COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS July CPI surges to 10-month high of 3.5%, sailing above the Reserve Bank’s de facto target 3 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
SPENDING SPREE Black Friday bonanza — South Africans spend more than R30-billion, on everything from takeaways to lottery tickets 4 min 3 By Neesa Moodley and Lisakanya Venna
SPEND TRENDS December consumer spending patterns – more cash, more groceries, less fuel and lots of booze 2 min 3 By Neesa Moodley
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE Resilient South Africans focus on asset-based loans, optimistic about income 3 min 0 By Neesa Moodley
INCOME INEQUALITY Glaring gap between politicians’ salaries and the average South African’s take-home pay 3 min 6 By Neesa Moodley
WAGE EROSION The widening gap between salaries and inflation gobbles disposable income 3 min 0 By Neesa Moodley
WAGE STAGNATION Five-year review confirms salaries have not kept pace with inflation – economic growth likely to stagnate 3 min 0 By Neesa Moodley
CASHLESS TRANSACTIONS Collaboration between financial service providers set to drive the success of rapid payments programme PayShap 3 min 1 By Neesa Moodley
BANKING ‘Milestone’: Reserve Bank and BankServAfrica launch new instant payment service – PayShap 2 min 0 By Neesa Moodley
BLEAK OUTLOOK The average South African ‘is likely to become poorer in 2023’ 2 min 0 By Neesa Moodley
ECONOMY ANALYSIS BankservAfrica BETI bounces in December after six months of decline 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
CONSUMER SPLURGE Black Friday shoppers blew a fortune on appliances, food and booze 4 min 2 By Georgina Crouth
BEWARE OF SHARKS How to make sure Black Friday doesn’t leave you blacklisted — or in the red 3 min 0 By Neesa Moodley
ECONOMY IN DISTRESS BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index registers fifth consecutive monthly decline in October 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
HEADWINDS ANALYSIS Buckling SA registers fourth month of declining economic transactions 2 min 0 By Neesa Moodley
BUSINESS MAVERICK On the up: SA retail sales rise in February after ten months of decline 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
BUSINESS MAVERICK A vibrant month: Pension boost expected to lift South African retail sales for February 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
