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Government cannot build prosperity on borrowed money alone This week, South Africa welcomed the announcement of substantial World Bank financing for long-overdue...
It is rarely one event that changes an economy. It is the accumulation of many smaller shocks arriving at the same time....
Just days ago, global markets were breathing a collective sigh of relief. The prospect of a ceasefire in the Middle East had...
Economists have an unfortunate habit of making economic growth sound complicated. It isn’t. The blueprint has been written. Over the past three...
President Cyril Ramaphosa might have delivered one of his most important economic speeches in years at this week’s 9th Southern African Customs...
Crude oil fell to a two-month low this week. For South Africa, that is potentially the best economic news we have received...
This past week offered South Africans both encouragement and caution. On the positive side, improved credit outlooks, capital inflows into the bond...
South Africa may not officially be in recession, but an increasing number of economic indicators are beginning to point toward conditions commonly...
Can the growing crisis around Johannesburg’s finances and revenue management finally become the moment that forces South Africa’s leadership to confront the...
Crude oil has spiked sharply again on renewed fears of escalating military activity in Iran. At the same time, the rand...
