Foreign investors are dumping local equities, though an interest in bonds is helping out the treasury
Boosting skills, hiking investment and slashing transport and communication costs will help spark growth
Little economic headway will be made ahead of October’s budget policy statement, analysts say
South Africa’s short-term prospects are not good and its long-term prospects are even worse.
"Diaspora bonds" and remittances could be two ways to advance the continent’s economy
Agriculture is poised to drive a new era of inclusive economic growth for Africa – if smallholder farmers are given the tools to generate income.
The influx of immigrants will have a positive effect on the GDP of European countries as long as leaders can get migrants into jobs.
We need to reorient ourselves towards a positive future, a truer form of progress – one that is geared toward quality instead of quantity.
South African companies are betting against an improvement in their home market.
There is apparently a ray of hope amid the contracting economy, shrinking manufacturing sector, load-shedding, youth unemployment and now drought.
New research has hinted at what South Africa could achieve if it makes the right moves at the right time.
Capital investment, improved infrastructure and innovation will give the sector a needed jump-start to rejuvenate the economy.
The state will focus on inward opportunities to grow the economy by 3% by 2019, but critics say Zuma is "deluded" and his plans "flights of fancy".
"People are being lifted out of poverty, incomes are up, the middle class is growing and young people like you are harnessing technology."
The Reserve Bank’s Quarterly Bulletin shows real economic growth in the third quarter would have been 3.1% were it not for the metals sector strike.
The finance minister said government is committed to lowering the budget deficit but a sluggish economic growth outlook will present a challenge.
ANALYSIS: A frail currency pushes up inflation and has no effect on productivity.
Increased imports, reduced exports, a weaker rand and closing firms conspire against Zimbabwe’s recovery.
Gordhan straddles a tightrope of reducing the budget deficit while needing to spend on growth.
Those who come to power need to govern in the interests of all, taking into account the needs of minorities.
How South Africa stacks up against Brics, Africa and the US determines its fiscal impetus.
Warnings were sounded for months, but now the prospect of stagflation is a real concern.
South African credit growth has accelerated for the first time this year to 9.1% in April.
South Africa may miss its economic growth target this year, curbing tax revenue and leading to bigger-than-planned budget deficit.
Stock markets, which have been pushing to record levels as central banks flooded the world with cash, stumbled last week.
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Africa’s growth might help to reassure sceptics who were concerned about the sustainability of the continent’s dependence on mining.
A slew of data from China and central bank decisions in the UK, Australia and Kenya will likely dominate this week’s economic news.
The black middle class has grown from strength to strength and, as a result of doubling in size in the past decade, it has made its mark on sectors.
It may not be immediately obvious, but South Africa’s burgeoning black middle class is the country’s largest driver of growth.
Granted, the island country has made good use of the aid it received, but its economic position now is akin to that of Spain.
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