South Africa’s official unemployment rate has shown a welcome improvement, falling by 1.3 percentage points to 31.9% in the third quarter of 2025. However, this headline...
A New Wave of Construction Spending South Africa’s public sector has finally found its hard hat again. After years of stagnation, state infrastructure investment is picking...
Ramaphosa Signs New Statistics Law: What It Means for South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa has officially put the Statistics Amendment Act into effect, bringing sweeping changes...
South Africa’s economy pulled off a rare positive surprise in the second quarter of 2025, with GDP growing by 0.8% quarter-on-quarter, well ahead of economist forecasts....
South Africans have long spoken about crime as an everyday reality, and a new national report has just confirmed those concerns. The latest Victims of Crime...
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...
South Africans Feel the Pinch as June Inflation Ticks Up to 3% A loaf of bread. A bottle of wine. A monthly water bill. It’s the...
April 2025 delivered another heavy blow to South Africa’s economy as manufacturing production plunged by 6.3% year-on-year, according to fresh data from Statistics South Africa. This...
It’s the kind of headline that barely makes a ripple, “South Africa’s economy grew by 0.1% in the first quarter of 2025.” But behind that modest...
Another 109 South African businesses shut their doors in April 2025, bringing the year-to-date total to 482 liquidations, according to new data from Stats SA. While...