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Q&A Sessions: A focused recovery plan will guide us — Trudi Makhaya

Business Tshegofatso Mathe - 19 Sep 2020

Trudi Makhaya, the president’s economic adviser, talks to Tshegofatso Mathe about her upbringing, favourite books, Covid-19 and solutions to get our country out of its economic stagnation, family, reading, books, literature

‘We are painstakingly putting things right’ — Ramaphosa

Coronavirus Sipho Kings - 9 Sep 2020

Talking to the media, President Cyril Ramaphosa said he too was frustrated by the slow pace of justice around corruption, but that ‘the change that we have all wanted to see is unfolding’

South Africa’s economy is in a severe recession

Business Tshegofatso Mathe - 8 Sep 2020

StatsSa has dubbed Q2 of 2020 the “pandemic quarter” as a result of hard Covid-19 lockdown that saw most sectors of the economy plummeting

Eusebius McKaiser: Dear ANC superfans, let’s talk

Opinion Eusebius McKaiser - 11 Aug 2020

ANC superfans are so vested in a romantic vision of a political party with a great past that they struggle to accept the realities of what this party has become.

This time it’s different: African economies may not survive

Business Eddie Rakabe - 19 Jul 2020

Amid the headwinds created by the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s time the Aloe ferox, which survives in dry, harsh conditions, is nurtured — but the options are limited

South Africa’s GDP contracts 2%, entrenches recession

Business Thando Maeko - 30 Jun 2020

Stats SA’s latest GDP figures show the country’s economy has shrunk 2% in the first quarter of 2020

‘Don’t be afraid of fresh ideas’

Business Thando Maeko & Tshegofatso Mathe - 25 Jun 2020

The finance minister has found money for the Covid crisis, but the cupboard is bare and he warns that a fiscal crisis is possible in 2024

‘The silent road outside my house was the sound of a coming recession’

Coronavirus John Davenport - 9 Jun 2020

John Davenport's Google survey of 500 people shows that people are twice as scared of the economic effects of Covid-19 than they are of catching the virus

Macroeconomic policy options beyond Covid-19 depression

Coronavirus Alexis Habiyaremye, Peter Jacobs, Pelontle Lekomanyane & Olebogeng Molewa - 7 May 2020

Measures need to lay the foundations of a new economy and society post the pandemic

The Great Recession looms in South Africa’s future

Article André Roux - 27 Apr 2020

The extent and length of the journey depend on a few factors, but a hard landing seems unavoidable

A chance to ‘reimagine South Africa’

Article M&G Reporters - 21 Apr 2020

President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to announce the government's long-awaited economic stimulus plan to deal with the effects of Covid-19. The key will be getting loans for a stimulus without ‘selling’ the country.

GDP is stuck in the doldrums

Article Thando Maeko - 6 Mar 2020

The latest economic figures and the effect of the coronavirus on the global economy are bad news for South Africa’s already tepid domestic growth outlook

South Africa’s economy plunges into a recession

Article Tshegofatso Mathe - 3 Mar 2020

The country’s economy grew by only 0.2% in 2019, after it experienced contractions in both the third and fourth quarter

Vocabulary needed to make sense of the new normal

Article Kevin Davie - 16 Aug 2019

Negative rates are seriously spooking markets. Money managers are used to getting a positive return on their investments

South Africa’s economy grows by 0.8% in 2018

Article Agency - 5 Mar 2019

South Africa's economy fell into a technical recession in the first half of 2018

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