{"id":22921,"date":"2026-02-18T12:51:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T12:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=22921"},"modified":"2026-02-18T12:51:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T12:51:29","slug":"sa-business-mood-eases-after-best-year-in-over-a-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=22921","title":{"rendered":"SA business mood eases after best year in over a decade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"textFreeArticle\">\n<p>South African business confidence softened in January after reaching its highest annual average in more than a decade last year.<\/p>\n<p>A measure of sentiment compiled by the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) dropped to 131.4 from 133.2 the previous month, while averaging 121.7 in 2025. The highest since 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Read: SA business mood soars to 14-year high<\/p>\n<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cManufacturing, merchandise export volumes and the number of new vehicles sold negatively echoed through the business climate,\u201d the corporate lobby group said in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Sacci said the January data shouldn\u2019t be viewed as overly negative. Despite the decrease, a tourism boom and surging share prices on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange support a more positive outlook, it said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The FTSE\/JSE All Share Index has climbed nearly 9% this year in dollar terms, buoyed by a rally in metals prices.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cTourism is a vital driver of economic growth, with every 13 international tourist arrivals supporting one job,\u201d President Cyril Ramaphosa said in his\u00a0State of the Nation\u00a0address last week.<\/p>\n<p>Read: SA\u2019s president vows renewed growth drive as markets soar<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur tourism sector made history last year, recording the arrival of 10.5 million visitors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9\u00a02026\u00a0Bloomberg<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Moneyweb\u2019s in-depth finance and business news on WhatsApp here.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\">\n            !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n            {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n                n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n                'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n            fbq('init', '779812924991616');\n            fbq('track', 'PageView');\n        <\/script>#business #mood #eases #year #decade<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African business confide&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[266,104,572,2815,85],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22921"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}