SA’s economy grew 1.1% in 2025
‘We need to focus on rebuilding capacity before we can hope to see higher economic numbers’ – Citadel chief economist Maarten Ackerman.
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High levels of corruption cripple SA municipalities but government optimistic about improvements, Ramokgopa says
Despite widespread corruption continuing to cripple many South African municipalities, the government on Friday expressed confidence in the effectiveness of its interventions towards strengthening municipal performance. While outlining the progress in implementing the country’s medium-term development plan running from 2024 to 2029, Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Maropene Ramokgopa acknowledged persistent…
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Year-end blues of hits and misses
It’s 14:45pm. I’m at Clicks in West Street. I get a call from a private number. A call that will jolt my withering dreams back to life. “You are one of the people we are taking for the internship programme.” A million emotions flooded me at once, excitement and tears fought for the number one…
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fiscal policy | GDP | geopolitics | Ghana | IMF programme | Soapbox
Sub-Saharan Africa set to outpace global growth
Reform momentum and strong external buffers.
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Africa | Brics | G7 | GDP | Paris Agreement targets
Trade is shaping new global power relations …
What this means for Africa.
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Bright turn for South Africa comes with a big catch
The International Monetary Fund has published its October update to its World Economic Outlook report, which shows a more optimistic forecast for GDP growth in South Africa.
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EFF | Francois Stofberg | GDP | negative growth | sa economy | Soapbox
Stabilisation at the bottom
Barring a severe political or service delivery shock, the likelihood of a sustained collapse to zero or negative growth is very low.
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Black economic-empowerment policies | David Barr | GDP | offshoring industry | Robert Walters | South Africa
Global firms seen growing South Africa operations by 45% by 2030
The growth offers a rare bright spot for a country struggling with one of the world’s highest unemployment rates at 33.2%.