The US dollar has slipped to its weakest level in four years, losing 2.3% in January after a sharp 9% fall in 2025. While economists are...
Next Thursday, the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will gather for its first interest rate decision of 2026, and the financial air is...
Sub-Saharan Africa’s economy is on a path of gradual strengthening, with growth expected to firm to 4.3% in 2026 and 4.7% in 2027, according to the World...
In a significant shift for household budgets and the broader economy, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is firmly on a path of lowering interest rates, with more...
After years of sluggish growth and relentless headwinds, South Africa’s economy is entering 2026 on a noticeably firmer, if still fragile, footing. Leading economists are expressing...
Inflation Takes A Small Step Back South Africans felt a cautious sense of relief this week as new data confirmed that inflation slowed again in November....
South Africa Finally Feels the Shift: Why the Era of High Interest Rates Is Coming to an End For the past few years, South Africans have...
The brief respite is over. South African consumers are feeling a renewed pinch as inflation climbed for the second month in a row, reaching an annual...
As the year winds down, South Africans burdened by high borrowing costs might just get an early Christmas present. Economists and market analysts are increasingly confident...
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) has laid out the government’s financial plan for the next few years, and for South Africans feeling...