Here’s the painful paradox of South Africa today: our nation produces enough food to feed itself and export to others, yet millions of our people go...
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli has announced the launch of a dedicated Investment Office within his administration, a move aimed at speeding up economic growth and ensuring...
Drive through any of South Africa’s vibrant townships and you’ll see it immediately: an economy in motion. Spaza shops, hair salons, mechanics, and street vendors form...
Beneath the surface of South Africa’s official economic data lies a bustling, vibrant, and colossal parallel world. It’s the economy of the street vendor, the spaza...
Corporates ready to invest, but policies push them away South Africa’s private sector is sitting on a mountain of cash over R1.5 trillion, yet much of...
Western Cape Agriculture Grows 14% Despite Trump’s Tariffs Sector outperforms national trends The Western Cape’s agricultural sector defied global trade headwinds in the second quarter of...
A province under pressure KwaZulu-Natal has weathered more than its fair share of storms, literally and figuratively. From devastating floods and the Covid-19 pandemic to rolling...
A short-lived recovery fades The flicker of hope South Africa’s manufacturing sector showed in July has quickly dimmed. According to the latest Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index...
South Africa’s unemployment rate ticked up again in the second quarter of 2025, reaching 33.2% from 32.9% in the first quarter. It is the second straight...
With tariffs looming and inflation shifting, the Reserve Bank is forced to make a nearly impossible choice South Africa’s economic policymakers are stuck in what feels...