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8 months ago | August 31, 2023

Rand, bonds fall after record monthly budget gap

Bloomberg Colleen Goko The rand dropped, underperforming most emerging-market peers, and yields on South African ...

8 months ago | August 30, 2023

Sasol legal cases mount over pipeline charges, emissions limits

Bloomberg  Sasol is opposing a legal bid by South Africa’s state-owned logistics company to claw back almost R816 ...

8 months ago | August 29, 2023

‘Job not done’ on inflation, Kganyago says

Bloomsburg  South Africa’s central bank governor has warned that there are still risks to inflation, even as he ...

8 months ago | August 25, 2023

SA’s yield curve steepens as fiscal risks mount

A nervy environment for global bonds is adding to investor concern about South Africa’s fiscal outlook, pushing the ...

8 months ago | August 23, 2023

 Reserve Bank to kick off easing cycle early next year, economists say

Reuters The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is likely to leave its repo rate unchanged this year before kicking off a ...

8 months ago | August 17, 2023

Forex traders prepare for rand swings ahead of next year’s ...

Bloomberg News Rand traders are starting to look to next year’s South African election, betting that it will bring with ...

9 months ago | August 1, 2023

Telkom lifts as it reports performance pick up, but profit still ...

News24.com Shares in Telkom, SA’s third mobile operator, lifted more than 3 percent on Monday morning, when it ...

9 months ago | July 28, 2023

Investment in SA takes dramatic dive

The latest analysis of the country’s capital projects by Nedbank shows that capital investment in SA is on the decline. ...

Retailers going backwards as S. Africa consumers buckle

The extent to which high interest rates, load shedding and a stagnant economy have hammered consumers is being laid bare ...

Nigerian central bank raises rates in first test of independence

Nigeria’s central bank extended its longest phase of monetary tightening to tame inflation, disregarding a call by ...

2nd Russia-Africa summit: What are the stakes?

Russia’s second largest city will host the 2nd Russia-Africa Summit starting on July 27. The Kremlin has confirmed the ...

Rand rallies as dollar extends post-Fed losses

The rand made strong gains on Thursday, bolstered by bets that the US Federal Reserve has reached the end of its ...

Barbie sales shoot up as movie frenzy hits South Africa

Barbie dolls are flying off the shelves in South Africa as “Barbie” movie mania has hit the country’s shores, with toy ...

9 months ago | July 21, 2023

Precarious lives of grocery delivery drivers

While many people rave about the ease and speed of supermarket food delivery services, others on social media rant about ...

Nigeria must unleash an industrial revolution: African ...

Nigeria urgently needs to revolutionise its industrial sector to become an economic giant. This, in turn, will transform ...

Anti-dumping duties on frozen chicken up for review

Local chicken producers and importers of frozen bone-in chicken portions are gearing up for the upcoming review to ...

9 months ago | July 18, 2023

Godongwana rebuffs ruling party call to pressure Sarb

Bloomberg South Africa’s finance minister rebuffed a call by some in the nation’s governing party for him to push the ...

9 months ago | July 11, 2023

The flipside of SA’s youth unemployment crisis: Those with ...

Luzuko Tena South African youth are facing a number of challenges concurrently, something that was unfamiliar to their ...

10 months ago | June 30, 2023

Kavango secures option over Zim gold project

Southern Africa-focused metals exploration company Kavango Resources has signed an exclusive two-year option to acquire ...

10 months ago | June 26, 2023

PPC’s loss widens as volumes in SA and Zim come under pressure

Compiled by Karl Gernetzky SA’s biggest cement maker PPC said on Monday its full-year loss widened in its year to ...