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While South Africa scored a temporary reprieve with the extension of AGOA at the start of the year, conversations are already starting about the programme ending again.
Capitec reports headline earnings growth of 23% to R16.8 billion, celebrates R1 billion in client savings, and enters its next chapter as a diversified financial services group built on the trust of 26 million South Africans Capitec opened its doors 25 years ago with a simple belief: banking should be simple, transparent and affordable. That…
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After being flooded with positive sentiment at the start of the year, the rand is back in the basket of worst-performing currencies thanks to the war in the Middle East.
Taxpayers living in this semi-arid municipality earn more on average than anywhere else in South Africa.
Van Eck backed South African bonds during the biggest selloff in history, and has been rewarded with massive returns.
Oil prices have dropped and the rand has strengthened on news that Iran would open the Strait of Hormuz for the time being, increasing the prospect of a wider peace deal for the region.
The IMF’s latest economic outlook for South Africa has axed the country’s growth prospects for 2026, warning that things could get much worse if the Middle East war continues and dominoes start to fall.
The R3 per litre fuel levy relief granted to South African motorists in April is going to come back to bite, one way or another.
Expectations over interest rate cuts in South Africa continue to be dampened by the war in the Middle East.