BUSINESS MAVERICK Rand on the ropes as power crisis, US rate hikes deliver double blow 2 min 8 By Ed Stoddard
BUSINESS MAVERICK EXCLUSIVE: Eskom sticks to original wage offer of 3.75% in talks, unions dig in on their demands 3 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
PPI SLOWS SA factory gate price inflation brakes in March, food price pressures ebb 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
WAGE TALKS Unions slam Eskom’s 3.75% pay hike offer, demand removal of ‘toxic’ HR head 4 min 3 By Ed Stoddard
RECESSION GLOOM Cost-of-living crisis – SA CPI accelerates to 7.1% in March, food inflation at 14-year high 4 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
SHAFTED The latest sign of recession – SA mining production tanks 5% year-on-year in February 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
YES TO JOBS Youth Employment Service steers 100,000 young people in SA towards work 4 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
VEHICLE FINANCE Transaction Capital, owner of WeBuyCars, tanks on news of taxi business restructuring 6 min 0 By Georgina Crouth
SHRINKING ECONOMY Rolling blackouts dim business confidence, but solar panels a ray of contractor light – RMB/BER 2 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
SUSTAINABLE WORLD OP-ED Facing the climate crisis in a world of inequality: Who should pay? Who will pay? 4 min 0 By Imraan Valodia, Katrina Lehmann-Grube and Julia Taylor
POWER CRISIS OP-ED The shocking true cost of rolling blackouts — trillions, not billions 6 min 15 By Ray Hartley and Greg Mills
MOTOR INDUSTRY Rough ride ahead after healthy appetite for new vehicles in Q4 2022 4 min 0 By Georgina Crouth
JOBS SA unemployment rate nudges down to 32.7% in Q4 2022, signalling no meaningful improvement 3 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK SA producer price inflation slows in January, but food product inflation picks up pace 4 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
CONSUMER TRENDS Recent lessons in volatility have taught South Africans to be financially cautious 3 min 0 By Neesa Moodley
HOUSE SALES The Fairest Cape magnet: Flight of property wealth from Jozi is ‘alarming’ 3 min 2 By Georgina Crouth
COMPANIES Kumba Iron Ore sales plummet 35% on Transnet’s meltdown, warns of annual earnings decline 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index barely changed in January, but some subindices hold promise 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
