SPOTLIGHT OP-ED Surprising new study reveals alarming HIV death rates, challenging official statistics in South Africa 6 min 0 By Chris Bateman for Spotlight
CPI SLOWDOWN South Africa's consumer inflation brakes to almost five-year low of 2.7% in March 3 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
FOOD INSECURITY Empowering communities: The Food Agency's fight against hunger and food waste in South Africa 6 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK CPI steady at 3.2% in February, but rate cut uncertain and poor feel bite as maize prices surge 3 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
FOOD BASKET CHECK Food basket even more unaffordable with the prospect of a VAT increase 4 min 3 By Naledi Sikhakhane
ECONOMY SA GDP grows by 0.6% in Q4 2024 as agricultural sector rebounds with 17.1% surge 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
CPI DELAY Stats SA says January CPI delayed a week owing to technical challenges from updated basket 2 min 2 By Ed Stoddard
CPI BASKET SHAKE-UP Stats SA alters consumer inflation basket, adding e-hailing services while ditching teddy bears 2 min 0 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
ZERO DROPOUT CAMPAIGN Targeted interventions needed to reduce school dropout rates 6 min 5 By Takudzwa Pongweni
CPI SLOWS SA inflation brakes to more than four-year annual low of 2.8% – rate cut likely 3 min 2 By Ed Stoddard
CPI SLOWS With inflation slowing, South Africa eyes further rate cuts as economic outlook brightens 3 min 0 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
FOOD BASKET CHECK Food inflation dips, but many in SA still can’t afford to feed their families 4 min 1 By Naledi Sikhakhane
SOUTH AFRICA Relief in sight as annual consumer inflation slows to three-year low of 4.6% in July, rate cut looms 3 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
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
FOOD BASKET CHECK Marginally better food basket — food inflation dips to lowest in four years 4 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
THE CONVERSATION South Africa’s 2022 census ‘unfit for purpose’ — demographers explain what went wrong 4 min 1 By Rob Dorrington and Tom Moultrie
