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Everything can be a bet now – the rise and risks of prediction markets
28 Feb 2026 /  Sarah Mills
Platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi now handle over $13bn a month, raising regulatory and democratic concerns.
Japan’s births fall for 10th year adding to demographic strain
28 Feb 2026 /  Bloomberg News
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi faces mounting pressure as newborns drop to 706 000 and deaths near 1.6m.
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Shared leave reshapes workplace economics
28 Feb 2026 /  Candice Mncwabe
Four-month pooled entitlement alters benefit structures, UIF claims and long-term talent strategies.
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JSE breaks new record in budget week
27 Feb 2026 /  Liesl Peyper and Suren Naidoo
The local bourse has been buoyed by strong commodity prices and a more stable domestic macro economic backdrop.
Canegrowers fight Tongaat liquidation as rescue unravels
27 Feb 2026 /  Tania Broughton, GroundUp
23 000 farmers move to intervene, warning provisional wind-up threatens 250 000 livelihoods as court adjourns urgent application.
UPDATE
Media24 to close City Press
27 Feb 2026 /  Jeremy Maggs
Signalling the end of one of the country’s biggest Sunday titles.
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Nestlé begins South Africa layoffs as part of global overhaul
27 Feb 2026 /  Loni Prinsloo, Bloomberg
More than 400 employees in South Africa.
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Johannesburg seeks Treasury aid as woes deepen
27 Feb 2026 /  Monique Vanek and S'thembile Cele, Bloomberg
Ahead of local government elections expected to be the most closely contested in Johannesburg’s history.
Netflix drops Warner Bros bid, leaving Paramount the winner
27 Feb 2026 /  Christopher Palmeri, Bloomberg
The streaming industry leader said that while it believed its deal would have passed muster with regulators and created shareholder value, it didn’t want to keep bidding.
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Hill-Lewis to run for leadership of Democratic Alliance
27 Feb 2026 /  S'thembile Cele, Bloomberg
Hill-Lewis, 39, has served as mayor of South Africa’s second-biggest city since 2021 and won praise for his management of the tourism and financial-services hub.
A tale of two markets in Truworths interims
27 Feb 2026 /  Terri-Ann Brouwers
UK footwear expands while SA fashion sales contract, yet margins hold firm and cash stays strong at R1.1bn.
UPDATE
Vukile in massive R6bn Madrid mega mall deal
27 Feb 2026 /  Suren Naidoo
Its biggest single deal to date, and its first asset in the Spanish capital.
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Gauteng ramps up vaccination as foot-and-mouth cases rise
27 Feb 2026 /  Likho Mbuka
Since the outbreak hit SA, more than 297 000 animals have been affected and nearly 129 000 culled.
Even homeowners in default of their mortgage loans have rights, says court
27 Feb 2026 /  Ciaran Ryan
Changing Tides, part of SA Home Loans, was attempting to repossess a Joburg home – but its case was ‘hopelessly flawed’.
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