The R93.5bn tax hole that makes lower fuel levies impossible
After years of moaning from motorists that taxes make up too much of the petrol price, President Cyril Ramaphosa finally relented and promised that
South Africa’s ‘just energy transition’ postponed – not abandoned
Whisper it quietly, but South Africa has now kept the demon of load-shedding at bay for nearly five months. It has, however, come at
The SARB could’ve cut rates. Could a short recession loom?
Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago faced dissension in the ranks during the most recent meeting of the six-member monetary policy committee (MPC) he heads,
Ramaphosa: Why this time is different
If you’d listened to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s opening of parliament address in Cape Town’s City Hall on July 18 and thought you’d heard it
Hey GNU! South Africa is ready to grow. Don’t stuff it up
The exhilarating early days of a new relationship are not only being experienced by the government of national unity (GNU); the positive afterglow is
Retail rumble
You’d be hard-pressed to find a better indication of where Pick n Pay stands in the retail pecking order than the news that it’s
The exchange … with Purple Group’s Charles Savage
Purple Group’s EasyEquities, the low-cost trading platform that pioneered fractional ownership of shares to democratise investment in South Africa, turns 10 this year. That’s