Economists say the government can expect to incur inflationary and exchange rate costs from the move
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Statistics South Africa has overhauled its GDP data, which now show that the economy was 11% larger in 2020 than previously estimated
Ramaphosa needs to build broad political consensus if he is to have any chance of pursuing his fiscal and structural reform agenda
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/ 24 February 2012
South Africans will have to wait for a while until they see how the department of trade and industry implements the industrial policy.
Pravin Gordhan is standing firm on curbing hikes in public sector wages, raising the hackles of Cosatu, which is girding itself for war on the issue.
Although the National Health Insurance scheme is set to go ahead, researchers have been left confused by the finance minister’s budget speech.