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South Africans could face rising living and borrowing costs after inflation accelerated to 4% in April, with economists warning that fuel-driven global price shocks — not domestic demand — are complicating the South African Reserve Bank’s interest rate outlook
DEMOGRAPHICS

Nearly half of SA’s workforce has no retirement plan — survey

Fewer than 50% of the respondents were aware of how much money they could expect at retirement

  • Carin Smith
3 min read
(AFP)
APARTHEID

Race debate needs to enter more productive terrain

We need to move towards refining our understanding of the causes behind structural and racialised inequality

  • Michael Nassen Smith
7 min read
(Graphic: John McCann)
BLSA

Financial sector gets wake-up call

Following several reports, it has again been criticised for not transforming enough

  • Thulebona Mhlanga
4 min read
DEMOGRAPHICS

Women work while men socialise, finds Stats SA

An overview of how South Africans spend their time shows that men get more time to socialise while women work in the home.

  • Sipho Kings
2 min read
AGE

US set for dramatic population change

New census projections that predict that groups that are now labelled minorities will form the greater part of the country’s population by 2042.

  • Ed Pilkington
4 min read