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Zimbabweans’ survival strategies

Africa Kudzai Mashininga - 12 Mar 2020

Even the better off have had to find ways to manage in the shattered economy

There’s never been a better time to invest in Africa

Article Todd Micklethwaite - 19 Nov 2019

Investing in our continent enables much-needed growth and economic development, and can offer strong returns

Mboweni will have his work cut out

Article Tebogo Tshwane - 12 Oct 2018

The market likes the new finance minister, but will his tweets come back to haunt him?

Rand steady on Zuma exit standoff

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Feb 2018

The rand had rallied on Monday afternoon following speculation Zuma had finally caved under pressure and decided to resign.

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Markets calm over Ramaphosa win— for now

Article Lynley Donnelly - 18 Dec 2017

News that Cyril Ramaphosa had been elected ANC president pleased the markets at first, with the rand dollar exchange rate improving

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Economic tides hurt small traders

Article Raeesa Pather - 17 Dec 2015

Macroeconomic events go right down the line to those struggling to make a living on the streets.

Why has the rand weakened so much?

Article Staff Reporter - 11 Jun 2015

This week we heard reports that the rand had breached the psychological level of R12.50 to the dollar and R19.22 to the pound. What does it all mean?

Reprieve for rand and consumers

Article Staff Reporter - 20 Mar 2015

Inflation is down and the currency has revived against the dollar, but a petrol price hike looms.

Politics, not economics, is at play

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Nov 2014

Joseph Stiglitz has called on South Africa to take a bold new approach to policy.

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Ghana moves interest rate meeting forward

Article Staff Reporter - 4 Feb 2014

Ghana's central bank will meet two weeks earlier than planned, to decide how to respond to a weaker currency and inflationary pressures.

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Anglo American Platinum returns to profit

Article Staff Reporter - 22 Jan 2014

Increased sales and a weak rand saw the world's biggest platinum producer return to profit last year, it announced on Wednesday.

Mining strikes put rand under pressure, bonds also weak

Article Reuters - 8 Jul 2013

South Africa's rand has touched fresh two-week lows against the dollar and could lose further ground.

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Rand takes a dive after Zuma pep talk

Article Mmanaledi Mataboge - 30 May 2013

President Jacob Zuma on Thursday tried to reassure investors that South Africa remained a safe destination, despite tensions in the mining sector.

A good compromise for the rand

Article Staff Reporter - 12 Aug 2008

It is "not bad" if the rand stays around current levels rather than heading to R8 to the dollar, says a senior derivatives dealer.

Tough times ahead for economy, but not all bad news

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Jul 2008

The Bureau for Economic Research says in its third-quarter 2008 prospects report that South Africa's economy faces a tough road ahead.

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The tender that keeps on giving

Athandiwe Saba - 18 Sep 2020

A battle between three North West departments has exposed how a firm was paid half a billion rand (and counting) for a R122-million contract

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SANDF mum on serial rapist claim

Sabelo Skiti - 17 Sep 2020

An internal report on sexual offences at a military academy says the defence force failed a deceased rape victim and has called for an internal investigation

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Fifteen additional speakers for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

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OSISA seeks a Programme Manager: Economic Justice

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