Economy
Last minute deal saves Tongaat from liquidation
The IDC will extend funding to September
News | 17 June 2026
Tongaat Hulett faces liquidation hearing next week
Business Rescue Practitioners say there are no viable alternatives to a rescue plan that has legally lapsed
Law | 11 June 2026
Government spending has stagnated since covid
Budgets are not keeping up with the growth in the population
Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff.
Charts | 5 June 2026
The long road to the market for Lesotho’s wool farmers
From the highlands of Lesotho, quality wool is sold in Gqeberha to the world
Feature | 4 June 2026
The mountain men behind Lesotho’s wool wealth
More than 80,000 herders tend the country’s sheep and goats
Text by Sechaba Mokhethi. Photos by Barry Christianson.
Feature | 3 June 2026
The Israel/US-Iran war is hitting South Africa hard – our oil dependency is why
While government is doubling down on oil and gas, renewable energy would free us from foreign price shocks
By Jo-Anne Smetherham and Yanga Malotana
Opinion | 8 May 2026
Understanding large sums of money
Monetary values have become so huge that we have become numb to their meaning
Chart by GroundUp Staff. Text by The Outlier.
Charts | 30 April 2026
Tongaat Hulett liquidation avoided after government provides R200-million lifeline
Last-minute funding deal allows the struggling sugar giant’s mills to open for the season, buying time for more than 18,000 KZN canegrowers
Law | 16 April 2026
SARS’s record-breaking tax collection
A look at how tax collection has improved since 1994
Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff.
Charts | 10 April 2026