Connecting investors to African opportunities
The JSE is a multi-asset class stock exchange that offers listings, trading clearing and settlement, information services and issuer services. Founded in 1887, the JSE is Africa’s largest stock exchange by market capitalisation. It is the 17th largest stock exchange in the world.
The JSE demutualised and listed on its own exchange in 2005. Since then, the listed entity JSE Limited has evolved into a leading, diversified exchange services Group through organic growth and acquisitions.
On this website, you learn about our role, history, Group structure, financial performance and approach to governance and sustainability. We have also included information relevant to our shareholders, such as share performance, our reporting suite, annual general meeting information and the latest SENS announcements.
What we do
We connect buyers and sellers through financial products, supported by world-class technology and regulatory oversight.
Listing Services (Primary Market)
The JSE is an attractive capital raising destination for the listing of securities and debt instruments.
Equity Market
Established companies seeking capital to grow their businesses list on the JSE’s Main Board. Smaller, high-potential businesses not ready for a Main Board listing may raise capital through a listing on the JSE’s AltX.
We also offer a private market solution for companies that need to raise capital but wish to remain private.
Investment providers create and list securities like exchange-traded funds (ETFs), exchange-traded notes (ETNs) and warrants on the JSE’s Main Board.
Debt Market
We regulate Africa's largest listed Debt Market by capitalisation and liquidity. The South African government, state-owned enterprises, corporates and other African governments raise debt funding through listing bonds on the Debt Market.
Trading Services (Secondary Market)
The JSE provides trading, colocation and client support services across our markets.
Information Services
We provide reliable and transparent market data products to market professionals and data distributors. We provide live data for JSE-listed equities, derivatives and bonds and an extensive selection of historical data products.
JSE Investor Services
We offer transfer secretarial services to issuers. This includes share register maintenance, issuer communication, the handling of corporate actions and share scheme management. We also have a central securities depository participant offering.
Issuer Services
We assist our listed companies with a range of services. These include a premium venue for results presentations and investor engagements, annual general meeting facilitation and training through the JSE Training Academy.
Our regulatory role
We are a self-regulatory organisation, licensed in terms of section 8 of the Financial Markets Act, 19 of 2012. We are the front-line regulator of issuers and trading and clearing members through the Issuer Regulation and Market Regulation divisions.
Our Issuer Regulation division is responsible for the JSE Listings Requirements and their interpretation, application and enforcement. The Market Regulation division oversees trading across the JSE’s markets to identify market abuse, including insider trading and market manipulation.
Our purpose, vision, values and ethical culture
We are committed to a vision of a prosperous and inclusive South Africa within a dynamic and developing continent.
Featured news
JSE delivers record 2025 financial results, achieving strategic milestones
Johannesburg, 2 March 2026: The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) today announced record financial results for the 2025 financial year, and double-digit growth for the second consecutive year. In light of renewed national confidence and global interest in South African assets, the Bourse’s growth was driven by elevated equity market activity, proactive cost management and consistent execution across its core business lines and a diversified revenue base, demonstrating high quality of earnings.
Our latest financial results
“The JSE has delivered record financial results with NPAT up 16.7%, exceeding R1 billion for the first time, against a backdrop of renewed national confidence and global interest in South African assets. ROE rose to 22.0% (2024: 20.2%) and the business remained highly cash generative, enabling the Board to increase the ordinary dividend by 16.0% to 961 cents per share (2024: 828 cents per share) and to declare a special dividend of 100 cents per share. Our results reflect both the current strength of South Africa’s markets and the discipline of a strategy built through the cycle.
The JSE’s systems remain resilient (99.96% uptime exceeding the long-run average), while our BDA transformation initiative delivered key milestones ahead of schedule. As we enter the final year of our Vision 2026 strategy, we will continue executing against our strategic objectives and sustaining a resilient, diversified earnings base. It has been an immense privilege to lead the JSE. I am grateful to my executive team and to all our staff for their commitment and contribution to building better markets. I extend my thanks to both Phuthuma and the JSE Board for their ongoing support and counsel throughout my tenure. I am confident that the JSE Group will continue to thrive and deliver on its important mandate for South Africa’s capital markets under the able leadership of Valdene Reddy as she assumes the role of Group CEO from 1 April 2026.”
- Leila Fourie, CEO of the JSE
