
South Africa’s capital markets are standing at a defining crossroads and the JSE’s flagship SA Trade Connect Conference helps equip participants to face new developments.
The 2026 edition will be its fifth annual event, bringing together the most influential minds in global and local markets for a candid examination of the forces reshaping how capital moves, how markets function and what it will take for South Africa to be investable in a fiercely competitive world.
Vuyo Mashiqa, head of equities and equity derivatives at the JSE, says this year’s focus is unapologetically forward‑looking – understanding the structural shocks hitting market models and charting…
The Voortrekker Monument: Located in Pretoria, this monument commemorates
the Afrikaner pioneers who left the Cape Colony in the 1830s.

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