Johannesburg, South Africa
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🇿🇦 Before Sandton’s glass towers and trading screens, South Africans were buying and selling shares on the STREETS of Johannesburg.
The JSE began during the gold rush and has been operating for nearly 140 years.
Here’s the story. 📈🧵 #SouthAfrica #Mzansi #JSE #Investing
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2006: The JSE lists… itself 🤯
The company operating the stock exchange became a listed company on its own exchange.
That means investors can literally buy shares in the company that operates the market where those shares trade. #SouthAfrica #Mzansi #JSE #Investing #History
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Today, the JSE is Africa’s largest stock exchange by market value.
In 2026, it reported more than 260 listed companies and a total market capitalisation above R24 trillion. 📈🇿🇦 #SouthAfrica #Mzansi #JSE #Investing #History #DidYouKnow
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🇿🇦 South Africa News Roundup | 7 October 2026
Energy planning, consumer rights, pharmaceutical innovation, transport licensing, water skills, labour action, schoolbooks, a South African abroad and Banyana Banyana. 🧵
#SouthAfrica #SANews
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📚 Foundation-phase books
The Eastern Cape began ordering Grade 1–3 materials from the new R1.6bn catalogue, while the Western Cape held back pending resolution of procurement concerns.
#Education #SchoolBooks #EasternCape
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⚽ Banyana Banyana
Banyana face Madagascar in Bloemfontein on Friday and Tuesday in round two of 2028 Olympic qualifying. The first leg is behind closed doors; supporters may attend the second.
#BanyanaBanyana #OlympicQualifiers
