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18 June 2013
                       
 
 
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20 Mar 2013
 
 
 
 
State bailout of SAA ‘illegal’ – Louw
Air travel
In a scathing criticism of management practises employed by the State in the running of national carrier South African Airways (SAA), Free Market Foundation executive director Leon Louw has accused...
 
 
28 Sep 2012
 
 
 
Daily podcast – September 28, 2012.
PODCAST
According to recommendations from its national policy conference in June, the African National Congress (or ANC) favours State intervention in the minerals sector, with a focus on beneficiation....
 
 
27 Sep 2012
 
Transport workers strike ‘economic sabotage’
LABOUR UNREST
The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) has slammed the transport strike as “economic sabotage”, while an economist has warned that the industrial action could seriously harm...
 
 
17 Jul 2012
 
SA growth forecast lowered as world economy struggles
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Weaker recovery in the world economy over the past three months has seen the International Monetary Fund (IMF) slightly lowering South Africa’s growth forecast for 2012 to 2.6% from 2.7%...
 
 
26 Jan 2012
 
 
 
Daily podcast – January 26, 2012
PODCAST
South Africa’s economic policy choices were failing to deliver the economic growth and development required to deal with the country’s high levels of joblessness and poverty, several...
 
 
25 Jan 2012
 
Policy decisions hamper economic growth
ECONOMY
South Africa's economic policy choices were failing to deliver the economic growth and development required to deal with the country’s high levels of joblessness and poverty, several contributors...
 
 
07 Jul 2011
 
Nationalisation talk threatens growth, job prospects, says bank CEO
NATIONALISATION
The persistent call from the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) for nationalisation of South Africa’s banks and mines threatens economic growth and employment, economists and industry...
 
 
 
 
Daily podcast – July 07, 2011
PODCAST
Claims of fraud and corruption against Public Protector Advocate Thuli Madonsela are an attempt to intimidate and stop her from investigating the police, several organisations said on Wednesday,...
 
 
06 Jul 2011
 
Nationalisation talk contributing to shrinking SA mining sector - economist
ECONOMY
South Africa was once again failing to align its economy to the strong post-crisis commodity boom and was instead witnessing a further shrinking of the mining sector, which was being undermined...
 
 
05 May 2011
 
Lack of skilled workforce a constraint to business growth
Business Survey
The lack of a skilled work force is a significant constraint to business growth in the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (Brics) grouping of emerging market economies, 42% of business...
 
 
13 Jul 2010
 
South-South Cooperation: The Indo-South African Relationship
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
At the beginning of June 2010, South African President Jacob Zuma paid his first presidential visit to an Asian country since taking office in May 2009. Emphasising the importance of South-South...
 
 
18 Aug 2009
 
SA remains in recession as Q2 GDP shrinks 3%
ECONOMY
Economists were hopeful on Tuesday that the third quarter of the year would produce an even smaller contraction in gross domestic product (GDP) than the 3% quarter-on-quarter contraction recorded...
 
 
26 May 2009
 
SA enters recession as economy contracts 6,4%
ECONOMY
It came as no surprise that South Africa's gross domestic product (GDP) had contracted again in the first quarter of 2009, confirming that South Africa was indeed in a technical recession, but the...
 
 
29 Apr 2009
 
Inflation slows only slightly in March – Stats SA
SA ECONOMY
Consumer inflation slowed to an annual 8.5% from 8.6% in February, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Wednesday. The figure was widely expected by economists.
 
 
25 Feb 2009
 
Inflation slows in January
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
Consumer-price growth (CPI) decelerated to an annual 8.1 percent in January from 9.5 percent in the previous month, Statistics SA said on Wednesday. From December 2008 to January 2009 the Consumer...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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