·10 Apr 2026
South Africa’s corporate sector is facing extreme financial pressures, even as the latest data from Stats SA shows a year-on-year decline in the total number of liquidations.
Stats SA data showed that the country recorded 135 closures in February 2026, up from 96 in January. However, this still was 3.6% down from February 2025, with year-to-date figures also down 6.1%.
The liquidation data published by Stats SA is nuanced and should not be viewed in isolation, as the…
Language Diversity: South Africa’s media operates in 11 official languages,
reflecting the country’s rich linguistic diversity.
Frosty Sunshine
A professor in South Africa is teaching her students how to form Emglish sentences.
“Attention class I have two words: Cheetah, and dandelion. Can anybody use these together in a sentence?”
One student raises their hand,
“The cheetah is faster dandelion.”
willow dragon
A South African, an Australian and an Englishman are all having a drink
The Englishman and South African both drink from Pint Glasses, the Australian from a bottle.
The South African, upon draining his glass, drops in back down on the bar, pulls out a pistol, and shoots the glass.
\”In South Africa, there is so much sand that I never drink from the same glass twice!\”
The Australian, having drained his bottle, sets it down upon the bar and, upon seizing the South African\’s pistol, shoots his bottle.
\”In Australia, there is so much booze that I never drink from the same brand twice!\”
The Englishman, likewise having drained his glass, sets his glass upon the table, seizes the pistol the pistol from the Australian, and shoots the South African and the Australian, quite dead.
\”In England, there are so many of you bastards that I never drink with the same two twice!\”