We are bound to run into trouble when the private sector is given free rein to determine who is deserving of being treated as human and who is not
To rein in spending, the government will have to restrict recruitments and delay certain projects
We are living through incredibly tough economic conditions and high food prices have added insult to injury
Governor Lesetja Kganyago underlined the deleterious effect of inflation, which the monetary policy committee has revised higher, on the pockets of the poor
The shelves in grocery stores have become more forbidding since the pandemic, but economists believe that there is some hope on the horizon
It is easy to become fixated on growth, even when it holds little promise of a better life for all — and has fed the climate crisis
Domestic inflation has proved to be sticky but the country’s ailing economy may not be able to endure more interest rate pain
The turmoil, which some say was inevitable given aggressive hiking cycles, exposes the dependency of advanced economies on cheap credit
Analysts expected inflation to continue on a downward trajectory in February after falling to 6.9% in January; instead, it reached 7%
Anxiety about governance failures stands to limit our options, just when we need an alternative direction the most