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EXPLAINER: How currency markets work & why the rand is falling
Fatima Bhoola says rand weakness can be attributed to many structural problems facing the local economy.
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CARTOON: #Back2School for Zuma?
CARTOON: #Back2School for Zuma?
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Consumers warned to tighten belts ahead of stormy economic climate
Economists say many people started the New Year in debt and must save as much money as possible.
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Economists: SA can avert a permanent downgrade
Ratings agency Moody’s has changed South Africa's credit rating outlook to ‘negative’.
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OPINION: Why Zuma’s actions have rendered him a lame duck
Co-Pierre Georg says that with his recent actions, President Jacob Zuma has shown himself the door.
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OPINION: SA 2016 - Welcome to the Idiocracy
Bruce Whitfield says South Africa is headed for a fiscal precipice of its own making.
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OPINION: The day we realised we’re in serious trouble
Stephen Grootes says the timing of the sacking of Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene is catastrophic.
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2015's business newsmakers
'Financial Mail' deputy editor Rob Rose looks at the hot topics and deals in the world of business in 2015.
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CARTOON: Nene Dumped!
CARTOON: Nene Dumped!
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Nene’s sacking described as 'reckless', 'dangerous'
The move sent shockwaves across the markets, with the rand nosediving overnight against major currencies.
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CARTOON: Trashing the Economy
CARTOON: Trashing the Economy
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OPINION: Zuma's 'grotesquely irresponsible' gamble with SA economy
Bruce Whitfield says the move to replace Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene is grotesquely irresponsible.
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SA's Q4 business confidence at lowest in 5 years as economy struggles
The latest index suggested that real GDP growth in Africa’s most industrialised economy moderated further.
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Stormy seas for SA economy
The economy just missed a technical recession after it contracted in the previous quarter.
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SA economy grew by 0.7% in third quarter
Growth in the third quarter is good news as a technical recession was on the cards.
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Nene: SA's economic growth has slowed
The finance minister says the local economy faces a number of challenges.
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WATCH LIVE: The finance minister's mini Budget
Nhlanhla Nene is now delivering his second medium-term budget policy statement.
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Minister has plans for government's rising debt
Nene will deliver his second medium-term budget policy statement against the backdrop of a stalled economy.
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SA warned to avoid Greece’s economic crisis
Greece was granted yet another bailout loan from eurozone leaders following growing strains on its economy.
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Stocks slip as China rate cuts fail to calm nerves
Asian stocks fell as investors feared fresh rate cuts in China would not be enough stabilise its economy.
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OPINION: A crisis the ANC should not waste
Stephen Grootes says the party is in a good position to actually use the economic crisis for the good of SA.
