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South Africa must commit to, accelerate reforms to achieve growth – BLSA
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 22nd April 2024 Last week’s ‘World Economic Outlook’ (WEO) published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was a reminder of how far South Africa is from the... →
Escalation of Middle East hostilities will have ripple effects for Africa
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 17th April 2024 Africa could be drawn into proxy battles that have domino effects on security, foreign investment and trade relationships. This weekend’s events in... →
Scrap all e-toll debts now
12th April 2024 The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng calls on the National Department of Transport to start the process of writing off all unpaid e-toll debts... →
South Africa’s looming political shakeup has investors on edge 
By: Bloomberg 11th April 2024 South Africa is heading into unchartered political terrain and investors are growing increasingly anxious. The rand slumped 0.9% against the dollar... →
Cut VAT, trim the state and help the poor
11th April 2024 Few things undermine economic growth as profoundly as excessive taxation and ineffective government spending. This is a palpable reality in South... →
SA: Cyril Ramaphosa: Address by South Africa's President, at the opening of the Tetra Pak Carton Packaging Plant in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal
9th April 2024 This factory upgrade forms part of a R500 million investment by Tetra Pak in the South African economy, that in turn forms part of the Presidential... →
Governing party’s election jobs promise stunningly inadequate
8th April 2024 The ruling party is promising 3.5-million “work opportunities” in its election manifesto – primarily government funded jobs consisting of... →
South Africa taps business to create office to end rail monopoly
By: Bloomberg 8th April 2024 South Africa has asked companies to help it set up an office to facilitate the entry of private operators onto the continent’s biggest rail network... →
