South Africa’s above-inflation electricity tariff hikes since 2008 have driven inflation and pushed interest rates higher, ...

Outa has recommended several measures to reduce the burden of rising electricity tariffs on South African households and ...

Eskom proposes a 36.15% tariff hike for 2025/26, driving electricity costs 237% higher over a decade, far outpacing inflation ...

The South African Reserve Bank's (SARB's) monetary policy committee (MPC) met for the first time in 2025 on Thursday.

The South African Reserve Bank's (SARB's) monetary policy committee (MPC) met for the first time this year on Thursday, 30 ...

Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, sits at a critical crossroads. With over 220 million people and projections ...

It’s a ‘Super Thursday’ as the BoE interest rate decision will accompany the quarterly economic forecasts, followed by Governor Andrew Bailey’s press conference. Later that day, the weekly US Jobless ...

Let’s be frank: regardless of your opinion of Donald Trump or his proposed policies, his Presidential election win over Democrat candidate Kamala Harris on 5 November 2024 was nothing short of ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey, who turns 71 next month and is in his third decade as the nation’s leader, has an appetite for power that appears as healthy as ever. On Monday, he declared ...

This year the g20 will hold its first summit on the continent, in South Africa ... times higher than those in sub-Saharan Africa. When plotted (see chart) the steadily growing gap looks ...