• Access Bank-Bidvest bank deal collapses

• 2. Hyprop cuts its exposure to Gauteng’s  retail property market 

3. Market update

Ahead of the State of the Nation Address (SONA), the South African Responsible Gambling Foundation (SARGF) has submitted recommendations to the Department of Trade and Industry calling for urgent reform of South Africa’s gambling legislation. The Foundation warns that outdated laws are failing to protect children and vulnerable adults from the rapid expansion of online and mobile gambling, compounded by pervasive advertising and weak enforcement mechanisms.  

Guest: Ĺebogang Seoheng: Advocacy, Communication & Prevention Manager for the South African Responsible Gambling Foundation (SARGF)

Latest business news with Ntaoleng Lechela - Business Reporter

• Agri exports hit record despite higher US tariffs
• Vodacom continues to bet on Egypt, acquiring additional spectrum
• Market update

 

 

Disaster management teams have been deployed to KwaZulu-Natal’s Harry Gwala and uMgungundlovu districts following severe weather over the weekend that claimed one life, injured several people and left dozens of residents homeless. 

Guest: Senzelwe Mzila: spokesperson for KZN for co-operative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) MEC 

Latest business news with Ntaoleng Lechela - Business Reporter

• China’s property slump set to deepen

• 2. Orion Minerals secures more funding for its Preiska copper & zinc project

3. Market update

Concerns are mounting over leadership instability at two of South Africa’s busiest Master of the High Court offices after the acting appointments in Johannesburg and Pretoria expired at the end of January, with permanent appointments still outstanding. Legal and fiduciary bodies have warned that prolonged reliance on acting officials risks undermining service delivery and governance at these critical institutions.

Guest: Katherine Gascoigne: Johannesburg Attorneys’ Association (JAA) head of the Master’s Office portfolio 

 

 

Africa Update Report with Advocate Sipho Mantula, Researcher: Thabo Mbeki African School of Public & International Affairs: Unisa

10 February 2026

1.    Eritrea- Ethiopia 

 Ethiopia Demands Eritrea 'Immediately Withdraw' Troops from Its Territory

A bitter war of words has escalated further after Ethiopia ordered neighbouring Eritrea to "immediately withdraw its troops" from Ethiopian territory, with the pair seemingly inching towards a new conflict.

Relations between the two Horn of Africa countries have long been fraught.

2.    Tanzania – Dar es Salaam 

Tanzania opposition leader returns to court for treason trial after months-long delay

Tanzania’s opposition leader, charged with treason, appeared in court for the first time in months yesterday, but the hearing was adjourned yet again after he opposed the prosecution’s plan to have secret witnesses appear in a special enclosed cell.

Opposition leader Tundu Lissu has been in prison for 10 months after he was arrested following an opposition rally in which he called for constitutional and electoral law reforms before last year’s disputed election.

 

3.    Malawi – Lilongwe 

A new international report has delivered a shocking verdict: people born between 1997 and 2010 -- known as Generation Z -- have lower intelligence levels than all previous generations.

The study, led by neuroscientist and education expert Jared Cooney Horvath, says that Gen Z is struggling mentally due to a heavy reliance on technology.

4.    In our historical archives, it was on this day, 10 February 1988, when the then Apartheid South African troops crushed a coup attempt by the opposition party's military unit that was led by Rocky Malebana Metsing and Timothy Phiri in the nominally independent homeland of Bophuthatswana, and rescued President Lucas Mangope from captivity in a sports stadium.

Foreign Minister Roelof Botha said, 'President Mangope's safety has been secured and, as far as the South African government is concerned, he is the head of state and will remain head of state.'

4.1   In our historical archives, it was on this day, 10 February 1990, when Apartheid's late President F.W. de Klerk announced that Nelson Mandela would be freed on 11 February 1990, unconditionally, which took many people by surprise.  The Apartheid government attempted to negotiate the release of Mandela before, but always with conditions.

Energy analyst Chris Yelland has warned that electricity theft and non-payment are likely to rise following NERSA’s approval of steep electricity price increases over the next two years. The hikes come after the regulator admitted to errors in its original tariff calculations — a move Yelland has described as a serious regulatory failure with far-reaching economic consequences.  

Guest: Chris Yelland: Energy analyst

Centre-left Socialist António José Seguro has won a decisive victory in Portugal’s presidential runoff, defeating hard-right populist André Ventura by a commanding margin in Sunday’s election — a result that reassures centrist politics in Lisbon even as the rising influence of the far right remains evident.  

Guest: Itumeleng Makgetla - Political Analyst at the University of Pretoria  

 

The Circular Economy & the By-Product Revolution: From Liability to Asset: Unlocking Gold Value from Mining and Processing By-Products  

Guest: Ernie Lai King: Chairman – Northbound Processing