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Presidency: Minister Zwane’s Gupta bank probe comments ‘unfortunate, regretted’

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Mosebenzi Zwane’s statement was “issued in his personal capacity and not on behalf of the task team or Cabinet”.

IMF slashes SA growth forecast

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The South African GDP will only grow by 0.6% this year, the International Monetary Fund predicts.

Gordhan taxes wealthy, cuts jobs to curb 2016 budget

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The finance minister targeted civil-servant jobs and increased wealth taxes in an effort to prevent a credit-rating downgrade.

Reserve Bank raises interest rate to 6.75%

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South Africa's repo rate has been raised by 50 basis points in an effort to counter the rand's slump.

Nene may abandon deficit targets as downgrade threat looms

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With the nation's credit rating in terrible shape, SA's finance minister may be forced to downgrade growth and tax forecasts in his mid-term budget.

Low dollar-debt shields SA from weak rand, Nene says

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Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene insists that the rand's fall is in line with emerging markets and only "temporary".

Rand dive gives power-starved economy no respite

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The very industries that should benefit from the rand’s slump are the ones being hobbled.

Rand’s fall fails to flummox Lesetja

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The currency's 10% drop against the dollar this year is unlikely to cause inflation to spike.

Reserve Bank hikes repo rate to 6%

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South Africa has raised its benchmark rate as inflation threatens to exceed the central bank's target.

Crunch time for interest rate hike

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South African policy makers may decide that the time for talking is over, as they meet to decide on the first increase in borrowing costs in a year.

Moody’s downgrades SA and Fitch could follow suit

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Moody's is the second ratings agency in 2014 to downgrade South Africa and Fitch, analysts warn, could very well do the same next month.

Manufacturing sees biggest decline in almost 5 years

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The four-week strike led by trade union Numsa in July disrupted the manufacturing sector causing production and output to shrink.
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