The president’s strategy to stop the unemployment crisis from spiralling includes cutting red tape and focusing on infrastructure investment
The president promised that the state will act on the findings of the Zondo commission and vowed to cut red tape to facilitate job creation
Talk is over, the country needs action says Chief Zwelivelile Mandla Mandela ahead of the State of the Nation address
The president needs to report back to South Africa on what his government has – and hasn’t – achieved since 2018
A basic income grant could add 0.5% to GDP growth by 2025, according to a report commissioned by the National Economic Development and Labour Council.
In a few years the township will ‘disappear’, and Khayelitsha will become a city, believes one local entrepreneur
Covid-19 cast the economy adrift, but a less punishing new phase of the pandemic could set it back on track
Third quarter GDP numbers have interrupted a four quarter economic growth streak because of the July unrest.
The central bank has been criticised for hiking interest rates to the detriment of employment
Critics have said the repo rate hike will jeopardise already sluggish economic growth, but others say the gradual increase will have little effect
The decision to hike the repo rate by 25 basis points comes in the wake of red-hot inflation in advanced economies and fears policymakers will start to dial back on accommodative measures
A rebuttal to Colin Coleman’s remarks at the National Investment Dialogue suggests South Africa certainly has a debt problem
The economy grew for the fourth consecutive quarter, but the country is playing catch-up to its peers
The switch to alternative energy is crucial for employment, economic growth and decarbonisation
Ramaphosa needs to build broad political consensus if he is to have any chance of pursuing his fiscal and structural reform agenda
Higher oil prices can increase the costs of living and doing business, and South Africa’s oil imports will also likely rise in the second half of 2021, but there are a few reasons to remain positive too
But thousands of their success stories remain undocumented, their value unmeasured
But the country’s GDP growth in the fourth quarter of last year shows positive signs of recovery, at 6.3%
A response to the article ‘Tax the superrich and raise inflation to cut state debt, inequality and poverty’ in the M&G on 10 November
A recent report shows that racism has cost the US economy $16-trillion in growth over the past two decades. If the financial-services industry wants to show that Black Lives Matter, it needs to rethink how it allocates capital
The biggest challenge for the next leader of the Democratic Alliance will be to get politicians like Mbali Ntuli onside
The latest economic figures and the effect of the coronavirus on the global economy are bad news for South Africa’s already tepid domestic growth outlook
Midvaal mayor Bongani Baloyi shows the value of competent young leaders who prioritise accountability and challenge the status quo
The new year marks the countdown to reaching the goals set out in the development plan for the country
Economic growth is on the up, but so is debt; foreign powers are circling and democracy is retreating, but people power continues
The numbers were up, by 3.1% from the first to second quarters, largely because Eskom kept the lights on
New Zealand now has an alternative measure that’s less about money than people, but it may be missing the mark
Mboweni delivered the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement in October, a couple of weeks after Nhlanhla Nene resigned from the position
Balancing Zim’s macro-economic environment to stimulate long-term growth
The policy and institutional reforms proposed will shift perceptions – and the economy
The South African financial sector can play a powerful role in driving economic inclusion
Mercedes-Benz Cars invests 600-million pounds in expansion of East London plant