Wildcat strikes in the platinum belt have entered a sixth week with no resolution in sight and investors are beginning to grow concerned.
A drop in demand, an 84% slump in profit and rising costs do not bode well for producer ArcelorMittal, writes Lynley Donnelly.
Cote d’Ivoire plans to spend over 11-trillion CFA francs through 2015 on a development programme aimed at reversing a decade of economic decline.
The consumer price index is as good as it gets and it cannot be dismissed lightly, writes Patrick Kelly, from StatsSA.
Consumer price inflation slowed markedly in May, reaching 5.7% year on year thanks mainly to an unexpected drop in some food prices.
Fica, a response to money laundering, is having a criminal effect on childrens’ products, writes Maya Fisher-French.
The world’s top 40 mining houses reported record profits in 2011, but share prices have plummeted and market capitalisation has fallen by 25%.
The conundrum facing credit ratings agencies can perhaps be best illustrated by the comments of a director of one of the industry’s largest players.
Reserves, profits and loans are on the rise but eurozone uncertainty is casting a pall over the future in South Africa, argues Lisa Steyn.
A well-known author has warned of high-debt states solving their widening deficits through predation. Maya Fisher-French reports.
Recent remarks in Parliament suggest that the state is being lined up as a major player in shale gas development.
SA stocks have fallen 1.3%, booking their worst weekly performance in six months as investors continued to hit shares of resource firms and banks.
Everybody knows that if South Africa and Spain have one thing in common, it is an abundance of sun. But what about unemployment?
At Economic Minister Patel’s invitation, Joseph Stiglitz has become a voice in SA’s economic debate, a counterweight to treasury and the Reserve Bank.
Treasury’s Lungisa Fuzile says the economy is on a more sure footing but the target growth of 7% will not come without fixing infrastructure backlogs.
News from Europe, reports from the world’s two largest economies and SA’s budget speech will keep economists and investors riveted in the week ahead.
Greece’s new austerity measures should allow economists and investors to turn their attention to a host of data releases scheduled for this week.
The country’s transition to prosperity will require what the New Growth Path calls a "social pact".
Women are not as active in the South African economy as they should be due to the high adult unemployment rate in the country, an economist has said.
Growth figures were a surprising 4.8% for the first quarter but most would be forgiven for wondering where exactly this growth is coming from.
How people are experiencing the economy is very different from the economic figures.
The rand fell more than 1,7% to a three-week low against the dollar on Wednesday as Europe’s debt problems kept investors wary of risk.
A strange tale about a company that is doing more than changing how Namibians get their healthcare — it’s inspiring burgeoning entrepreneurs.
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/ 14 January 2011
We can’t predict the future — but Plexus Asset Management’s Paul Stewart gives it a bash, anyway.
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/ 14 December 2010
The number of people employed in South Africa’s non-agricultural sectors increased by 0,2% in the third quarter compared with the second quarter.
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/ 5 December 2010
Qatar’s stock market index surged on Sunday, the first trading day after the Gulf state won the bid to host the 2022 football World Cup.
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/ 22 November 2010
Ireland has agreed to minimise, merge or sell its banks as part of a European Union-International Monetary Fund bail out.
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/ 17 November 2010
South African grocery chain Spar Group posted a 29% rise in full-year profit as lower interest rates and economic recovery slowly boost consumer demand.
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/ 18 October 2010
Why people are ready to spend on cars but not clothes.
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/ 6 September 2010
A study using 30 years of data shows there is no meaningful relationship between a weaker rand and a rise in South African manufacturing production.
It is up to each and every South African to make sure the World Cup delivers on its promise of prosperity, writes <b>Maya Fisher-French</b>
South Africa’s growth figures flummoxed the economists, but it seems every silver lining has a cloud.