Deputy President David Mabuza to attend ZCC service at Moria
Politics
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Davies hopes Moody's will cut SA some slack with credit rating
Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies says that he hopes that Moody's will recognise government's efforts to rebuild the economy.
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CARTOON: Cyril's Skorokoro
By Dr Jack & Curtis.
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The markets will be fine as long as Cyril Ramaphosa remains president - analyst
Bruce Whitfield interviews Dr Adrian Saville, CEO of Cannon Asset Managers, and professor Chris Malikane of the University of Witwatersrand, on the upcoming Moody's ratings review of South Africa.
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SA will overcome load shedding like apartheid, says Ramaphosa
South Africans have expressed frustration as Eskom battles to keep the lights on with stage 4 load shedding currently in place and is expected to last until 11pm.
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SA’s FDI inflows reach five-year high in 2018
Africa’s most industrialised economy has barely grown in the past decade with fiscal missteps and corruption contributing to weak business and consumer confidence.
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Load shedding will hurt SA's economic growth, say economists
While economists and business leaders agree that it is difficult to quantify exactly how much turnover has been lost by business due to load shedding, there is consensus that the amount runs into billions of rands.
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#RandRreport: Rand firms as trade optimism lifts emerging markets
Analysts expect the rand to remain volatile as it reacts to global factors and concerns over the domestic economy.
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#RandReport: The rand falls after poor data; equities flat
At 1510 GMT the rand traded at 14.4850 per dollar, 0.5% weaker than its previous close.
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SA’s manufacturing output up 0.3% y/y in January
On a month-on-month basis factory production contracted by 2% in January, Statistics South Africa.
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Netball World Cup brings over R2 billion to SA economy
Netball is the biggest female participation in sport in Africa and has enjoyed huge growth on the continent.
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#RandReport: Rand firms on renewed risk appetite
At 1501 GMT, the rand traded at 14.2975 per dollar, 0.33% firmer than its New York close on Monday.
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#RandReport: Rand firms in subdued start for emerging markets
At 0700 GMT the rand was 0.05% firmer at 14.4275 per dollar, moving higher in tandem with Asian peers in subdued volumes.
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Sanlam hit by global markets rout, weak growth at home
After a rush of initial optimism in SA following the appointment of President Ramaphosa in early 2018, Sanlam says investor confidence has faded as the year progressed.
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SA business confidence falls to five-month low in February
Confidence in the economy has been strangled by policy and political uncertainty.
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Investors to closely monitor SA polls after positive GDP figures, say economists
Stats SA said the country’s economy expanded by 1.4% in the fourth quarter of last year following a revised figure of 2.6% in the third quarter.
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SA attains 2 successive quarters of growth
The expansion comes after a revised figure of 2.6% in the third quarter. It’s welcome news as the country entered into a technical recession last year.
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SA economy expands by 1.4% in Q4 of 2018
South Africa’s economy expanded 1.4% in the fourth quarter of 2018 after a revised 2.6% expansion in the third quarter, data from Statistics South Africa showed on Tuesday.
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SA could run out of money by 2042, Parliament told
The head of the Fiscal Cliff Study Group, Professor Jannie Rossouw, says South Africa’s position has deteriorated since last year’s Budget.
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David Mabuza: 'The shortage of electricity is a sign of growth'
Deputy President David Mabuza was responding to questions in the National Assembly on youth unemployment and the country’s preparedness for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
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Investment in infrastructure will play big role in creating more jobs, says ANC
The ANC says this will help in creating much-needed jobs and improve the quality of services delivered to the people.
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Summary: The DA’s 6-point plan to develop small business in SA
The official opposition has proposed a business CODESA, BEE exemption for small business, and cutting red tape, among others, in its election manifesto.
