This means that South Africa’s interest rates are still “restrictive”, despite the much improved and often ...

Following ActionSA's successful campaign against a proposed VAT hike, South Africans can expect lower inflation and improved ...

Conversely, when the Reserve Bank increases the repo rate, borrowing becomes more expensive, which can cool an overheated economy and help manage inflation. In South Africa, the repo rate is one ...

Analysts predict a much better maize harvest this year in South Africa, as domestic maize prices have dropped in the past ...

South Africa’s central bank governor ... While the country’s 25-year-old inflation targeting framework had helped lower interest rates from above 20 percent in 2000 to 7.5% now and helped ...

Keeping South Africa’s inflation target at the current range will be costly for the government, according to central bank ...

A single-point target of 3% would be in line with South Africa’s peers and lead to lower interest rates in the long term, he has previously said. But critics worry that reaching a lower inflation ...

“Keeping inflation where it, is or allowing it to get higher, means that government is going to pay more in debt-service ...

"SARB Governor Lesetja Kganyago has indicated the central bank is considering lowering its inflation target from the current midpoint of 4. 5% towards 3%, potentially aligning South Africa with other ...

Press Release - The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) welcomes the rescue of 23 young South Africans who were trafficked to Myanmar under the pretence they would be working in call ...

Experts are doing gymnastics to describe South Africa’s economic outlook as mixed, with surging gold prices offering limited support amid turbulent US relations.

The TCW Emerging Markets Local Currency Income Fund, I Class returned -7.64% for the fourth quarter of 2024, underperforming ...