The Reserve Bank governor warned that there are many global risks that will prevent the bank from cutting the repo rate again this year.

South Africa needs a credible plan to stabilise and reduce debt or it risks economic stagnation and financial instability.

South Africa's rand gained on Thursday after data showed U.S. economic growth slowed in the fourth quarter, while the South ...

A new Government of National Unity (GNU) has been in place since June 2024, which the markets have welcomed. The GNU faces difficult challenges: declining GDP per capita, high unemployment, poverty ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with South Africa.

The largest positive contributors were the accelerated six-month smoothed growth rate in the number of new passenger vehicles ...

Recently, the National Bureau of Statistics indicated that it would release the results of the newly rebased GDP and CP1 by the end of January. This has excited stakeholders in the economy because ...

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana outlines South Africa's plans to regain its investment-grade credit rating by 2027 and ...

Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam and South Africa’s wind energy initiatives further highlight the potential for renewable energy to drive economic growth. Investments in renewable energy ...

Economic growth has slowed to 1% a year or less. It was hardly a surprise when Eunomix Business and Economics, a political risk advisory company, found that on a range of various indicators South ...

The report also highlights key local and global findings within Islamic economy as highlighted by the Global Islamic Economy Indicator (GIEI), a numeric ... Middle East and North Africa, Thomson ...

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