Economic Recovery

Civil society says officials should break the cycle of grand promises and weak follow-through if Johannesburg is to be rebuilt into a world-class city

Both Durban and Cape Town are enjoying some respite from high levels of E.Coli in beach water

Economists incorrectly predicted a slight uptick in GDP

It is not clear whether the ANC will vote with its government of national unity partners

In 2019 SMMEs provided employment to about 47% of the workforce, with their total economic output accounting for about 20% of GDP

Food-price inflation has a direct effect on people’s lives — and it hits the poor the hardest

Central banks massively underestimated inflation risks as economies bounced back from the pandemic-induced slump

The government’s most urgent to-do list: vaccinate, stimulate the economy, and return the rule of law

Some countries are placing the state at the centre to battle the problems caused by Covid-19 rather than relying solely on the markets

Statistics South Africa has overhauled its GDP data, which now show that the economy was 11% larger in 2020 than previously estimated

It is becoming clear SA needs a BIG, as many ANC cabinet members, opposition parties and experts agree. But there is still dissent from some quarters

Last week’s violence will likely slow South Africa’s economic growth, the central bank’s monetary policy committee said on Thursday afternoon

Critics argue that South Africa’s latest submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is a unilateral and fraught exercise

The global brewer paid billions to gain a foothold in South Africa, but the deal wasn’t all it was cracked up to be

Covid-19 had an immediate effect on informal businesses, which fell from 1.6-million enterprises in the first quarter of 2020 to 1.2-million in the second