[Thread] 1. BREAKING: Treasury has awarded @healthza emergency funds of R753 528-mil via section 16 of the Public Finance Management Act to help fill the gap of the #Trump administration's cutting of #HIV and #TB grants.

My latest Citywire South Africa Editor’s note: The FSCA is trying to rewrite the rulebook – slowly citywire.com/za/news/editor…

A year after inquest ruling, NPA yet to pursue Life Esidimeni case prosecutions dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-0…

The FSCA South Africa's latest three-year #regulation plan signals a shift from reactive rule-making to building a more flexible, principles-based regime. But will #financialadvisers be ready? RUAN JOOSTE unpacks this here. #Cofi #finance #compliance citywire.com/za/news/editor…

“Do it or don’t do it — you will regret both.” — Søren Kierkegaard

New World Bank data shows SA near the bottom of the world's #FDI per capita list, while Malta & Singapore surge ahead. Read why the #FDI shift reflects capital reallocation towards policy certainty, sectoral specialisation & implementation credibility. citywire.com/za/news/fdi-is…

“Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.” ~ William Shakespeare; Measure for Measure (1604), II, i, 38

SA is at risk of being left behind in the global AI & big data race. Only 18% of SA orgs are fully prepared to deploy AI-powered tech—per the Cisco AI Index . With the South African Government failing to ramp up investment, policy, skills & infrastructure, we risk irrelevance

The original Hermès Birkin bag, designed for Jane Birkin in 1984, just sold for a record-breaking €8.6m ($10m) at Sotheby’s Paris —making it the most expensive handbag ever sold at auction in Europe. A Japanese buyer beat 8 rivals in a 10-minute bidding war. #Birkin #Auction

South Africa has the lowest employment rate in the G20

18 years, zero convictions: OECD raises alarm on SA foreign bribery record news24.com/business/econo… via News24 Business

Lesotho declares unemployment a national disaster groundup.org.za/article/lesoth…

I wonder why it has closed down? And what the consequence will be? #brenthurstfoundation

SA annuity pricing system fails the poor, say actuaries. My Citywire South Africa story today citywire.com/za/news/sa-ann…

Msibi ranks 2nd, after the DBSA CEO‘s R15.5 m, and ahead of Transnet on about R8.5 m. He holds the #2 position among top-earning SOE CEOs by total remuneration in this country. I’ve always said the numbers don’t up! Read my previous tweets. All I will say is: I told you so!

And ‘advocate’ is not a professional title. Advocates are just courtroom specialists, hired by attorneys for complex cases or high-level litigation. They don’t have different qualifications/professional accreditations. And I doubt it if Msibi had time for such moonlighting

The KFC soft-serve machine is the Schrödinger’s ice cream of South Africa — it exists, but it’s always broken, cleaning itself, or “waiting for mix from head office.” 😤

I have even more respect for actuaries today, than I did yesterday. After writing this story and figuring out how it actually works, all I can say is: ‘I wish I thought of that!’ Equality comes in many different forms, and is way more granular than we want to give it credit for.

This is the type of thinking we need at the CompComSA Badger !

New actuarial research found local retail market rates penalise low-income #retirees by up to 37% vs institutional rates, just as compulsory annuitisation kicks in. RUAN JOOSTE shared insights on the paper here. #retirementplanning #inequality #finance citywire.com/za/news/sa-ann…