The budget is expected to lay out plans to raise R15bn in revenue, amid a commodity-induced slump
In this instalment of The Fiscal Cliff – a Mail & Guardian series on how South Africa’s budget has been shaped – Sarah Smit considers the intimate link between the country’s ultra-high unemployment rate and austerity
Some believe the Red Berets could pull the government too far to the left, but its lack of ideological clarity suggests otherwise
In an interview, Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman also refutes the view that South Africa’s biggest mining employer is overextended
Domestic constraints on the industry may be easing, but this will do little to counteract the effect of the commodity price slump
The leading coal exporter is not giving up, even as local logistics constraints and falling prices bear down on sales
The government’s efforts to liberalise the country’s energy market is nothing to be scoffed at, experts say
There is a tendency to think of the president as ineffective. But his first term has seen a marked hastening of structural reforms, which could change the economy forever
Speaking during the opening ceremony of the Mining Indaba, the president emphasised that work is underway to unlock investment
The department of mineral resources and energy had hoped to finalise the long-awaited energy plan by May but the call for public comment has been extended