Sterling Private Wealth Weekly Wrap | 19 October 2026

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will present the mid-year budget update (the MTBPS) to Parliament on Wednesday, 21 October 2026.

The International Monetary Fund warned of a widening global divergence between AI-benefiting nations and energy importers as it downgraded growth expectations for nearly half of the world’s economies; including South Africa, which saw its 2026 growth forecast trimmed to 1.0%.

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will present the mid-year budget update (the MTBPS) to Parliament on Wednesday, 21 October 2026.

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Sharp Facts: The Fish That Needed an Air Force

The 1938 fish is still on display at the East London Museum.

Sterling Private Wealth Weekly Wrap | 5 October 2026

Five weeks of falling markets. What’s keeping South Africa’s investors on edge? Manufacturing is recovering and producer inflation is easing, yet South African shares fell another 2.1% in the week ending 2 October. Sterling Private Wealth’s latest report examines the local and global pressures behind the

The Elephant Reckoning: The Wrong Question

For three decades, the Greater Kruger elephant debate has been framed as a choice between compassion and cruelty. Mark Bishop argues that this framing has obscured a far more difficult question: what are we collectively willing to lose?

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Sharp Facts: The Fish That Needed an Air Force

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The Elephant Reckoning: The Wrong Question

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