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Food inflation remains at record low despite slight uptick to 1.7% in December 2024

Food inflation remains at record low despite slight uptick to 1.7% in December 2024

Paul Makube 23 Jan 2025

Dr Chris Blair, CEO of 21st Century

#BizTrends2025: Salary trends shaping the remuneration revolution

Chris Blair 13 Jan 2025

Source: © Central News Finance Minister Godongwana will present the MTBPS on Thursday, 30 October, at 2 pm

The 2024 #MTBPS and other critical factors that could influence the market

Andre Cilliers 28 Oct 2024

Mike Abel, The Up&Up Group executive chairman, reflects on The Up&Up Group’s decision to buy back all the equity in the previous M&C Saatchi Group South Africa from the global M&C Saatchi Plc (Image supplied)

Exclusive: Mike Abel, The Up&Up Group - Ons weet wat ons weet: There’s never been a better time to invest in SA

Mike Abel 17 Oct 2024

Source: Reuters.

SA pays tribute to Tito Mboweni, a towering figure in finance

Raymond Parsons 14 Oct 2024

Food inflation ends 8-month decline, rising 4.1% year-on-year in August

Food inflation ends 8-month decline, rising 4.1% year-on-year in August

Paul Makube 19 Sep 2024

Food inflation eases, but weather-induced production challenges remain

Food inflation eases, but weather-induced production challenges remain

Paul Makube 25 Jul 2024

Source: @PresidencyZA/X. President Cyril Ramaphosa is duly elected President of the Republic during the first sitting of the National Assembly of the 7th Parliament in Cape Town.

New GNU cabinet boosts business and investor confidence

Raymond Parsons 1 Jul 2024

Source: Reuters.

New cabinet after GNU agreement

Andre Cilliers 1 Jul 2024

Source: Reuters.

South Africa's economic struggles persist amid negative GDP growth and low investment

Raymond Parsons 6 Jun 2024

Source: Reuters.

#SARBMPC: Central bank eyes late 2024 for cuts amid uncertainties

Raymond Parsons 28 Mar 2024

Jeff Ryan, MD for AWCape, an award-winning Platinum Sage Business Partner

#BudgetSpeech2024: Tough choices, limited resources

Jeff Ryan 23 Feb 2024

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Lower inflation a positive indicator for potential interest-rate cuts - Andrew Golding

Andrew Golding 26 Jan 2024

Source: 123RF.

SA's economic outlook in 2024: Global trends and challenges

Raymond Parsons 1 Jan 2024

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#MTBPS: South Africa's fiscal peril demands action

Raymond Parsons 2 Nov 2023

Source: Reuters.

Sarb pauses as South Africa's rand drops on firm dollar

Andre Cilliers 21 Jul 2023

SA retailers and consumers count the costs of a collapsing state

SA retailers and consumers count the costs of a collapsing state

Lauren Hartzenberg 1 Jun 2023

A faster acceleration in food price inflation to another record high in March

A faster acceleration in food price inflation to another record high in March

Paul Makube 20 Apr 2023

Source: Supplied. Bobby Madhav, FNB's head of trade and structured trade and commodity finance.

10% hike in SA trade exports, stats show

Bobby Madhav 4 Apr 2023

US Vice President Kamala Harris meets with women entrepreneurs during her week-long trip to Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia, in Accra, Ghana 29 March 2023. Reuters/Francis Kokoroko

Africa's impact: US Vice President Kamala Harris visits Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia

Virusha Subban 31 Mar 2023

Source: Reuters.

Analysis | State of disaster must be a temporary solution with an exit strategy already in the offing

Raymond Parsons 10 Feb 2023

Source: Reuters. President Cyril Ramaphosa delivering his Sona address in parliament.

#Sona2023: The state of the rand

Andre Cilliers 10 Feb 2023

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There is value in marketing being loud during recession

Ross Sibbald 9 Feb 2023

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An update on free trade in Africa

Virusha Subban 17 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied.

Strong dollar driven by soaring US bond yields

Andre Cilliers 19 Apr 2022

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