Recovery

Phase two of presidential employment stimulus gets R11bn boost

The stimulus package is part of the state’s Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan, and is a response to the Covid-19 pandemic

Anathi Madubela

2 min read

Higher oil prices can increase the costs of living and doing business, and South Africa’s oil imports will also likely rise in the second half of 2021, but there are a few reasons to remain positive too. (Cole Burston/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

ECONOMIC GROWTH

1 AUG 2021

Will the oil price surge hurt South Africa’s recovery?

Higher oil prices can increase the costs of living and doing business, and South Africa’s oil imports will also likely rise in the second half of 2021, but there are a few…

Tertia Jacobs

4 min read

Tourism is one of those low-hanging fruits that South Africa should exploit to resuscitate the economy post-Covid-19.

CORONAVIRUS

12 SEP 2020

Domestic tourism to the rescue

The South African tourism sector’s recovery is up to us, because local travel can save the sector

Patience Panashe

7 min read

Cruise control: Boat owner Bennie Janse van Rensburg says unless he obtains rent relief he may have to close his whale-watching and party-boat business.

BOATS

28 AUG 2020

Durban’s cruisers may just survive the Covid crisis

Five months of no income means things are touch and go for Durban’s harbour charter industry, but with help they hope to weather the storm

Paddy Harper

3 min read

COVID 19

21 MAY 2020

The recovered remain cautious

People who have survived Covid-19 are not going through life carefree. They are still taking all the preventative measures

Lester Kiewit

6 min read