Sorting out state-owned enterprises, mining, the energy sector, telecommunications and transport needs only the will to do so.
The rand strengthened to a nine-month high against the dollar to lead global currency gains as election results showed a swing toward the DA.
In his latest book on economic and social inclusion, Vusi Gumede addresses the question of how to get the country back on track.
In the face of waning incomes, rising food prices and a weak and volatile currency, the takeaway market is growing.
Democratic Alliance MP David Maynier told the Mail & Guardian that Buthelezi’s appointment to the standing committee on finance was "significant".
The future is making many South Africans a tad nervous, but the suspense is kind of exhilarating.
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Whenever an international credit rating agency such as Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s comes to town, I like to tidy up a bit.
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Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will hit the road with private sector representatives to meet credit ratings agencies and investors.
Pravin Gordhan has tried to please everyone, but SA needs an overhaul of macroeconomic policy and state restructuring, writes Gumani Tshimomola.
To satisfy taxpayers and ratings agencies, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will have to announce serious and immediate cuts in the 2016 budget speech.
The party has realised it cannot continue to bail out Eskom and the state’s wage bill is too high.
The break-up of industry cartels has had a profound impact on individuals and industries – but government needs to look outside the "fiscal space".
The continent is poised to flourish – if leaders ensure the rule of law and improve services.
South Africa is in an impossible position and all eyes are on the finance minister to find a way out and prevent a downgrade to junk status.
Hailed as the panacea for poverty in South Africa, microcredit has instead resulted in a spike in poverty, writes Milford Bateman.
South Africa came terrifyingly close to a meltdown after Jacob Zuma’s finance minister shenanigans – and nervousness remains.
Burdened by widespread unemployment, the country’s small open economy is vulnerable.
Local companies have raised a record amount of capital, boosted by mergers, acquisitions and rights offers.
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The first of these that will restore the country’s competitive advantage is to get rid of No 1.
A labour market report released by the Solidarity Research Institute on Tuesday showed deteriorating levels of job security in South Africa.
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Twenty-one years after the country’s first democratic elections, some praise the strides made by the ANC and others condemn SA’s gross inequality.
Cosatu says the crisis caused by load-shedding is sure to slow down the rate of new investment, essential for job creation.
The Reserve Bank has decided to keep interest rates on hold in the face of a deteriorating global growth outlook and load-shedding.
The Reserve Bank’s Quarterly Bulletin shows real economic growth in the third quarter would have been 3.1% were it not for the metals sector strike.
There are concerns that the impact of unemployment, load-shedding and industrial action will take its toll on economic growth in the new year.
Economist Kevin Lings highlights agricultural disappointments in an extract from his book ‘The Missing Piece: Solving South Africa’s Economic Puzzle’.
The South African local currency is expected to continue strengthening as low volatility and high returns attract investors.
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The labour union federation is the only one ‘flabbergasted’ at the IMF saying inflexible labour laws in South Africa are hampering economic growth.
The end of easy money is in sight – and the country’s fundamentals are still in bad shape.
There is need to rethink the imperatives and meaning of a successful Zimbabwean economy, says the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara.
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South Africa’s debt market should continue to benefit after it becomes the first in Africa to be included in a prominent global bond index.