This week, the world’s business elite descends on Johannesburg for the B20 summit, and South Africa is ready to tell a story. It’s a tale of...
Imagine a South Africa where the economy isn’t just growing, but booming. A place where the GDP isn’t R7.5 trillion, but a staggering R12 trillion. This...
For nearly two decades, the story of South Africa’s sovereign credit rating has been one of steady decline. A long slide that began in 2017 saw...
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...
For any nation, escaping the Financial Action Task Force’s “grey list” is like finally having a major black mark erased from your international credit report. The...
For the first time in nearly two years, a key number on the screens of forex traders and the minds of importers has flipped: R16.99/$. On Thursday,...
The day after delivering a budget statement that walked a tightrope of fiscal constraint, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana looked across the room at Cape Town’s business...
Rand Roars Back: Markets Cheer as South Africa’s Fiscal Discipline Sparks a Powerful Rally A stronger rand, surging stocks, and easing bond yields paint a rare...
South Africans breathe easier after weeks of uncertainty, but the debate over how to fund the NHI is far from over. For a brief moment this...
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has pointed to two significant achievements as evidence that South Africa’s fiscal ship is being steadied: the country is on track to...