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
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK Benign December CPI at annual 3% keeps rate cut door wide open, retail data show red-hot demand 3 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
STUNTED GROWTH South Africa's GDP growth forecast: Stuck in low gear, yet potential for recovery exists 3 min 3 By Ed Stoddard
ECONOMY Q3 Cautious optimism: South Africa's job market improves slightly but four in 10 still jobless 3 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
'GAME CHANGERS' Africa Oil Week — Mantashe says oil and gas could boost SA’s economic growth to 8% 3 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
WAGE GAP SA retail sector characterised by massive pay disparities and lack of diversity - activist group 5 min 8 By Georgina Crouth
RETIREMENT REFORM Reserve Bank sees two-pot shot boosting SA’s economic growth by up to 0.7 percentage points 4 min 2 By Ed Stoddard
SLIVER OF LIGHT SA economy grows 0.4% in Q2 after flatlining in Q1, household expenditure shows surprise lift — Stats SA 3 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
FUTURE-PROOFING SA OP-ED Dual engine needed to tackle youth unemployment and talent shortage crises 3 min 0 By Leanne Emery-Hunter
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK SA retail trade sales surprisingly surge in June, signalling economy probably averted a recession 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK SA’s annual manufacturing output plunges in June, but quarterly green shoots emerge 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: SA’s desperate need for something super boring — balanced growth 4 min 0 By Tim Cohen
PROVINCIAL PREDICAMENT It’s official — Eastern Cape economy is in the throes of a recession 5 min 2 By Estelle Ellis
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: What trajectory will inflation take if SA’s economic growth takes off? 6 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
BLEAK GDP PICTURE ‘Weak, weak, weak’ — SA economy contracts 0.1% in Q1, but economists see growth in Q2 3 min 3 By Ed Stoddard
