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/ 22 October 2008
The rand fell to a six-year low against the dollar on Wednesday, losing about 60% of its value this year as it dipped as low as 11,07 to the dollar.
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/ 21 October 2008
High among the ”most pressing priorities” identified by Trevor Manuel on Tuesday was ”investing in the criminal justice sector.”
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/ 21 October 2008
Tough economic decisions taken early on are bearing fruit in the face of the world financial crisis, said the National Treasury on Tuesday.
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/ 19 October 2008
Our government would have taken stakes in the Big Four, say to the tune of R120-billion or so. Now this would be a debate to have locally.
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/ 19 October 2008
The cost of offshore borrowing for SA has jumped by 50% in recent weeks while foreigners have withdrawn R30-billion from the country since last month.
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/ 16 October 2008
Lloyd Gedye talks to the chief director of industrial policy, Nimrod Zalk, about the DTI’s new programme for the automotive industry.
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/ 15 October 2008
SA’s retail sales fell by 5,5% year-on-year in August at constant prices, official data showed on Wednesday.
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/ 14 October 2008
The relatively high economic growth between 2003 and 2007 is not sustainable and has been harmful for the future health of the economy.
SA’s economic confidence rose in September, largely due to expected easing in interest rates and inflation in 2009, a survey showed on Thursday.
The rand is unlikely to stabilise in the next week or two, Kruger International economist Ulrich Joubert said on Wednesday after volatile trade.
SA’s factory output growth slowed to 0,4% year-on-year in August and shrank 2,1% on a monthly basis, pointing to pressure from higher interest rates.
South Africa is not immune to global market turmoil, much as we would like to think otherwise.
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/ 30 September 2008
SA will keep its current policies to ensure sustained economic growth, despite a change in political leadership, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel says.
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/ 30 September 2008
Growth in demand for credit by South Africa’s private sector slowed to 18,64% year-on-year in August, central bank data showed on Tuesday.
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/ 26 September 2008
Wconomists Moody’s expressed comfort on Friday with the fact that President Kgalema Motlanthe had opted not to tinker with SA’s economic policy.
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/ 25 September 2008
South Africa’s producer price inflation (PPI) quickened to 19,1% year-on-year in August from 18,9% in July, official data showed on Thursday.
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/ 23 September 2008
SA’s retail sales fell 4,6% year-on-year in July, data showed on Tuesday, pointing to continued pressure on consumer spending from rates increases.
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/ 22 September 2008
The CPIX should accelerate in year-on-year terms to 13,3% in August from 13% in July, RMB financial markets research said on Monday.
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/ 22 September 2008
Global meltdown could ease SA inflation and interest rates, writes Maya Fisher-French.
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/ 19 September 2008
Read the second part of Zwelinzima Vavi’s economic manifesto, in which he looks ahead to economic policies geared towards SA’s future.
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/ 16 September 2008
South Africa’s economic freedom ranking has dropped five places in the past year to 54 out of 141 countries, according to a new report.
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/ 15 September 2008
Cabinet is backing a radical new tax policy to combat climate change, writes Kevin Davie.
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/ 11 September 2008
In the first of a two-part series, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, argues that capital must be disciplined.
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/ 3 September 2008
South Africa has a spirit of resilience but it needs to build a more tough-minded approach to competitiveness to grow the economy and create jobs.
Black people must become familiar with what and how the empowerment process delivers.
Our 131 Olympic athletes collectively brought back five ounces of silver from Beijing. That’s worth R7 849 at the current silver price.
SA’s economic growth rate still trails that of most dynamic emerging economies, with unemployment a key challenge to the country’s development.
Kenneth Creamer reviews the Harvard panel’s macroeconomic policy recommendations
South African consumer confidence plunged to a new four-year low in the second quarter of 2008, stung by high interest rates and soaring inflation.
South Africans are cutting down on having fun in order to save money, according to research released on Tuesday.
South African investors have become increasingly pessimistic about expected returns on the domestic equity market, a survey showed on Thursday.
SA’s producer price inflation (PPI) accelerated above expectations to 16,4% year-on-year in May, from 12,4% in April, data showed on Thursday.