Rand steadies after five-month highs

The rand has steadied against the dollar after hitting near five-month highs earlier, with dealers seeing it maintaining its firmer tone.
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SA's food exports on the rise

Overseas demand for South African agricultural products grew 30% between 2008 and 2010, while agricultural imports dropped by nearly one percent.
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The economic week ahead: It's all Greek to me

Can Greece avoid a messy default on its debt? This will be the question on everyone's minds as leaders gather to trade on Monday morning.
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Single homebuyers leading the market

An increasing number of home buyers these days are single and there are some special considerations for such buyers to take into account.
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SA's all-share index hits record high

The all-share index has hit an all-time high as commodity firms ticked higher, tracking gains in global equities after positive China growth data.
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SA assets hit by outlook downgrade

The rand is expected to have a tough week after rating agency Fitch announced its downgrade of South Africa's outlook rating.
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November 2011 house prices 'dropped below August 2007 level'

Absa's latest property price indices show the average price of a mid-segment house is almost 14% lower in November 2011 than it was in August 2007.
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South Africa's wool prices soar

The first South African wool sale of the new year has opened on a positive note when wool prices rose sharply.
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Property sales buoyed by first time buyers

The FNB Estate Agent Survey has found that a growing number of first time buyers have become a more significant source of residential demand in 2011.
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Rand recoups losses ahead of Lagarde's SA visit

The rand has regained strength ahead of a meeting between IMF chief Christine Lagarde and Pravin Gordhan on Friday to discuss its volatility.
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Rand starts 2012 on firmer footing

The rand was on much firmer footing against the dollar on the new year's second day of trading after bearing the brunt of asset sell-off in 2011.
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'Redeployed' officials behind export crackdown, says customs

A modernisation programme to digitise local export processes may lie behind the puzzling clampdown that has left local food exporters reeling.
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Eurozone crisis hangs on ECB cash injection

Positive sentiment is being driven by a new measure by the ECB to pump liquidity into the markets, analysts say.
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Index to ease African investment

It's about to get easier to buy into the booming markets of the continent, writes Kevin Davie.
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Eurozone wrecks SA prospects

Europe, South Africa's dominant trading partner, could drag our growth down with it, writes Sharda Naidoo.
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Sacci survey shows improved trade conditions

Trade conditions moved into positive territory as the trade activity index, which measures trade conditions, improved by 3 points to 53 last month.
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The economic week ahead: Giving credit

The question likely to occupy markets this week is how well did Europe's leaders do in their latest attempts at dealing with their debt crisis.
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Business confidence takes a knock

The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry says business confidence stabilised in November -- but at low levels.
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The economic week ahead: Europe's shadow

Hopes are high that European leaders may finally agree on a plan to address the continent's debt crisis at a make-or-break gathering on Friday.
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The economic week ahead: Debt sales and data

As a new financial week begins, investors are dreading more bad news from Europe and further knocks to the market.
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