The global superpower has sought to nurture its relations with sub-Saharan Africa, which is an important source of the critical minerals needed to sustain its economy
The country’s changing demographics can be positive – but only if there are jobs for the still-growing, working-age population
Plans like the one announced by employment and labour minister Thulas Nxesi won’t move the needle on joblessness
But the cinema group’s chief executive insists that the show will go on as load-shedding abates
The unbundling of the company will help parent, Transaction Capital, pay some of its debts
As austerity batters public universities, fly by night institutions leave students in the lurch
Economies can be shaped by religion – and vice versa – and the dynamic between faith, politics and economics in Gaza shows what happens to our humanity in the process, writes Sarah Smit
Despite what some say about the Takatso deal’s collapse, the private sector has made strong inroads at public enterprises
Inflation is now expected to return to the Reserve Bank’s midpoint target at the end of 2025, later than previously forecast
Today’s monetary policy committee meeting comes in the wake of a surprise acceleration in South Africa’s annual inflation rate