December 2025

2 December 2025 – South Africa’s ports continue to play a critical role in keeping trade moving, supporting everything from consumer goods and machinery to fuel and industrial inputs. In 2025, performance has improved noticeably, local terminals are handling more containers than they have in recent years, helped by new equipment, better productivity, and stronger […]

01 December 2025 – South Africa recorded a preliminary trade surplus of R15.6bn in October, down from a revised R22.3bn in September, the South African Revenue Service (Sars) has said. This was below consensus expectations. The surplus resulted from exports of R192.2bn and imports of R176.6bn, inclusive of trade with Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho and Namibia