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Reading a contract carefully, asking questions and getting legal advice when something is unclear are all part of protecting that independence. Image: Romain Dancre | Unsplash Financial independence is often measured by what women earn, save and own. But protecting that independence can also come down to understanding the documents they sign. A Women’s Month guide by Werksmans Attorneys warns that everyday agreements can expose women to debt, liability or loss of rights.

Mike Ntsasa|Updated 3 hours ago Mike Ntsasa is Co-CEO, Volt Africa. Image: File. At a time when the dominant conversation about newspapers is decline — closures, retrenchments, falling circulation — launching a new national newspaper in South Africa looks, on paper, like a bad bet. I'd argue the opposite. The National, which put its first print edition on retail shelves on 16 August, deserves to be welcomed not despite the industry's troubles but because of them.

Join thousands of entrepreneurs, investors, and policymakers on 16-17 September 2026 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre for two days of innovation, collaboration, and growth. Image: Supplied Registrations for the Global Entrepreneurship Congress Africa (GEC+Africa) 2026 are in full swing, marking the countdown to one of the continent's most anticipated gatherings of entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, corporates, and ecosystem enablers.

Staff Reporter|Published 27 minutes ago Veteran investment banker Richard Ngwenya bets on payments infrastructure and AI as the backbone of Africa’s next growth decade. Image: Supplied Investment banker Richard Ngwenya has launched HoneyBadger Family Office, a Johannesburg-based investment platform focused on scaling financial services and fintech businesses across Africa, in a move that formalises one of the more deliberate long games in South African private investment.

Grain SA and partners staged a march on Thursday to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) to oppose the JSE’s decision to return to a single soybean reference point system, a decision that would put more strain on farmers.

UNEMPLOYMENT As unemployment grows so does the advancement of AI make the first rung of the ladder for youth to enter the job market. Image: Pexels/ Jamies.x. co South Africa's worsening unemployment crisis is raising fresh concerns about whether the country's young people are adequately prepared for a labour market increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence and rapid technological change.

Women now account for 65.4% of university graduates, with female graduates outnumbering males across almost every qualification type except doctorates. Image: Miguel Bruna | Unsplash More than 20,000 women marched to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956 to protest against the extension of pass laws to women. Seventy years later, South Africa marks that anniversary under the theme “Empowered Women Empower the Nation” – and the data shows how much has changed, and how much has not.

Female-headed households are also slightly more likely than male-headed households to be on time with repayments on credit cards, debt consolidation and other bank debt. Image: Pavel Danilyuk | Pexels South African women generally carry less debt than men and manage it more responsibly. But recent research shows they report higher levels of financial stress, with home-life pressure among women reaching a five-year high.

South Africa faces a critical challenge as its manufacturing sector weakens, contributing less to GDP and employment. Image: Supplied South Africa’s long-term growth challenge cannot be addressed without confronting the continued weakening of its manufacturing base. Over the past three decades, manufacturing’s contribution to GDP has fallen from about 21–22% in the early 1990s to around 12–13% today, alongside stagnating output and a weaker contribution to employment.

For high-net worth individuals, demand is increasingly shifting towards luxury residential estates in Gauteng. Image: Seeff South Africa's residential property market continued to show resilience in July, with more home loans being granted even as higher deposits put some pressure on applications, while luxury estates in Gauteng and the Western Cape continued to attract high-value buyers.