This is the lowest reading for inflation in South Africa since April 2021 
		
	 
	
		
		Retail trade sales decreased for the eighth consecutive month showing that consumers are still cash-strapped
		
	 
	
		
		On a month-on-month basis retail trade sales decreased for the fourth consecutive month showing that consumers are still cash-strapped
		
	 
	
		
		The Democratic Alliance tabled its ‘alternative’ medium-term budget with its own projections, ahead of Finance Minister Enoch Godongwane’s maiden budget on Thursday
		
	 
	
		
		Economists predict the finance minister will speak about the basic income grant, the effect of the July riots on the fiscus, and bailouts
		
	 
	
		
		‘We believe that opening schools without addressing an unfair and unequal education system that disadvantages poor, working class and rural children will increase inequality.’
		
	 
	
		
		On what basis does Efficient Group economist Dawie Roodt claim specialised knowledge of the national minimum wage?
		
	 
	
		
		It is bonkers to pretend that an individual worker has the freedom to negotiate a fair
wage for herself.
		
	 
	
		
		It is myopic to think development is worth more than the services that Mother Nature provides.
		
	 
	
		
		Mike Schussler responds to Neva Magketla’s article and says she should check her data sources before laying blame on economists.
		
	 
	
		
		South Africans seem to have lost the ability to see more than one side of a story, writes Caroline Southey.
		
	 
	
		
			
				
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		South Africa’s economic growth rate slowed to 0,2% in the third quarter of 2008, official data showed on Tuesday.
		
	 
	
		
		Milton Friedman’s fans plan to set up an
institute in his name. Not everyone approves, writes Kurt Jacobsen.