MTBPS 2025 Rand hits 2025 high on inflation target but growth and debt worries remain 2 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
INCONVENIENT TRUTHS Part 1 — Keystone Industry: How mining became the planet’s unlikely saviour 7 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
INCONVENIENT TRUTHS Part 2 - The new minerals rush to save the planet from mining’s legacy 7 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS Local products can rescue SA’s GDP from the offshore consumption trap 4 min 1 By Lindsey Schutters
DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFT Fewer babies, slower growth and the implications of declining fertility rates worldwide 5 min 5 By Dominique Olivier
BUSINESS REFLECTION Loaded for Bear: The rand and JSE’s performances are good for the economy, but don’t reflect it 4 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
GDP SURPRISE SA economy expands by a better-than-expected 0.8% in Q2, with mining leading the way 3 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
SYSTEMIC ILLNESS Maladministration, not foreigners, to blame for state of South African healthcare 4 min 0 By Yeshiel Panchia
SME FORECAST South Africa’s SMMEs are flying blind in a changing global order 4 min 1 By Kara Le Roux
SNAIL ECONOMY South African GDP grows by a paltry 0.1% in Q1, but agriculture shines 4 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
BUDGET 3.0 A R75bn question mark hangs like the sword of Damocles over Godongwana 4 min 7 By Ed Stoddard
PROVINCIAL PREDICAMENT It’s official — Eastern Cape economy is in the throes of a recession 5 min 2 By Estelle Ellis
SMME FOCUS SMME Focus: How SA banks are rethinking SMME finance in a cash-first economy 4 min 1 By Kara Le Roux
ECONOMY SA GDP grows by 0.6% in Q4 2024 as agricultural sector rebounds with 17.1% surge 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
RACE TO ELECTRIFY BMW producing plug-in electric cars locally flags need for SA to adapt to the EV transition 6 min 2 By Julia Evans
THE BUDGET THAT WASN'T Shock VAT hike was set to bite as Treasury runs out of policy options 4 min 2 By Ed Stoddard
MINING 2024 OVERVIEW SA mining sector paid almost 50% less taxes in 2024 as commodity prices soured 4 min 3 By Ed Stoddard
SEEDS OF DOUBT Was SA's 2024 third-quarter GDP contraction caused by an overestimation of agriculture's decline? 4 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
