Isaah Mhlanga

Economists say the government can expect to incur inflationary and exchange rate costs from the move

Commentators are cautiously positive about the treasury’s decision to use the Gold and Foreign Exchange Contingency Reserve Account

A wider Middle East war would hit an already fragile and fragmented economy.

Chile and Brazil are leading the pack with their recent interest rate cuts but South Africa is on its own timeline

Renewable energy could close the gap between demand and supply, ending load-shedding. But out-of-pocket Eskom must find money to upgrade its transmission infrastructure first

Global dynamics and South Africa’s energy crisis will weigh on domestic growth for years to come. But green investment could, eventually, resuscitate the economy

With high prices continuing to bear down on consumers the world over, leaders who fail to bring inflation to heel could face a reckoning

Disagreements over a basic income grant, labour law reform and how to save the economy mean consensus is still far off. But trade-offs – and political shifts – will eventually…

The rand has managed to withstand even the strongest global headwinds, but it is unlikely it will continue to hold steady in the wake of the Fed’s aggression

The Zondo report delves into South Africa’s procurement web, as it tries to figure out why state-owned entities were able to be captured

Covid-19 cast the economy adrift, but a less punishing new phase of the pandemic could set it back on track

Without tighter capital controls, regulating the flow of money in and out of their economies, Turkey and South Africa are vulnerable to the whims of the financial markets

Critics have said the repo rate hike will jeopardise already sluggish economic growth, but others say the gradual increase will have little effect

The new finance minister has a difficult task, but analysts say his political capital will help him hold a hard line on state spending

GDP growth may be encouraging but it doesn’t mean much for SA’s millions of unemployed