion
  The government spent R2.84 billion to replace a 90-year-old hospital that is not finished 9 years laterDaily Investor ↗
• 2026-09-21cost pressuretender
  Crypto firm NTC fails in eleventh hour bid to escape final liquidationMoneyweb ↗
• 2026-09-20capital
  Win for sugar industry in South AfricaDaily Investor ↗
• 2026-09-20capital$1.4bn$250m
  Workday billionaire Duffield mints his third billion-dollar firm RidgelineMoneyweb ↗
• 2026-09-19exec move
  End of an era for Warren Buffett and Berkshire HathawayDaily Investor ↗

Named most often

• Galaxy S3
• HONOR3
• Standard Bank2
• Top South African2
• BEE2
• NVIDIA2
• TFG2
• A South African2
• DBSA2
• SPAR1

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